FORGED IDENTITIES: THE LONE AMERICAN HERO
The iconic American heroic myth of the lone gunfighter.
Populist lone crusader against all odds who rises up to destroy evil, save the village and protect the damsels.
The anti-democratic, and violent American heroic ideal.
It is interesting to imagine this as an artifact one thousand years from now. Future archaeologists might study nomadic people who erected giant statues of their deities along major migratory routes.