{"product_id":"american-west-twenty-new-stories-from-the-western-writers-of-america-paperback","title":"American West: Twenty New Stories from the Western Writers of America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLoren D. Estleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce, there was a world where the heroes were defined by their white clothing and the bad guys always wore black. The town sheriff always gunned down the wild gunslinger while the lady in distress cowered. The Indian was to be feared, not understood, and the white man always saved the day. This was the traditional Western. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut times change, as did the Western. The evolving Western is told from the point of view of blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Gentiles, Mormons, Catholics, women, and men. It is about America; it is about life. Whether a story's central element is a hangman or a midwife, a piano or a cowboy who hates tomatoes, you may be certain of one thing, if the tale reflects an expanding continent, it reflects the American West.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTakes the genre to new frontiers.--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not simply an excellent collection about the West, each story is a haunting and powerful chapter in the creation of a nation.--Michael and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors of the Anasazi series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce, there was a world where the heroes were defined by their white clothing and the bad guys always wore black. The town sheriff always gunned down the wild gunslinger while the lady in distress cowered. The Indian was to be feared, not understood, and the white man always saved the day. This was the traditional Western. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut times change, as did the Western. The evolving Western is told from the point of view of blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Gentiles, Mormons, Catholics, women, and men. It is about America; it is about life. Whether a story's central element is a hangman or a midwife, a piano or a cowboy who hates tomatoes, you may be certain of one thing, if the tale reflects an expanding continent, it reflects the American West. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf I had to give a friend one book containing the best that today's Western fiction has to offer, it would be American West.--Mike Blakely, former president of the Western Writers of America and the Spur Award-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Summer of Pearls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA welcome addition to any Western collection.--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoren D. Estleman \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a BA degree in English Literature and Journalism in 1974. In 2002, the university awarded him an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters for his contribution to American literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is the author of more than fifty novels in the categories of mystery, historical western, and mainstream, and has received four Western Writers of American Golden Spur Awards, three Western Heritage Awards, and three Shamus Awards. He has been nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Britain's Silver Dagger, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2003, the mammoth \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Detective Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e named him the most critically acclaimed writer of U.S. detective.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 9.36 x 6.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42128593616976,"sku":"9780312872816","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/TTlUWk93UXJoTmN4NGo5U2NlYzVmQT09.webp?v=1773395489","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/american-west-twenty-new-stories-from-the-western-writers-of-america-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}