western fiction

Eighteen-year-old Polly and impulsive, seventeen-year-old Odd survive an deadly outbreak of flesh-eating bacteria, but resulting wounds have destroyed their plans for the future and with little but their unlikely friendship and a shared affection for trout fishing, they set out on a road trip through the West.

Two drifters, George and Lennie, see their dreams of buying their own farm come to a tragic end when Lennie, a simple-minded man, accidentally commits a crime.

A study of Grey's works and the use of the images that created a narrative portrait of his mythical American West.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Wallace Stegner.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Max Brand.

Integrates literary criticism and biography in a comprehensive look at Harte's life and career.

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Wright Morris.

Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of Wallace Stegner. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.

Provides an in-depth critical introduction to the short stories of Leslie Marmon Silko. Includes a detailed analyses of every significant story, biographical information, a chronology of the artist's life and works, and a representative selection of critical responses.

The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation of the immigrant.