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World Service,12 Jun 2000,23 mins

The American Cowboy

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How the image of the American cowboy has influenced musicians and movie makers from the pastoral Aaron Copland to the bloody Sam Peckinpah, and how, as a symbol of a nation state, the cowboy comes second only to the flag itself.

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