Two different attempts at finding reality in the Old West legends by National Geographic and Bill O’Reilly Is The Old West legends reference by National Geographic, or Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies, written more for a popular audience only? Or can a serious researcher find value too? Do either of them get it right? Entertaining, […]
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Cowboy Code Meets Medieval Code
The Cowboy Code Meets the Medieval Code of Chivalry By Janalyn Voigt The worlds of knights and chivalry and the cowboy code of the American West seem quite different, but I’ve noticed striking similarities. Both inhabit feudalistic cultures set on frontiers during times where law-and-order wasn’t yet established. And both developed unwritten codes of honor that […]
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