Pictorial History of Westerns. (ref B105)

A Pictorial History of Westerns . by Michael Parkinson & Clyde Jeavons. This book takes an affectionate look at the whole history of the genre, charting the development of the films from the early action reelers of the whirring camera and double quick gunfights to today's elegiac re-creations of the west, in beautiful colour.They wright of the stars who have carved themselves a corner of the prarie, Anderson, Hart, Mix, Cooper, Stewart, Scott, John Wayne, and of the directors led by John Ford who have made the wild west their speciality. The rise of the Spaghetti western and the TV series. Lavishly illustrated throughout with more than 300 pictures it should prove a source of pleasure and instruction to any Western fan. Hardback 217 pages, 1972. Excellent condition - very slight ware to cover.