The Laughing West: Humorous Western Fiction, Past and Present

by C.L. Sonnichsen

Book Overview

Without humor, the American West would be a vast territory of arid clich?s -- stolid cowboys and fearless lawmen, or, in more modern visions, dastardly land developers and fanatical environmentalists -- all of them as lifeless as an alkalai flat. In The Laughing West, Professor C. L. Sonnichsen presents a generous selection of humorous western writing and shows how the humorous perspective comes closer to the truth about the west than either...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804009023
• ISBN13: 9780804009027
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Swallow Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"