Literature of the American West is an anthology of "literary" and popular fiction; historical personal narratives; contemporary reflective essays; author biogra

This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to the literature of the American West, one of the most vibrant and diverse literary traditions.

Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927 recovers the names and works of hundreds of women who wrote about the American West during the nineteenth and ea

Describes changes in how the West has been seen, from a male-dominated frontier, to a region with a powerful sense of place, to a modern center of both genders,

The story of the American West is that of a journey. It is the story of a movement, of a geographical and human transition, of the delineation of a route that w