New West reader
Subtitle: essays on an ever-evolving frontier
By: edited and introduced by Philip Connors.
Contributors: Connors, Philip.
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Regionalism -- West (U.S.).; American literature -- West (U.S.).; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.).; West (U.S.) -- Literary collections.
Genres: Literary collections.
Other titles: Essays on an ever-evolving frontier
Table of contents: title: Take my saddle from the wall: a valediction / Larry McMurtry; title: Industrial tourism and the national parks / Edward Abbey; title: Redneck secrets / William Kittredge; title: The heart of the game / Thomas McGuane; title: The solace of open spaces / Gretel Ehrlich; title: Variations on a theme by Crèvecoeur / Wallace Stegner; title: Illegal aliens / Sharman Apt Russell; title: The clan of one-breasted women / Terry Tempest Williams; title: All but the waltz / Mary Clearman Blew; title: La vida loca / Jimmy Santiago Baca; title: Dust, or erasing the future: the Nevada test site / Rebecca Solnit; title: The maze and aura / Jack Turner; title: Fifth world: the return of Ma ah shra true ee, the giant serpent / Leslie Marmon Silko; title: Believing in the American west / Patricia Nelson Limerick; title: The unauthorized autobiography of me / Sherman Alexie; title: The militia in me / Denis Johnson; title: Creeks of Galiuro / Craig Childs; title: Spirit-fried no-name river brown trout: a recipe / David James Duncan; title: Brides of place / Ellen Meloy; title: My landlady's yard / Dagoberto Gilb.