Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/1972 - 9/30/1972

Funding Totals

$2,000.00 (approved)
$2,000.00 (awarded)


The Sub-Literature of the American Western Frontier

FAIN: FT-11364-72

Wagner College (Staten Island, NY 10301-4495)
Jack J. Boies (Project Director: June 1972 to present)

A study of the diverse literature of teh American West, from dime novels to movies and television, in order to understand the myths of the gun-slinger-lawman, and the significance of violence.