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New Stories from the Southwest
Edited by D. Seth Horton
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Foreword by Ray Gonzalez
The beauty and barrenness of the southwestern landscape naturallylends itself to the art of storytellers. It is a land of heat and dryness, aland of spirits, a land that is misunderstood by those living along thecoasts.New Stories from the Southwest presents nineteen short stories that appeared in North American periodicals between January and December 2006.
Zane Grey
Romancing the West
By Stephen J. May
One of the century’s most enduring American writers, Zane Grey left a legacy to our national consciousness that far outstrips the literary contribution of his often predictable plots and recurring themes. How did Grey capture the attention of millions of readers and promote the Western fantasy that continues to occupy many of the world’s leisure hours? This study assesses the Zane Grey phenomenon by examining Grey’s romantic novels in the context of his life and era.Grey,
The Laughing West
Humorous Western Fiction, Past and Present
By Charles L. Sonnichsen
Without humor, the American West would be a vast territory of arid clichés — stolid cowboys and fearless lawmen, or, in more modern visions, dastardly land developers and fanatical environmentalists — all of them as lifeless as an alkalai flat.
