Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
600
Language
English
Published
Jul 1, 1997
Publisher
Turtleback Books
ISBN-10
1417703512
ISBN-13
9781417703517
Description
The American West is as varied in its inhabitants as in its landforms. Yet what has come to stand for "Western" writing is the myth of the wagon train and the lone gunman. In the Portable Wester Reader, William Kittredge has assembled stories, poems, essays, and excerpts that transcend the Western myth and explore the vast range of Western experience. With selections from more than seventy authors, and an introduction and headnotes by William Kittredge, The Portable Western Reader redefines the Western literary landscape.