Studies on 'Injuns' in the cinema have largely told us what we already know: namely, that Hollywood Westerns have misrepresented both the nature of Native American culture and the history of their relations with the whites. In his new book,Western specialist Edward Buscombe moves beyond these obvious points, examining and, in places, challenging received wisdom.

Author Biography

Edward Buscombe was formerly Head of Publishing at the British Film Institute, has written extensively on the Western, including books on John Ford's Stagecoach (1992) and The Searchers (2000), and has edited The BFI Companion to the Western (1988).