Introduction / Archie P. McDonald
G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson : the first movie cowboy hero / Lane Roth and Tom W. Hoffer
Tom Mix : king of the Hollywood cowboys / William E. Tudeman III
Buck Jones : an old-time cowboy / R. Philip Loy
Tex Ritter : America's most beloved cowboy / Gary Kramer
Roy Rigers : an American icon / Raymond E. White
James M. Stewart : an American original / Michael K. Schoenecke
Barbara Stanwyck : uncommon heroine / Sandra Schackel
Will the real Indian please stand up? / Jacqueline K. Greb
Faces without names / Jim Collins
Steve McQueen and the last western / Richard Robertson
James Arness : television's quintessential western hero / Gary A. Yoggy.