As the American frontier passed Motion_directional into history , the myths of the West in fiction and film took Action a firm hold Hold in the imagination of Americans and foreigners alike .

In David Murdoch 's view , America is exceptional in choosing Choosing its iconic self-image : `` No other nation has taken Action a time and place from its past and produced Creating a construct Creating of the imagination equal to America 's creation of the West . ''

The author Vic Hurley wrote Writing , `` By no stretch of the imagination could Bud Dajo be termed Labeling a 'battle ' '' .

Its dramatic last stand , sometimes called `` Wilson 's Last Stand '' , achieved Achieve a prominent place in the British public imagination and , subsequently , in Rhodesian history , similarly to events such as the Battle of The Little Bighorn in the United States , the Battle of Shiroyama in Japan , the Battle of the Alamo in Texas , and the Greeks ' last stand at Thermopylae .

Benbow 's resolution to pursue the French , in what proved to be his last fight , proved irresistible to the public imagination .