Reading the West
Subtitle: an anthology of dime westerns
By: edited by Bill Brown.
Contributors: Brown, Bill, 1958-
Series: Bedford cultural editions
Publisher: Bedford Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 516
Subjects: Western stories.; American fiction -- 19th century.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Fiction.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Description: This new collection makes four previously hard-to-find dime Westerns easily available to readers who wish to enrich their understanding of nineteenth-century American literature. These varied novels provide a new and important context for examining classic, widely taught authors and tell us much about nineteenth-century attitudes toward race and gender.

With an introduction that critically examines the historical and cultural background of the dime Western, a chronology of relevant background information on historical figures and events, glosses of unfamiliar terms and references, numerous illustrations, and a selected bibliography, this edition makes frequently overlooked dime Westerns readily accessible for serious study.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-516).
Table of contents: title: Reading the West: cultural and historical background; title: Chronology, 1860-1902: U.S. history, culture, and popular publishing; title: Malaeska / Ann Sophia Stephens; title: Seth Jones / Edward S. Ellis; title: Deadwood Dick, the prince of the road / Edward L. Wheeler; title: Frank Reade, the inventor.