[Ads-l] Code of the West

[Jonathan Lighter]

1888 _N.Y. Tribune_ (Aug. 11) 6 [GenealogyBank]: But the unwritten social
code of the West drew the line of toleration short and sharp at the refusal
of an invitation to drink.

JL

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 9:53 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 1895 _St. Louis Globe Democrat_ (July 10) 6:
>
>                                              THE CODE OF THE WEST
>
>                                 UNWRITTEN LAWS WHICH WERE OBSERVED
>                            BY DESPERATE MEN IN THEIR HOSTILE MEETINGS
>
>
> [There follows a lengthy article on the subject. ]
>
> 1920 Zane Grey _The Man of the Forest_ (Roslyn, N.Y.: W. J. Black) 362:  Las
> Vegas had lived up to the code of the West, had dared his man out, had
> waited far longer than needful to prove that man a coward.
>
> The phrase was popularized by a 1921 film of the same name, starring Texas
> Guinan, and a 1925 feature, _Zane Grey's Code of the West._
>
> There was a 1975 novel by George Voss called _The Man Who Believed in the
> Code of the West_.
>
> That was a big mistake.
>  --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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