| Editorial | 
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| In Memoriam Edmund Spevack (1963–2001) | 
 5 
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| Musealisierungen und Inszenierungen des amerikanischen
Westens Christian Krug  | 
 9 
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| Still the Wild West Stephen L. Tanner  | 
 25 
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| Germany's Wild West: Indian Hobbyists Birgit Hans  | 
 33 
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| 
 Ernest Hayxox's Alder
Gulch (1941): Two Readings 
Alder Gulch: At the Still Point of the
Turning WorldChristian Krug  | 
 45  | 
| Alder Gulch: Central Ideas and
Social Context Peter Bischoff  | 
 51 
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| Magische Momente in Jack Schaefers Shane Matthias Benölken  | 
 57 
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| Texas in Song (Dedicated to Edmund Spevack)  Peter Bischoff/Peter Nocon  | 
 67 
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| 
 Film 
U.S. Cable Television Westerns Mark Hübner-Weinhold  | 
 79  | 
| 
 Stories 
"The Streets of Laredo" Will Henry  | 
 87  | 
| Suggestions for an Interpretation Peter Bischoff/Peter Nocon  | 
 99 
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| "Wine on the Desert" Max Brand  | 
 103  
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| Suggestions for an Interpretation Peter Bischoff/Peter Nocon  | 
 110 
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| 
 Western Writers/
Westernautoren (III) 
Donald Hamilton Fred Erisman  | 
 113  | 
| Gordon D. Shirreffs Stephen L. Tanner  | 
 117 
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| Frank Gruber Peter Bischoff  | 
 121 
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| Frank Roderus Peter Nocon  | 
 127 
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| Elmore Leonard Peter Bischoff  | 
 133 
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| 
 Reviews/Rezensionen 
Elmer Kelton, The Way of the Coyote Peter Nocon  | 
 139  | 
| Thomas Jeier, Die abenteuerliche Reise der
Clara Wynn; Wo die Feuer der Lakota brennen  Karl Jürgen Roth  | 
 142  
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| Julie Saffel (ed.), Cowboy Poetry Peter Nocon  | 
 146 
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| Stephen J. May, Zane Grey: Romancing the
West; Maverick Heart: The Further Adventures of Zane Grey Peter Nocon  | 
 150 
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| Win Blevins, Dictionary of the American West Peter Bischoff  | 
 153 
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