About This Book
Whether in literature, film, or TV, the Western has maintained its popularity with the American -- & oftentimes, international public -- because it is a genre that is typically American though dealing with universal themes: good guys & its villains; clearly defined issues of good vs. bad; focus on the strength of the individual & the qualities of character; & its depiction of both the beauty & the cruelty of a unexplored, unexploited Nature. This anthology presents the best of the West. Includes stories by Owen Wister, Mark Twain, Frederic Remington, Bret Harte, John G. Neihardt, Willa Cather, Zane Grey, Max Brand, B.M. Bower, Ernest Haycox, Peter Dawson, T.T. Flynn, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Dorothy M. Johnson, Les Savage, Jr., & Louis L Amour.
