Love it or hate it; the Calgary Stampede is a place where myth; history and spectacle collide. 100 years after an American vaudeville cowboy first dreamed it up; the Stampede remains an unrivalled homage to the West.Cowboy Wild was more than a decade in the making. Photographer David Campion roamed the worldrsquo;s biggest Wild West show and brought back a collection of images that speak to our fascination with the cowboy. With wry humour; these photographs pull back the curtain and probe the contradictions that lie at the heart of a myth that transforms history into a story about the triumph of man over nature; nostalgically regretted even as it is celebrated.As the Stampede marks its 100th anniversary; the time is ripe for a book that goes beyond the hype. In the accompanying essay; writer Sandra Shields uses the prism of the Stampede to offer a meditation on the meaning of the West and its enduring hold on our collective imagination.
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