Full Description
In the fifty years since its inception in 1961, the Bison Books imprint at the University of Nebraska Press has published some of the best historical, literary, and original western literature. The Golden West celebrates that continuing mission, bringing together some of the most beloved and iconic stories of the American West. Here, readers will find the classic West: from the adventures of the Corps of Discovery to the trials of the Oregon Trail, from the diverse landscapes of the Great Plains to the rugged Rocky Mountains and the Willamette Valley, from traditional Sioux culture to Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, and from the cowboys, ranchers, farmers, and mountaineers who often make up our western mythology to their American Indian counterpoints in stories about tribal society, monumental battles, and interaction with white settlers. The Golden West holds something for every reader—fiction, poetry, memoir, folklore, firsthand accounts, and all the shades of gray in between.
Contents
Preface: A Celebration of Bison Books
Introduction: The West and America: The National Significance of Regional Writing
David Wrobel O Pioneers!
Willa Cather
Plains Song: For Female Voices
Wright Morris
Waterlily
Ella Cara Deloria
My People the Sioux
Luther Standing Bear
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers
Ralph Moody
Shane
Jack Schaefer
One Man's West
David Lavender
Black Elk Lives: Conversations with the Black Elk Family
Esther Black Elk DeSersa, Olivia Black Elk Pourier, Aaron DeSersa Jr., and Clifton DeSersa
A Cycle of the West: The Song of the Indian Wars
John G. Neihardt
Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas
Mari Sandoz
Nebraska Folklore
Louise Pound
A Lantern in Her Hand
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Winter Wheat
Mildred Walker
Yonnondio: From the Thirties
Tillie Olsen
Letters of a Woman Homesteader
Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Covered Wagon Women: Diaries and Letters from the Western Trails
Kenneth L. Holmes
The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
The Gathering of Zion: The Story of the Mormon Trail
Wallace Stegner Source Acknowledgments
Contributors
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