Life magazine series "How the West Was Won"

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The Life magazine series "How the West Was Won" is a historical photo-essay and narrative feature that chronicles the exploration, settlement, and mythologizing of the American West for a popular mid-20th-century readership.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical feature
magazine article series
photo-essay
aimsTo entertain a general audience
popularize historical understanding of the American West
appearedIn 20th-century American illustrated press
associatedWith mid-20th-century American historical memory
chronicles cultural construction of the "Wild West"
historical development of the American frontier
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Native American peoples
cowboys
explorers
frontier life
pioneers
settler communities
focusesOn exploration of the American West
mythologizing of the American West
settlement of the American West
format multi-part series
genre history
photojournalism
historicalPerspective popular narrative history
intendedEffect shape readers' perception of the American West
language English
medium narrative prose
photography
narrativeForm photo-essay
periodCovered 19th-century American West
publicationContext mid-20th-century American mass media
publicationType illustrated magazine feature
publishedIn Life NERFINISHED
publisher Time Inc. NERFINISHED
relatedTo Western genre in American culture
myth of the frontier
subject American West NERFINISHED
United States history
westward expansion of the United States
targetAudience popular mid-20th-century readership
uses archival photographs
contemporary photography
explanatory captions

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Description of subject: The Life magazine series "How the West Was Won" is a historical photo-essay and narrative feature that chronicles the exploration, settlement, and mythologizing of the American West for a popular mid-20th-century readership.

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How the West Was Won basedOn Life magazine series "How the West Was Won"