ASK anyone from Land’s End to John O’Groats what the most rootin’, tootin’, bar-roomlootin’, six-gun-shootin’, cowboy bootin’ period of history was, and they’ll have no hesitation in replying: what the fuck are you talking about?
But clarify your position a little to explain that you are enquiring after the most exciting era of world history, and that person from Land’s End to John O’Groats will instantly respond: THE WILD WEST.
We all love reading books and watching movies about this thrilling time of blood, gold, booze and bullets, when Cowboys and Indians waged war on the Frontier, buffalo roamed free across the plains, and trigger-happy drifters wandered from town to town, wearing carpets with a hole in around their neck. “What a time it must of been to of been alive”, sighs Harvard University Professor of US History PERRY KLONDIKE.
Bolton-based sex offender Perry is the planet’s leading Bolton-based sex-offending authority on 19th Century North American culture and folklore. And while he has no official qualifications in the subject – he added the words ‘Harvard University Professor of US History’ to his name by deed poll in 2021 – he has watched more than THIRTY films set in the period.
“Back to the Future 3 is probably my favourite,” says the misleadingly named father of none. “But I’ve watched all them Clint Eastwood ones, and
