The Wister Trace: Assaying Classic Western Fiction

Synopsis

The Wister Trace: Second Edition Will Be A Work Of Literary Criticism Consisting Of The Twenty-nine Original Essays On Classic Western Novels Found In The First Edition And Additional Essays Of Commentary And Criticism On Such Authors As Larry Mcmurtry, Cormack Mccarthy, Willa Cather, Jane Smiley, St. Clair Robson, Dorothy Johnson, Margaret Coel, Tony Hillerman, Richard Wheeler, And Don Coldsmith. The New Edition Will Consist Of At Least 25% New Material. This New Edition Serves As A Unique And Informative Critique Of Western Fiction Authors And Offers A Much Updated Version Of The Original-- The Man With No Name : The Virginian (1902) -- The Poet And The Pulpit : Riders Of The Purple Sage (1912); The Ox-bow Incident (1940) -- Three Consecutive Knights : Shane (1949), Hondo (1953), The Shootist (1975) -- Beef : The Sea Of Grass (1936); Monte Walsh (1963); Sam Chance (1965); The Day The Cowboys Quit (1971); The Hi Lo Country (1961) -- The Greasy Grass : No Survivors (1950); Little Big Man (1964); The Court-martial Of George Armstrong Custer (1976); Flashman And The Redskins (1982) -- The People : The Searchers (1954); Hombre (1961); Arrest Sitting Bull (1977); Ride The Wind (1982); Four Souls (2005) -- More Than Brokeback : The Stories Of Annie Proulx -- Mile High : The Big Sky (1947); Mountain Man (1965); The Untamed Breed (1981); The Mediicine Calf (1981) -- Hot Irons : Warlock (1958); True Grit (1968); The Rebel Outlaw : Josey Wales (1973); Wild Times (1978); Desperadoes (1979) -- Greed And Gods : Death Comes For The Archbishop (1927); The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1935); The White Buffalo (1975); Under The Fifth Sun (1980) -- A Woman Apart : The Stories Of Dorothy M. Johnson -- Only The Rocks Live Forever : Angle Of Repose (1971); Centennial (1974); The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (1984) -- Darkest America : Lonesome Dove (1985); Blood Meridian : Or The Evening Redness In The West (1985) -- Postscript: The Second Century. Loren D. Estleman. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 201-210).