Read the High Country: A Guide to Western Books and Films

by John Mort

Book Overview

Assist readers in their book selections with this guide, which covers titles spanning the entire spectrum of the Western genre--from such classics as those written by Zane Grey, Louis L'Amour, and Max Brand to traditional novels by Elmer Kelton and contemporary novels of the West by Annie Proulx, Louise Erdrich, and Larry McMurtry. Mort describes and maps approximately 2000 titles, grouping them by subgenre and theme, and describing their features...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591581346
• ISBN13: 9781591581345
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.3" x 10.2"