THE BEST OF THE WEST : An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West

New York, NY: HarperPerennial, 1991. First Edition, 9th Printing . Paperback. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. First published 1991; this is the 1996 paperback issue. Refernce/Resource. Critical anthology of some 140 premier writings --- fiction & nonfiction --- of the American West. Edited by the incomprable Oklahoma-borm of Journalism at the Univ of New Mexico Tony Hillerman (1925 - 2008). Professor Ermitus who gave life to America Southwest through his Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn mystery series. Scholary study. 258 pgs, 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, Fiction.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, Fiction.