1. Savior in the Saddle
The American Hero

2. Thomas Hill

3. Sagebrush Savior Frederick Jackson Turner Birth of new land
Birth of new culture
Keep roots in past
Blossom in endless frontier
Transform image of new redeemer

4. Sagebrush Savior Redeemer Image Puritans—Chosen Land Daniel Boone—Hero
inhabited by devils
devils driven out by worthy men
Daniel Boone—Hero
Olympian Cowboy

5. Sagebrush Savior Cowboy Hero as a God
Carries Colt .45 as divine authority
Establishes law, order, justice, mercy
Conquers savagery and harsh landscapes
Survives Great American Desert

6. Sagebrush Savior Cowboy Hero as a God Acts as a just and wrathful god
Exercises divine justice untempered with mercy
Enacts clean, swift, sure, and final justice in a lawless land

7. Sagebrush Savior Cowboy Hero as a God
Fights the devil who preys on innocents
Sacrifices self for others
Leaves world at peace
Taken into the sunset

8. Sagebrush Savior
Marsden, Michael T. “Savior in the Saddle: The Sagebrush Testament.” Realizing Westward: American Character and Cowboy Mythology. 2nd ed. Ed. Stephen P. Cook. Boston: Pearson, Print.

9. Thomas Hill