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This is an analysis of the dynamics of one generic traditio. the American adventure formula. It is a study of its development and change during the half century from the purported closing of the frontier in 1890 to the eve of US involvement in The Second World War in 1941.
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© 1987 Cynthia S. Hamilton
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Hamilton, C.S. (1987). Introduction. In: Western and Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction in America. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08390-9_1
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