The Legend Of The Lone Ranger Storybook

Explains how the man known as the Lone Ranger first met Tonto, adopted Silver, and rid Texas of a dangerous gang of criminals.

Explains how the man known as the Lone Ranger first met Tonto, adopted Silver, and rid Texas of a dangerous gang of criminals.

A Companion to the Literature and Culture of the American West presents a series of essays that explore the historic and contemporary cultural expressions rooted in America's western states. Offers a comprehensive approach to the wide range of cultural expressions originating in the west Focuses on the intersections, complexities, and challenges found within and between the different historical and cultural groups that define the west's various distinctive regions Addresses traditionally familiar icons and ideas about the west (such as cowboys, wide-open spaces, and violence) and their intersections with urbanization and other regional complexities Features essays written by many of the leading scholars in western American cultural studies

In this powerful cultural critique, Ariel Dorfman explores the political and social implications of the smiling faces that inhabit familiar books, comics, and magazines. He reveals the ideological messages conveyed in works of popular culture such as the Donald Duck comics, the Babar children’s books, and Reader’s Digest magazine. The Empire’s Old Clothes was widely praised when it was first published in 1983. This edition, including a new preface by the author, makes a contemporary classic newly available.

The Lone Ranger has endured as an iconic figure in American popular culture, from his 1933 premier as a radio serial hero through a highly-rated television series (1949-1957) to a 2013 feature film. Created by script writer Fran Striker and radio station owner George W. Trendle, the character was meant to embody courage, fair play and honesty, and writers had to adhere to specific guidelines: "he never smokes ... he uses precise speech ... he never shoots to kill." The popularity of the Ranger and his companion Tonto inspired later crime fighting duos like Batman and Robin, and The Green Hornet and Kato. This book examines the franchise in detail, with summaries and production details of the original radio episodes.

Six Texas Rangers ride into Bryant's Gap, only to be ambushed by the Cavendish Gang. One Ranger survives-the lone ranger to live through the massacre. Read about his meeting with Tonto, how he came by his name, his horse Silver, the reason for his silver bullets and his mask. As he and Tonto chase down the Cavendish Gang members one by one, they encounter many other adventures. The Ranger's final confrontation with Butch Cavendish has them both returning to Bryant's Gap where, again, there will be but one survivor.

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It's been two months since Lone Ranger and Tonto hit the trails of the Old West, looking for injustice. They've found plenty. Now, they come across settlers who have been victimized in a way that stirs memories in John Reid. Loss, vengeance, and redemption as pioneer idealism meets the reality of hard life on the prairie. Continuing and expanding on Dynamite's past Lone Ranger series, with new writer Ande Parks at the helm! An epic six part story (The Lone Ranger Vol 2 #1-6) that will test the mettle of the West's most legendary heroes, collected in The Lone Ranger Vol 5: Hard Country, along with a complete cover gallery.