Introduction / Archie P. McDonald -- G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson : the first movie cowboy hero / Lane Roth and Tom W. Hoffer -- Tom Mix : king of the Hollywood cowboys / William E. Tudeman III -- Buck Jones : an old-time cowboy / R. Philip Loy -- Tex Ritter : America's most beloved cowboy / Gary Kramer -- Roy Rigers : an American icon / Raymond E. White -- James M. Stewart : an American original / Michael K. Schoenecke -- Barbara Stanwyck : uncommon heroine / Sandra Schackel -- Will the real Indian please stand up? / Jacqueline K. Greb -- Faces without names / Jim Collins -- Steve McQueen and the last western / Richard Robertson -- James Arness : television's quintessential western hero / Gary A. Yoggy.