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xii, 444 pages : map ; 22 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
The sun's myth / Kathlamet Chinook -- from Pedro Font's diary / Pedro Font -- from The journals of Lewis and Clark / Lewis and Clark -- Through the foothills with a flock of sheep, from My first summer in the Sierra / John Muir -- The Valley of the Virgen, from Tertiary history of the Grand Cańon district / Clarence Dutton -- from Life among the Piutes: their wrongs and claims / Sarah Winnemucca -- Under the lion's paw, from Main travelled roads / Hamlin Garland -- Enter the man, from The Virginian / Owen Wister -- My neighbor's field, from The land of little rain / Mary Austin -- All Gold Canyon, from Moon-face and other stories / Jack London -- Lassiter, from Riders of the purple sage / Zane Grey -- from O pioneers! ; from My Ántonia / Willa Cather -- from The wind / Dorothy Scarborough -- Granite and cypress ; Tor House ; November surf ; Gray weather ; Signpost ; The answer / Robinson Jeffers -- Nature, from Land of the spotted eagle / Luther Standing Bear -- Chapters 1, 2, and 3 from The grapes of wrath / John Steinbeck -- Chapters 31 and 32, from The big sky / A.B. Guthrie, Jr. -- from Shane / Jack Schaefer -- Hopi ceremonialism, from Masked gods / Frank Waters -- from Pocho / José Antonio Villarreal -- In response to a question ; Speaking frankly ; Representing far places ; Montana eclogue / William Stafford -- Introduction to The way to Rainy Mountain / N. Scott Momaday -- Dancing, from Dancing / Al Young -- Chapter 4, from Farewell to Manzanar / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston -- The great American desert, from The journey home / Edward Abbey -- Part 2, Chapter 5, from Recapitulation / Wallace Stegner -- True West / Sam Shepard -- B. Traven is alive and well in Cuernavaca, from The Anaya reader / Rudolfo Anaya -- Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain lookout ; Marin-An ; Anasazi ; Magpie's song ; True night / Gary Snyder -- On water, from The solace of open spaces / Gretel Ehrlich -- Chapter 16 from Last of the breed / Louis L'Amour -- The last of the menu girls, from The last of the menu girls / Denise Chávez -- The centaur ; The poplar's shadow ; Camping in Madera Canyon / May Swenson -- Afterword, from Frog Mountain blues / Charles Bowden -- Rules of the game, from The Joy Luck Club / Amy Tan -- Snowy plovers, from Refuge / Terry Tempest Williams -- Reimagining Warner, from Heart of the land / William Kittredge -- Days of Heaven, from In the Loyal Mountains / Rick Bass -- Why I am a danger to the public, from Homeland and other stories / Barbara Kingsolver -- Creations, from Heart of the land / Linda Hogan. |
| Summary |
"The story of western literature is the story of two Wests, the one immediately and deeply persuasive, the second more complex in its intentions and effects. This anthology, gathered and introduced by distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, offers the panoramic literary range of the American West, from the romance of the mythic Wild West to the present-day creative explosion of the real, diverse West. With more than forty selections, including essays, short stories, poetry, excerpts from novels and diaries, and a complete play, this authoritative and adventuresome collection shows why the West has occupied such a prominent place in the national consciousness, and reveals that western writers may currently be mapping out a significant development in American thought."--Jacket. |
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American literature -- West (U.S.)
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West (U.S.) -- Literary collections.
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American literature. (OCoLC)fst00807113
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West United States. (OCoLC)fst01243255
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
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Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Lyon, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1937-
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| ISBN |
019512460X (acid-free paper) |
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9780195124606 (acid-free paper) |
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0195124618 (pbk.) |
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9780195124613 (pbk.) |
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