turner Thesis and western films?

Question

How do the ideas expressed in the turner thesis find expression in western films???

Answer 1

The frontier being 'lawless and wild", shooting it out instead of 'a day in court' is directly related to what Turner is saying.

(As a matter of fact: people viewing Americans going to war as 'a bunch of cowboys', taking the law into their own hands still is what the thesis still 'proves': Americans are different than 'the rest of the world' .)