The African American West: A Century of Short Stories

By Cleo Qian

Book Overview

The distinguished body of short stories depicting African Americans in the western United States has long been overlooked, and for a number of reasons: black writers were historically denied... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870815598
• ISBN13: 9780870815591
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Colorado
• Length: 463 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Short Stories

A wonderful collection of stories about american that take place in the West. Stories are included from writers back in the day, and writers of today. I hadn't read any of the stories included in this collection before. Don't miss it if you are a reader of short stories.

A century of Afro-American western stories under one cover.

The African American West provides a century of short stories from DuBois, Terry McMillan, Walter Mosley and others, depicting Afro-Americans in the western U.S. These portray black Americans seeking new lives in the West and provide a range of authors and approaches covering the region's literary foundations.