Television westerns : six decades of sagebrush sheriffs, scalawags, and sidewinders / Alvin H. Marill. by Marill, Alvin H.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Jon Burlingame -- Introduction -- Defending range justice on the tube -- Coming of age on the tv frontier -- The western Disney style and the pivotal years -- From Wagon train and Bonanza to The Virginian and The big valley -- The made-for western saddles up -- The great western miniseries -- Cartoon westerns -- Western documentaries -- Western-themed series episodes -- Heading, alas, thataway!.…”

Television westerns : six decades of sagebrush sheriffs, scalawags, and sidewinders / Alvin H. Marill. by Marill, Alvin H.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Jon Burlingame -- Introduction -- Defending range justice on the tube -- Coming of age on the tv frontier -- The western Disney style and the pivotal years -- From Wagon train and Bonanza to The Virginian and The big valley -- The made-for western saddles up -- The great western miniseries -- Cartoon westerns -- Western documentaries -- Western-themed series episodes -- Heading, alas, thataway!…”
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Ordinary Heroes : the Journal of a French Pioneer in Alberta by Marcel Duriex. by Motut, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Intro; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; I: Ultimate act: the departure of the immigrants; II: Arrival on the Prairies; III: The problems begin; IV: Home-coming on the homestead; V: The cruelty of the first winter; VI: Mother's arrival and the first mass; VII: Prairie fires and the first death; VIII: The parents pass on; IX: The difficulties of reaping; X: The first train in Big Valley; Epilogue.…”
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Black Eagle Child : the Facepaint narratives / by Ray A. Young Bear ; foreword by Albert E. Stone. by Young Bear, Ray A.

Table of Contents: “…Neuman Was an Arsonist; The Introduction of Grape Jell-O; The Precociousness of Charlotte; Brook Grassleggings Episode; A Circus Acrobat on the Grass; The Year of the Jefferson Airplane; The Human Parchment Period; How We Delighted in Seeing the Fat; The Supernatural Strobe Light; The Ugliest Man in Big Valley; Ask the One Who Blesses the Roots; Junior Pipestar: The Destiny Factor; Black Eagle Child Quarterly; The Man Squirrel Shall Not Wake; Afterword.…”
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Prime times : writers on their favorite TV shows / edited and with an introduction by Douglas Bauer.

Table of Contents: “…Role models ; Father knows best / Susan Cheever ; The great ones / Barry Hannah ; The Andy Griffith show / Jill McCorkle ; Beam me up, Scotty: Star Trek / James Alan McPherson ; Bring back Big Valley / Jayne Anne Phillips ; The wound and the bow: Howard Cosell and Monday night football -- pt. 3. …”

In living color.

Table of Contents: “…Muir -- Nanny and the professor -- Here come the brides -- The flying nun -- Family affair -- The dating game -- The newlywed game -- Let's make a deal -- All my children -- General Hospital -- Peyton Place -- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman -- Gentle Ben -- Skippy, the bush kangaroo -- Life and times of Grizzly Adams -- The high chaparral -- The big valley -- Cimarron Strip -- Laredo -- The men from Shiloh -- It takes a thief -- The magician -- Switch -- The felony squad -- Police woman -- The men -- Cannon -- Judd for the defense -- Emergency! …”

TV sets : fantasy blueprints of classic TV homes / Mark Bennett. by Bennett, Mark, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Home on the Range -- Mister Ed -- Wilbur and Carol Post House -- Green Acres -- Oliver and Lisa Douglas -- Town of Hooterville -- Home of Oliver and Lisa Douglas -- The Andy Griffith Show -- Andy Taylor -- Town of Mayberry -- Home of Andy Taylor -- Big Valley -- Home of Victoria Barkley -- The Wild, Wild West -- Train Coach Home of Jim West -- III. …”

Barbara Stanwyck : the miracle woman / Dan Callahan. by Callahan, Dan, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Wild West Stanwyck: Annie Oakley, Union Pacific, California, The Furies, The Moonlighter, Blowing Wild, Cattle Queen of Montana, The Violent Men, Escape to Burma, The Maverick Queen, Trooper Hook, Forty GunsAftermath: The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Walk on the Wild Side, Roustabout, The Big Valley, The House That Would Not Die, A Taste of Evil, The Letters, The Thorn Birds, The Colbys; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.…”
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