Frontiers of boyhood : imagining America, past and future / Martin Woodside.

Author: Woodside, Martin, author.

Edition Statement:First edition.

ImprintNorman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2020]

Descriptionx, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:Boy life on the prairie : Garland, Twain, Cody, and ideal boyhood -- Dangerous adolescence and the dime western -- The Wild West : making history and American boyhood -- Children, spectacle, and agency in Wild West performance -- Work and play : building character on the imagined frontier -- Conclusion.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-230) and index.

Note:"Revisits these narratives of American boyhood and frontier mythology to show how they worked against and through one another-and how this interaction shaped ideas about national character, identity, and progress."-- Provided by publisher.

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