Download or read book The Best of the West 4 written by James Thomas and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Imaginary West, the Real West, the New West, and the Old West converge in this celebration of that fascinating landscape. Selected from over 100 periodicals, 16 contemporary stories by both established writers and relative newcomers tell of the contradictions of a landscape where cowboys may wear tennis shoes and limos park near pickups, but it's still a long way between towns.