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Myth of the Month 21: The Old West

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Cody's Wild West Show

Annie oakley had an incredible preternatural talent which is not normal for the west or anywhere else. She was able to shoot a playing card held up in the air edge on in half and she was able to do all kinds of unbelievable feats like hitting precise targets behind her over her shoulder looking at the target in a mirror. The show also put forward particular characters to represent archetypes of certain kinds of people in the west such as wild bill hiccup who left after only one year because he wanted to be out there on his real adventures.

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