I love the Cynical Historian (Cypher) channel. This shortish video on the Wild West Myth which he wrote his dissertation on the topic is so fascinating. It is amazing how much in situ mythologizing, marketing, and post-hoc rationalization of the era and the retconning that into our national identity in the following century we have to unwind. I will say that I'd love to read his dissertation on the topic. I'll also say that with me being unable to finish in a timely manner even Asimov's I, Robot because.."Squirrel!"...that probably won't happen... #history #USHistory #CynicalHistorian
Understanding the Wild West Myth: American Exceptionalism through Violence and Indian Wars