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Belongs to Publisher SeriesThe Viking Portable Library (nn (1997))
A collection of Western stories, poems, essays, and excerpts from more than seventy authors. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)810.803278Literature English (North America) American literature Anthologies and Collections Themes and subjects Places North America Western United StatesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Ably edited by William Kittredge (about as authentic a westerner as you could find), whose fine ranch memoir, A HOLE IN THE SKY, has been a favorite of mine for many years, the book ranges from ancient Native American folk tales and legends, through recognized classic writers like Mari Sandoz, Jack London, John Steinbeck, Norman MacLean, Larry McMurtry, and Mary Clearman Blew, all the way up to more modern writers like Edward Abbey, Richard Hugo, Raymond Carver and Tess Gallagher. Theodore Roethke, and Allen Ginsberg. Some of my favorite pieces are from Sherman Alexie, Wallace Stegner, Ivan Doig and McMurtry. A lot of the selections I had read before, but was happy to revisit them. And perhaps some of the best parts of the whole experience are all the little thumbnail bios and explanations provided by editor Kittredge throughout the text, simply filled with little tidbits of information for the booklover in me. I still have not read everything in these six hundred-plus pages, but I will keep working my way through it all. It's a great book to keep at your bedside or in that other home inner sanctum, next to the old Readers Digests and Guideposts. This is indeed a book full of treasures. Thanks to Missoulan Bill Kittredge for all of his work in compiling it. Highly recommended. ( )