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On January 4, 1847, Samuel Colt sold his first revolver to the United States government, allowing buckskinned frontiersmen and uniformed soldiers everywhere to sheathe their Bowie knives and mail their powder-and-ball kits to their poorer relations. When Samuel Colt, cigar clamped manfully between his teeth, shook hands on the deal for one thousand .44-caliber revolvers to be . . . → Read More: Colt’s .44; or Western History Triggers Countdown   6 comments  Buckaroo Gear, Cowboy Mythos, CowboyLands Lists, Cowgirl Mythos, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, On This Day in Western History, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events  Colt .44, colt in westerns, colt invention, cowboy cliches, cowboy facts, gun that won the west, guns in westerns, Samuel Colt May 2011 be sparkly bright, dear readers and bloggers way out in the Wild Western Web, in my hometown in western PA (and you too, WV), NYC bloggers and dear friends, and FB cyberpals and Twitter cybertrail buddies… May it be as bright as Graceland’s crystal chandelier
As big as Graceland’s hall of . . . → Read More: A Happy New Year from Cowboylands; or, We All Have a Flaming Star So Get Going! Vengeance is mine, saith the main character of True Grit, because I hath paid good money for it. So begins the saga of a trail of revenge from so-called civilized town to wilderness, a narrative trail so often traveled in westerns that it’s become like a tame, broad, well-lit avenue with stoplights. The players: Grizzled, troubled veteran with heart . . . → Read More: New Grit; or, The Coen Brothers Remake Retribution 6 comments Cowboy Mythos, Cowgirl Mythos, Film Reviews, Movie Quotes, Pulp Westerns and Paperbacks; Book Reviews, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly coen brothers, cowboylands, hailee steinfeld as mattie ross, jeff bridges as rooster cogburn, john wayne, john wayne rooster cogburn, matt damon as La Boeuf, silver-screen western hero, true grit, vengeance in movies, vengeance in westerns, western hero journey, western journey, western movies, westerns Every night that I remember to pray (after a good slug of whiskey to provide the appropriate gravitas), I pray for my family, my friends, my Urban Cowboy, my godless country (for if more Americans prayed, for example health insurance execs, we would have better health care). On good days I sprinkle in a.) when it’s . . . → Read More: One Name Stands Out of All the Rest; or, Bat Masterson’s Song of Myself 8 comments Cowboy Mythos, Cowgirl Mythos, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, Movie Quotes, Reel Life vs. Real Life, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly bat masterson, bat masterson themes song, cowboy hero, Cowboy Mythos, gene barry, novel writing can suck, reach for the skies, silver-screen western hero, western movies, westerns In the 1920s, William S. Hart was the icon of the West. As well as Uncle Sam, a shining-knight cowboy, west-ho adventurer, and all-around patriotic patriarchal figure. Thirty years later, John Wayne became the next icon of choice for manly men everywhere. Embodying home and hearth as well as risky adventure, Wayne’s shade of derring-do was equally . . . → Read More: From William S. Hart to the Dude; or, We Have Met the Hero, and He Is Us Leave a comment Cowboy Mythos, Cowgirl Mythos, Movie Quotes, Origins and Originals, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly coen brothers true grit, cowboy code, cowboy hero, jeff bridges, john wayne, silver-screen western hero, the dude, true grit, western movies, westerns, william s. hart In honor of National Punctuation Day, a day revered by comma geeks everywhere, I hereby give formal thanks herewith, in perpetuity, without exception, to the heretofore unjustly ignored stylistic convention, long forgotten and usually misunderstood, and not to be confused by the subtitle, which in itself is of great worthiness to nonfiction writers, as it allows, . . . → Read More: National Punctuation Day; or Gratuitous Steve McQueen Pic I love the West but could never live anywhere but New York City. Just saying.
But a lovely hacienda facing some buttes would be . . . → Read More: The Truth and Nothing but the Truth; or, Bucko’s View Billy the Kid pardoned???? Say it isn’t so. He wouldn’t be the archetypal 1880s bad-boy outlaw anymore–that sexy beast who wants to be tamed, played by handsome hunks in 46 (no lie) silver-screen westerns.
If he is pardoned by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, it would be a.) justice finally given to the young man who . . . → Read More: Pardon Me?; or, Clemency for Billy the Kid, 129 Years Later 2 comments Cowboy Mythos, Cowboys Gone Wrong, Movie Quotes, On This Day in Western History, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events american west, billy the kid, billy the kid pardon, brushy bill roberts, clemency billy the kid, Cowboy Mythos, cowboylands, new mexico, wild west, willaim bonney The conflict: New York State wants to collect taxes on tribal sales of cigarettes. The background: Can’t say I know or will understand in the little time I have left to read the news today. But once sovereign nations and big-ass cocky states get into a brouhaha, you know there’s going to be mucho macho. And Mayor . . . → Read More: A Mayor Cowboy Fail; or, Bloomberg’s Sheridan Moment Nothing like a dash of reality, I say, especially if they don’t make me ride a horse. By “they” I mean the real-life cowboys/girls in the world, who blog about getting hay baled and sucking up mud before breakfast. Those riproaring mofos who tweet about 100-degree heat as they work with cattle or mules or horses and . . . → Read More: Western Tweets and Posts; or Revisiting the Wild Western Web 2 comments Cowboy Mythos, Cowgirl Mythos, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, Origins and Originals, Reel Life vs. Real Life, State of the Union 2010, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Wild Western Web american west, cowboy, cowboy code, cowboy hero, Cowboy Moments, Cowboy Mythos, cowboylands, idaho, wild west |
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