Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Jenni Calder

author of There Must Be a Lone Ranger: The myth and reality of the American Wild West

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  1. The American West

    Melvyn Bragg discusses the 19th century American pioneers and examines whether our ideas about the frontier owe more to the mythology of John Wayne movies than to the history of the real trailblazers.

    13 June 2002

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    Also featuring: Frank McLynn, Christopher Frayling