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Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898
Topic 6.3
How did the life of cowboys in the late nineteenth century differ from popular myths propagated in dime novels?
Cowboys were mostly outlaws on the run from the law, as often represented in fiction.
The cowboy lifestyle was more adventurous with frequent gunfights as portrayed in books.
Cowboys were predominantly wealthy, as suggested by dime novels
Cowboys led a more difficult and less glamorous life than was depicted in literature.
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