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The study follows the early evolution of the American frontier hero, from its roots in Mary Rowlandson´s narration of her experiences as a prisoner during King Phillip´s war through works by Unca Eliza Winkfield, Charles Brockden Brown, James Fenimore Cooper, the film-maker John Ford, and actor John Wayne.

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The American Frontier Hero in Mary Rowlandson´s Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration Mythological Roots of the American Frontier Hero Mary Rowlandson, Puritan Hero Mothering the Adamic Hero Transcending Gendered English American Social Positions: Gender and Racial Multiplicity in The Female American; or, the Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield Dancing between Ferocity and Delicacy in Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Charles Brockden Brown Reconstituting the American Frontier Hero through James Fenimore Mary Rowlandson in Jeans: The John Ford/John Wayne Film The Searchers and the Mary Rowlandson Heroic Archetype

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"MacNeil s The Emergence of the American Frontier Hero 1682-1826 draws creatively on myth, imagery, and symbol in a comprehensive portrait of the frontier as a complex borderland. With innovative readings of literary, historical, and cinematic figures, MacNeil s sweeping study offers intriguing, new approaches to the field of American Studies." - Susan Imbarrato, author of Traveling Women: Narrative Visions of Early America

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DENISE MARY MACNEIL is Associate Professor at the University of Redlands, USA.

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