Owen Wister and the West: Volume 30

by Gary Scharnhorst

Westerns are rarely only about the West. From the works of James Fenimore Cooper to Gary Cooper, stories set in the American West have served as vehicles for topical commentary. More than any other pioneer of the genre, Owen Wister turned the Western into a form of social and political critique, touching on such issues as race, the environment, women's rights, and immigration. In Owen Wister and the West, a biographical-literary account of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806146753
• ISBN13: 9780806146751
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.6"