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Hats, Horseshoes and Rodeos: A Note on Superstitions of the Old West

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Age-old beliefs and superstitions, rooted in folklore and practicality, played a significant role in the lives of those who dared to conquer the untamed frontier and became fodder for authors of tales of the Old West.

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L. Ron Hubbard’s Romance with the Old West

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Among the most popular of pulp fiction’s genres, the western offered L. Ron Hubbard a made-to-order literary platform. Few, if any, of his contemporaries, could invoke the natural authenticity of a Hubbard western because, to him, the western frontier was home.

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