On Dangerous Ground: Stories of Western Noir - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1587671921 ISBN 13: 9781587671920

Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications, 2011

Synopsis

For generations raised on the Saturday afternoon thrills of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, the appearance of the so-called "psychological westerns" of the Forties, Fifties and Sixties came as a surprise. And, to some who didn't care for them, a shock.With such films as Blood On The Moon, Winchester `73, and The Naked Spur, audiences saw characters very much like themselves emotionally. Critics argued the authenticity of some of the history in these films but there was no denying their power. Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch confirmed, once and for all, that the western had changed forever, psychologically and sometimes politically relevant to our own times.On Dangerous Ground features stories of every kind, all with a western setting, all with darkness at their core. And all with the kind of edge that demonstrates how timeless the form is when used well.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1587671921
• ISBN 13: 9781587671920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Ed Gorman, Dave Zeltserman, Martin Harry Greenberg