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The war, the West, and the wilderness

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Knopf ; distributed by Random House, 1979 - History - 602 pages

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Brownlow's The War The West and The Wilderness was a follow up to his landmark The Parade's Gone By. The second of what I call Brownlow's Trilogy, this book is not to be missed. What is so wonderful ... Read full review

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Discussion of silent films about WWI, westerns, and adventure documentaries. Read full review

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Contents

THE WAR
1
THE WEST
221
SOURCES OF THE FILMS
570
Copyright

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About the author (1979)

Kevin Brownlow is a film historian and documentary filmmaker whose other books include "Parade's Gone By" and "Napoleon". Mr. Brownlow lives in London.

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TitleThe war, the West, and the wilderness
AuthorKevin Brownlow
PublisherKnopf ; distributed by Random House, 1979
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized26 Feb 2008
ISBN0394489217, 9780394489216
Length602 pages
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Cinéma
Documentary films
Documentary films - United States - History and criticism
Documentary films United States History
History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
Motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States - History
Motion pictures United States History
Motion pictures, Documentary
Motion pictures/ United States/ History
Performing Arts / Film & Video / General
Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Silent films
Silent films - United States - History and criticism
Silent films History and criticism
Silent films/ United States/ History and criticism
Western films
Western films - History and criticism
Western films History and criticism
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 - Motion pictures and the war
World War, 1914-1918, in motion pictures
World War, 1914-1918/ Motion pictures and the war
  
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