The Best of the West

"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 AbbeySir Richard Francis BurtonMartha "Calamity" Jane CanaryStephen CraneGeneral George Armstrong CusterBret HarteRobert LaxaltMeriwether LewisN. Scott MomadayFrank NorrisZebulon PikeJack SchaeferUpton SinclairWallace StegnerJohn SteinbeckArtemus Ward

And many more