Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses how Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer prize-winning novel 'Lonesome Dove' takes a fresh look at the mythology of the Old West in updating the "cowboy novel." This paper examines the sprawling story and its impact on Old West literature.

From the Paper
"This paper is a discussion and analysis of Larry McMurtry's novel Lonesome Dove which won a Pulitzer Prize in this sprawling story inspired a successful television miniseries and three additional novels exploring both the back story and the later events in the lives of a pair of fictional Texas Rangers and the many people both real and imagined who crossed their paths in the days between the early years of the Texas Republic through the beginning of the twentieth century. A native Texan and a prolific writer McMurtry had..."

Tags:McMurtry, Lonsesome Dove, West, mythology, Busby, Lonesome

Abstract
This paper looks at how the Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840 by over five hundred Maori chiefs and a Crown representative remains to this day a central issue in New Zealand and how uncertainty and confusion have plagued the treaty from its very beginnings. It examines how the Treaty had three objectives: the protection of Maori interests, the promotion of settler interests and the securement of strategic advantage for the Crown.

From the Paper
"Under the guidance of missionaries, thirteen Maori Chiefs petitioned the King of England to provide some form of control the British nationals residing in New Zealand. King William IV made a token gesture in response and appointed James Busby as British Residence. Busby had no power or means to enforce any law or order; he symbolized the first official British presence in the country. October 1835, James Busby organized the Declaration of Independence of New Zealand. The move was sparked off by the threat of a Frenchman, Baron de Thierry, who was planning to establish a 'sovereign and independent state' on the Hokianga, on a large and disputed land purchase. James Busby's personal dislike of Thomas McDonnell, (appointed Additional British Residence in 1834), was also involved. Busby's main objective was to assert New Zealand's independence under the protection of the British Crown."

Tags:british, busby, colonial, cook, crown, new, zealand