The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West
por Hillerman, Tony
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very good in very good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0060166649
- ISBN 13
- 9780060166649
- Livreiro
-
Luxemburg, Wisconsin, United States
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Sobre este item
HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 528 p. Audience: General/trade; General/trade. Harpercollins, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1991. Hardboard and Cloth. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall=. "In this extraordinary treasury, Tony Hillerman, himself a beloved chronicler of the American West, has gathered over 140 remarkale texts from and about the West. Though these selections vary widely in form-from diaries to news dispatches to travelogues to short stories to stone inscriptions-every one vividly evokes some aspect of the vast rugged landscape west of the Mississippi and the unique souls who inhabit it". 528 pages. A WEST LOVER/COLLECTOR LIBRARY MUST! . Few places hold more romance than the American West. Edited by the incomprable Tony Hillerman who truly knew the region, this anthology rounds out the landscape. Some 140 selections in 15 parts: I, In the Beginning.; 2, The Original Westerners; 3, The Navajos; 4, The Hispanos; 5, Frontier Life; 6, The Cowboys; 7, Tall Tales & Practical Jokes; 8, Characters; 9, The Mines; 10, Women; 11, Law & Disorder; 12. Travel; 13, The Military; 14, The Western Way with Words; and, last but no least, 15 Includes writings by Edward Abbey; Sir Richard Francis Burton; Calamity Jane; Stephen Crane; George Armstrong Custer; Bret Harte; Robert Laxalt; Meriwether Lewis; N. Scott Momaday; Frank Norris; Zebulon Pike; Jack Schaefer; Upton Sinclair; Wallace Stegner; John Steineck; Artemus Ward and many more. Literature.
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- Livreiro
- Red Rover Do Over (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- Alibris.0028767
- Título
- The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West
- Autor
- Hillerman, Tony
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hard cover
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very good in very good dust jacket
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0060166649
- ISBN 13
- 9780060166649
- Editorial
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 1991
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