Yes, you could say that....but it's not necessarily so. I suggest you read Mark Twain's biography of Joan of Arc (and you'll find plenty of scoundrels in that story to add excitement...) or read a biography of Mahatma Gandhi....or one of Buddha...or of Lao-Tse...or of Jesus...or of other great leaders who selflessly dedicated their lives to help the society they were in and confront and defeat the corruption and oppression around them.

While those stories may be a rather different form of entertainment from the standard "adventure" story with its heros and villains...they are in fact stories of far greater significance for humanity in every way and they make for very compelling reading.

Just as moving and powerful as "Lonesome Dove"...but fundamentally different.