Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cocks Notes on the American West |
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| Author:
| Turner, Frederick |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4587-6330-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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In this celebrated collection of essays, the real and the legendary American West collide, and in their wake we are blessed with the carefully crafted and sharp-witted observations of Frederick Turner - historian, storyteller, biographer, and naturalist. Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cocks, expanded with three new essays, explores the crossroads where Eastern America's imagination meets the hard twist, rough-and-tumble West, a place where legends and men have been made and broken. ''A...
More DescriptionIn this celebrated collection of essays, the real and the legendary American West collide, and in their wake we are blessed with the carefully crafted and sharp-witted observations of Frederick Turner - historian, storyteller, biographer, and naturalist. Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cocks, expanded with three new essays, explores the crossroads where Eastern America's imagination meets the hard twist, rough-and-tumble West, a place where legends and men have been made and broken. ''A winsome collection of notes on the American West that shines a light down into the back corners of history, emerging with tales and insights as hearty and unceremonious as the people and society Turner portrays.'' ---- Gretel Ehrlich.