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The Best of the West

An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West

Tony Hillerman

544 Pages

On-Sale Date: 13/10/1992

ISBN: 9780060923525

Trim Size: 5.300in x 8.000in x 1.400in

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“Anyone who enjoys a slumgullion stew can find something tasty in this campfire collection.” — Entertainment Weekly

A sterling collection of classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction evoking the unique spirit of the West and its people, selected and introduced by Tony Hillerman, one of this country’s premier chroniclers of the Western landscape.

The collection includes writing by:

Edward Abbey
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Martha “Calamity” Jane Canary
Stephen Crane
General George Armstrong Custer
Bret Harte
Robert Laxalt
Meriwether Lewis
N. Scott Momaday
Frank Norris
Zebulon Pike
Jack Schaefer
Upton Sinclair
Wallace Stegner
John Steinbeck
Artemus Ward

And many more

TONY HILLERMAN served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and received the Edgar and Grand Master Awards. His other honors include the Center for the American Indian’s Ambassador Award, the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and the Navajo Tribal Council Special Friend of the Dineh Award. A native of Oklahoma, Tony Hillerman lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, until his death in 2008.

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