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"Anyone who enjoys a slumgullion stew can find something tasty in this campfire collection." -- Entertainment Weekly A sterling collection of classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction evoking the unique spirit of the West and its people, selected and introduced by one of today''s premier chroniclers of the Western landscape and a New York Times bestselling author.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

TONY HILLERMAN served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.

Zusammenfassung

"Anyone who enjoys a slumgullion stew can find something tasty in this campfire collection."  — Entertainment Weekly
A sterling collection of classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction evoking the unique spirit of the West and its people, selected and introduced by Tony Hillerman, one of this country's premier chroniclers of the Western landscape.
The collection includes writing by:

• Edward Abbey
• Sir Richard Francis Burton
• Martha "Calamity" Jane Canary
• Stephen Crane
• General George Armstrong Custer
• Bret Harte
• Robert Laxalt
• Meriwether Lewis
• N. Scott Momaday
• Frank Norris
• Zebulon Pike
• Jack Schaefer
• Upton Sinclair
• Wallace Stegner
• John Steinbeck
• Artemus Ward

And many more

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tony Hillerman, Tony (ed.) Hillerman
• Mitarbeit: Hillerman Tony (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.09.1992
• EAN: 9780060923525
• ISBN: 978-0-06-092352-5
• Seiten: 544
• Abmessung: 136 mm x 204 mm x 33 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Relating to indigenous peoples, United States of America, USA, Regional / International studies, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Travel and holiday, Literature: history and criticism, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Westerns, FICTION: Romance / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)