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THE CENTENNIAL EDITION OF ...

The Cowboy's Trail Guide to Westerns
Foreword by Richard Farnsworth

The New and Revised "Centennial Edition" of The Cowboy's Trail Guide to Westerns". Over 1000 photographs and illustrations. Hundreds of new film reviews, photgraphs, and memorable quotes! By popular demand, the revised edition includes filming locations and story sources. Academy Awards and nominations are now included. Compare your favorite films with the "100 Best of the West" of the first century and compare your picks for best actors, actresses, character actors, Native American actors, and directors . "The Next 100 Years" section predicts the future of the genre and discusses the making of the first perfect Western.

Celebrate 100 years of Western filmmaking with the Centennial Edition of the Cowboy's Trail Guide to Westerns. The most complete collection ever assembled of feature-length Westerns of the sound era. For the first time, a Western movie guide for Westerners written by a Westerner.

Journey back to the Old West with this viewer's guide to movie Westerns. The Cowboy's Trail Guide to Westerns is the first complete guide to the genre written by a Westerner for Westerners. The most complete collection of feature-length movie Westerns ever assembled. Over 2100 films including domestic, foreign films, made-for-television movies and mini-series. Complete with cross-referencing of multiple titles and film industry pseudonyms. More than 900 films rated from a Westerner's perspective.

Discover the real West by a thorough examination of Hollywood's development of the Western myth. Explore the connections between the Western myth and American culture. Compare America's frontier legends with their celluloid counterparts.

The Great Train Robbery (1903) was the first motion picture of any kind to tell a story. The story of the Western is the story of Hollywood. Celebrate the centennial of the Western, discover why it has developed into America's only true art form.

The Cowboy's Trail Guide to Westerns is ideal for working and armchair cowboys alike. It is an essential reference guide for all genre enthusiasts.

576 pages with more than 1000 photographs and illustrations!!!
Makes a great gift! Personal inscriptions and autographed copies available upon request.

"Matuszak has in hand a remarkable book on a crucial subject...
the American Western."
Charlton Heston

"I think it¹s an excellent book. I sincerely endorse it!"
Richard Farnsworth

"I am quite impressed. Not only is the entire project majestic in size,
but I¹ve spent over fifty years in the picture business and still found it
interesting reading... Congratulations!"
Jack Elam

"I totally enjoyed reading The Cowboy¹s Trail Guide to Westerns. It¹s on
the coffee table in our living room and we show it to all of our friends..".
Harry Carey Jr.

"The Cowboy¹s Trail Guide to Westerns is interesting, entertaining and
thought provoking It is well thought out and well written, with a refreshing
economy of words. Matuszak does an admirable job of bridging the gap
between the myth of the West and the historical reality of the West.
Joel "Dutch" Dortch
Single Action Shooting Society

About Dave Matuszak

David Matuszak was born, raised and has spent his entire life in the West. As a boy he learned to ride and shoot on the family ranch in the Oregon Cascades. After earning his Bachelor¹s degree from California State University, Long Beach he earned two graduate degrees focusing on education and Western history. He has been a member of the Western History Association
for nearly twenty years.

During the 1980s Matuszak became one of thousands of miners participating in the 20th century California gold rush. He spent over a decade prospecting the Sierra Nevadas while researching the ¹49ers. The resulting history, Nelson Point: Portrait of a Northern Gold Rush Town, is a
classic examination of frontier life. Matuszak¹s fascination with frontier life has taken him all over the West. During each experience he duplicated wherever possible an authentic frontier adventure. Breaking and training horses then packing them across the West. Whether it was riding in a modern day Old West show, training and riding horses with Mexican charros, riding with the mounted posse, competing in shooting competitions with Old West weapons, bowhunting or just stretching barbed wire in the desert southwest, nearly every aspect of his life has contributed to his understanding of frontier life.

Matuszak brings to the genre for the first time a unique combination of frontier and academic skills resulting in a thorough examination of the Western genre.

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