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Jill Stone  |  by media.www.dailyvidette.com. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 0:19

History has had its share of the John Wayne, Wyatt Earp and Jesse James types. Popular film culture has encouraged us to associate these legendary figures with cowboy culture, resulting in a distorted perspective of the modern American cowboy. Master of Fine Arts candidate Ulrich Eigner has attempted to confront these misconceptions through his latest project, "The Myths of the American Cowboy.

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