The Best of the West 4: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri

Edited By: James Thomas and Denise Thomas

ISBN 10: 0393030180 / ISBN 13: 9780393030181

Published by Norton, New York, New York, 1991

About this Item

This copy has been SIGNED by Ron Hansen who has provided an introduction to this collection. The imaginary West, the Real West, the New West and the Old converge in this fourth volume celebrating the literary activity taking place against that fascinating landscape. "Every now and then we grow tired of ourselves and get a hankering to go West," says Ron Hansen in his introduction.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Best of the West 4: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri
• Publisher: Norton, New York, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393030180
• ISBN 13: 9780393030181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Introduction By: Ron Hansen
• Edition: First Edition/First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions

About this title

Synopsis

The Imaginary West, the Real West, the New West, and the Old West converge in this celebration of that fascinating landscape. Selected from over 100 periodicals, 16 contemporary stories by both established writers and relative newcomers tell of the contradictions of a landscape where cowboys may wear tennis shoes and limos park near pickups, but it's still a long way between towns.

About the Author

James Thomas has received two NEA grants and a Stegner Fellowship; he lives in Xenia, Ohio. James and Denise Thomas live in Ohio, where he teaches at Wright State University. Ron Hansen is the author of more than 20 books, stories, and anthologies. He received the Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters for his book Nebraska, a collection of short fiction, in 1989. Some of his other works include Mariette in Ecstasy; the children's book The Shadowmaker; Desperadoes; The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, which won the John Edgar Wideman Award in 1984; and the novel Atticus, a suspenseful murder mystery detailing a father's fierce love for his son. Atticus was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1996. Among the anthologies written by Hansen are The Sun So Hot I Froze To Death, Can I Just Sit Here For A While?, and True Romance. His short stories, with titles ranging from "His Dog" to "Playland," have appeared in the Stanford Alumni Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, the Iowa Review, Esquire, and many others. Besides holding Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Hansen has received a Lyndhurst Foundation Grant and is a fellow of the University of Michigan Society of Fellows. Hansen has also held the position of Gerald Manley Hopkins S.J. Professor of Arts and Humanities at Santa Clara University.