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NATURE’S NOBLEMEN THE LAMAR SERIES IN WESTERNHISTORY The Lamar Series in Western History includes scholarly books of general public interest that enhance the understanding of human affairs in the American West and contribute to a wider understanding of the West’s significance in the political, social, and cultural life of America. Comprising works of the highest quality, the series aims to increase the range and vitality of Western American history, focusing on frontier places and people, Indian and ethnic communities, the urban West and the environment, and the art and illustrated history of the American West. Editorial Board Howard R. Lamar, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus, Past President of Yale University William J. Cronon, University of Wisconsin–Madison Philip J. Deloria, University of Michigan JohnMack Faragher, Yale University Jay Gitlin, Yale University George A.Miles, Beinecke Library, Yale University Martha A. Sandweiss, Princeton University Virginia J. Scharff, University of NewMexico Robert M. Utley, Former Chief Historian,National Park Service Recent Titles Subverting Exclusion: Transpacific Encounters with Race, Caste, and Borders, 1885–1928, by Andrea Geiger William Clark’s World: Describing America in an Age of Unknowns, by Peter J. Kastor Nature’s Noblemen: Transatlantic Masculinities and the Nineteenth-Century American West, by MonicaRico Geronimo, by Robert M. Utley Forthcoming Titles The Shawnee Nation, by Sami Lakomaki American Genocide: The California Indian Catastrophe,1846–1873, by Benjamin Madley The Rush to Gold: France and the California Gold Rush, by Malcolm J. Rohrbough The Cherokee Diaspora, by Gregory Smithers Making Los Angeles: Race, Space, and Municipal Power, by David Samuel Torres- Rouff nature’s noblemen Transatlantic Masculinities and the Nineteenth-Century American West Monica Rico New Haven & London Copyright © 2013 by Yale University. All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publishers. Yale University Press books may be purchased in quantity for educational, business, or promotional use. For information, please e-mail [email protected] (U.S. office) or sales@ yaleup.co.uk (U.K. office). Set in Galliard and Copperplate 33 types by IDSInfotech. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rico,Monica,1971– Nature’s noblemen : transatlantic masculinities and the nineteenth-century American West / MonicaRico. pages cm.—(The Lamar series in Western history) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN978-0-300-13606-7 (hardbound : alk. paper) 1. British—West (U.S.)—History— 19th century. 2. Upper class—Great Britain—History—19th century. 3. Upper class—West (U.S.)—History—19th century. 4. Masculinity—Great Britain—History—19th century. 5.Masculinity—United States—History—20th century. 6. Frontier and pioneer life—West (U.S.) 7. West (U.S.)—History—19th century. I. Title. F596.3.B7R53 2013 978'.02—dc23 2012047960 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992 (Permanence of Paper). 10987 654321 to peter This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1 Sir William Drummond Stewart and Aristocratic Masculinity 19 2 “What Shall I Do with My Son?”: Moreton Frewen and Aristocratic Masculinity on the Ranching Frontier 45 3 Gender and Empire: The Earl of Dunraven and Isabella Bird in Estes Park 83 4 “The Latest Fad of These Silly Days”: Buffalo Bill in Darkest London 132 5 A White Man’s Country: Elite Masculinity, Racial Decline, and the Frontier Stories of Theodore Roosevelt 164 Epilogue 212 Notes 219 Bibliography 259 Index 277 This page intentionally left blank ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am grateful to the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming, the Department of History, University of California at Berkeley, and the Office of the Provost, Lawrence University, for funding the research upon which this book is based. I also wish to thank archivists at the AmericanHeritage Center, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the Scottish Record Office, the East Sussex Record Office, and the Denver Public Library for their patience and professionalism. The staff at Seeley G. Mudd Library at Lawrence have been unfailingly helpful with my constant stream of interlibrary loan requests. One of the pleasures of writing this book has been the far-flung travel it required. In Wyoming, Gene Gressley, Rex Myers and Susan Richards, and Jeremy Johnston have been wonderful hosts and lunch companions; Caryn Berg allowed me to stay in her apartment near Denver one summer; Michelle Tusan, Andrew Muldoon, John Jenks, and Patrick McDevitt provided support over a London autumn. Maya Kovskaya, Han Bing, and Xie Tianxue helped make Beijing a surprisingly congenial place in which to write about the American West. Gay Joyce always had encouraging words when I visited California. I am also grateful to Nancy Cott for inviting me to present my work at a summer seminar of the Schlesinger Institute, to Vicki Ruiz for her encourage- ment that week, and to the other members of my seminar group. ix
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