Title: Traces of gold
Description: "From Gold Rush romances to cowboy Westerns, from hard-boiled detective thrillers to nature writing, the American West has long been known mainly through hackneyed representations in popular genres. But a close look at the literary history of the West reveals a number of writers who claim that their works represent the "real" West.".

"With its forays into ecocriticism and cultural studies and the welcome inclusion of Western genre writing in a serious study of American literary history, Traces of Gold will appeal to students and scholars of American literature, American studies, and western history."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American Authors, American literature, History and criticism, Homes and haunts, In literature, Intellectual life, Natural resources, Nature in literature, Realism in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Literature, American literature, hispanic american authors, Natural resources, california, West (u.s.), in literature
Places: California