Broncho Billy, William S. Hart, and Tom Mix : the rise of the Hollywood western / Richard W. Etulain -- Roy Rogers and Dale Evans : king and queen of the West / Raymond E. White -- Gene Autry : songs, sidekicks, and machines / Ray Merlock and Jack Nachbar -- John Ford : western mythmaker / Ronald L. Davis -- John Wayne : an American icon / John H. Lenihan -- Gary Cooper : cowboy, actor, gentleman / Louis Tanner -- Barbara Stanwyck : feminizing the western film / Glenda Riley -- Katy Jurado : Mexico's woman of the western / Cheryl J. Foote -- Jay Silverheels, Iron Eyes Cody, and Chief Dan George : native Americans and the imagined West / Gretchen M. Bataille -- Clint Eastwood : a new type of hero / Jim Hoy.