Celluloid West
The West, in both truth and fiction, has inspired endless cinematic iterations. Three experts of film and story discuss the best and worst of the celluloid West.
| Where: | UA Library/Special Collections (Seats 110) |
| When: | Sat, Mar 14, 10:00 am - 10:55 am |
| Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)
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| Genre: | History / Biography |
| Moderator: | Stuart Rosebrook |
| Sponsors: | Session made possible courtesy of University of Arizona Libraries, University of Arizona Press |
Panelists
Mark ArchuletaMark Archuleta is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, journalist and performer. A fifth-generation Coloradoan of Spanish Basque descent, he grew up steeped in the history of the American West and the colorful characters who inhabited it....
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Peter CozzensPeter Cozzens is the author of "Deadwood" and 18 other acclaimed books on the American Civil War, Indigenous history, and the American West. Cozzens is the recipient of the American Foreign Service Association's highest honor, the William R....
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Kirk EllisKirk Ellis is the multiple Emmy-winning screenwriter of HBO’s John Adams, the Apple TV+ limited series, Franklin, and other works of historical drama, including "Anne Frank: The Whole Story" and "Into the West....
Books:
The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr
From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again
Mark Archuleta
History / Biography
University of North Texas Press
January 2025
ISBN 9781574419788
320 pages
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Deadwood
Gold, Guns, and Greed in the American West
Peter Cozzens
History / Biography
Random House
August 2025
ISBN 9780593537855
Hardcover, 432 pages
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They Kill People
Bonnie and Clyde, a Hollywood Revolution, and America's Obsession with Guns and Outlaws
Kirk Ellis
History / Biography
University of New Mexico Press
February 2026
ISBN 9780826369376
312 pages
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