Authors: 265
Books: 3,034
Poems & Short Stories: 3,123
Forum Members: 68,569
Forum Posts: 995,314
Teacher Accounts with student management and more.
View of America outdated.(Arts and Lifestyle)
From: The Boston Herald
Date: 20010408
Author:Ray, Robin
America: The Game
Data Becker, $30
Two and a half stars (out of four)
On a recent trip to visit relatives in Europe, I noticed something odd. Toy stores there, unlike their American counterparts, still sell props for Cowboys and Indians. Shining silver pistol sets, headdresses with painted chicken feathers, deputies' badges - they had 'em all, as stores did here in my childhood. Somehow the Wild West - as it was imagined by Hollywood producers and fiction writers like Louis L'Amour and Zane Grey - still appeals to kids there, while kids here have moved on to Pokemon, ...
Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.
Other Articles on Zane Grey
About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.
- 1G1-72937018
| Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time. |
Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time. |
