Maher, Daniel R., <br/><br/>
Mythic frontiers :  remembering, forgetting, and profiting with cultural heritage tourism / 
Daniel R. Maher ; foreword by Paul A. Shackel. 
 - Gainesville :  University Press of Florida,  (c)2016. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 294 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Cultural heritage studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The significance of the frontier complex in American history --  The frontier complex in Fort Smith, Arkansas --  The peacekeeper's violence --  The hanging judge's injustices --  The invincible marshal's oppression --  The hello bordello and brave men matrix --  Performing "Frontier in the attic" --  Doubling down on the wager of frontier tourism. 
<br/><br/> This is a study of the creation of Fort Smith, Arkansas, an imagined Wild West town for tourists complete with Native Americans, nineteenth-century hangings, prostitutes, and bootleggers. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813055992 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Heritage tourism--Arkansas--Fort Smith.<br/>Culture and tourism--Arkansas--Fort Smith.<br/>Tourism--Arkansas--Fort Smith.<br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Arkansas--Fort Smith.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F419  / .M984 2016