Badmen, Bandits, and Folk Heroes is a comparative study of the literary and cinematic representation of Mexican American masculine identity from early twentieth
Badmen, Bandits, and Folk Heroes is a comparative study of the literary and cinematic representation of Mexican American masculine identity from early twentieth
Presents twenty-one true stories and legends about outlaws in Texas history, including such famous and lesser-known figures as Bonnie and Clyde, Judge Roy Bean,
Twenty-two biographical sketches of the frontier's most notorious badmen. Includes Billy the Kid, Butch Cassidy, Cole Younger, Doc Holliday, and others.
To protect their identity and values, Africans enslaved in America transformed various familiar character types to create folk heroes who offered models of beha