Telling Western stories
Subtitle: from Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry
By: Richard W. Etulain.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A volume in the Calvin P. Horn lectures in Western history and culture; Calvin P. Horn lectures in Western history and culture.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: American fiction -- West (U.S.) -- History and criticism.; Frontier and pioneer life in literature.; Western stories -- History and criticism.; Storytelling -- West (U.S.) -- History.; Oral tradition -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- In literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168) and index.
Table of contents: title: Illustrations; title: Preface; title: Prologue: Origins of the Western story; title: Creation stories; title: Untold stories; title: Traditional stories; title: New stories; title: Epilogue: Toward a new Gray story; title: Notes; title: Index.