Traces the development of the western dime novel form from its source in early nineteenth-century fiction through to its full manifestation in the late 1800s. Daryl Jones focuses on the development of character types (backwoodsman, plainsman, outlaw, and cowboy), the settings, the structures, and the plots of this form.
- ISBN10 0879720972
- ISBN13 9780879720971
- Publish Date 15 June 1978
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 22 July 2015
- Publish Country US
- Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
- Imprint Bowling Green University Popular Press,US
- Format Paperback
- Language English