Taos

2011 Cultural Institute weekend is July 21-24.

The Western Hero: Colorful Characters from 19th-Century Taos

Back by popular demand from 2009!

From Daniel Boone to Buffalo Bill, the Western hero has proved central to our understanding of what it means to be an American. Using history, literature, art and film, this class will explore the evolution of the Western hero and relate it to American exceptionalism. Special attention will be given to Taos’s own Kit Carson, Billy the Kid (New Mexico’s most famous citizen) and Davy Crockett and the Alamo, which commemorates the 175th anniversary of its infamous battle this year.

About the Instructors
Paul Hutton is a professor of history at the University of New Mexico and the executive director of the Western History Association. He served as president of Western Writers of America from 2002 to 2004. Hutton has published widely in both scholarly and popular magazines. He has written, produced or appeared in more than 150 television documentaries on CBS, NBC, PBS, Discovery Channel, Disney Channel, TBS, TNN, A&E and the History Channel, and in 2003 was historical consultant for the Ron Howard film “The Missing.” From 2003 to 2005 he wrote and co-produced five episodes of the Bill Kurtis series “Investigating History.”

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For more information
Contact Allison Curran at: taosci@smu.edu or call 214-768-TAOS (8267).