What is American Old West?
[[File:Grabill - The Cow Boy.jpg|thumb|A [[Cowboy]] from the Wild West]] The '''American Old West''', or the '''Wild West''' means the [[history]], [[geography]], [[people]], and [[culture]] of life in the [[Western United States]]. This often referring to the period of the later half of the 19th century, between the [[American Civil War]] and the end of the century. This time is often shown in films like ''[[The Searchers]]'', ''[[High Noon]]'' and ''[[Shane]]'', in [[TV]] series like ''[[Bonanza]]'' and in fiction like ''[[Little House on the Prairie]]''. Like other popular historical themes such as [[pirate]]s and [[ninja]]s, the relationship between fact and fiction is complex. {{multistub|US|history}} [[Category:American Old West| ]]