The life of the cowboy is part of the legend of the West. Although not all of it is quite as it is portrayed, elements of the cowboy myth are based on reality. It is a difficult, monotonous, and poorly-paid life. When cowboys reach town after a long drive, they engage in a bit of fighting, drinking and carousing, but does it follow that the West is a violent place? The shootouts on Main Street portrayed in the movies are not as frequent as alleged. Other types of violence however do occur like the assaults on Indians in the mining areas of California and violence against other ethnic groups.

US History Collection

cowboy myth, realities of cowboy life, raucous image of the cowboy, incidence of violence in the West, social and ethnic violence, Conquest of the Far West

American History, American Studies, Unfinished Nation, The

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