Chapter
The Rise of Western Storytelling
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The Western genre in literature thrived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to the high demand for cheap and fast-published stories of cowboys, gangsters, and monster attacks. The success of this genre hinged upon the ability of writers to churn out captivating content at a rapid pace.
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The early 20th century saw a huge demand for quickly written, cheap stories with tales of cowboys, gangsters, monsters, and bears being the most popular.
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Pulp Fiction
Summary
The early 20th century saw a huge demand for quickly written, cheap stories with tales of cowboys, gangsters, monsters, and bears being the most popular. Writers were able to pump out weekly magazines with upwards of 60-70k words, all of which fed the growing hunger for pulp fiction in America.