Great American Western Stories: Lyons Press Classics

by Steven D. Price

Overview

Thrilling tales of the Old West by the people who knew it best!

Most readers love tales of the western frontier, including stories of cowboys and gunslingers, bank robbers and desperadoes, good guys and bad. In Great American Western Stories, editor Steven D. Price has pulled together some of the finest writings about the American West that capture readers imaginations, culled from books, newspapers, and magazines. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by Zane Grey, Owen Wister, Bret Harte, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mark Twain, Helen Cody Wetmore, Theodore Roosevelt, O. Henry, and many others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493029464
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2017
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Steven D. Price is the author or editor of more than forty books. His compilations include 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said, The Dumbest Things Ever Said, The Best Advice Ever Given, and the best-selling The Whole Horse Catalog. A graduate of the University of Rochester and the Yale Law School, he lives in New York City but visits the American West whenever and wherever he can.

Table of Contents

Introduction Steven D. Prince vi

1 The Virginian Owen Wister 1

2 Riders of the Purple Sage Zane Grey 21

3 The Coming of Cassidy Clarence E. Mulford 35

4 The Rustler of Wind River George W. Ogden 51

5 The Caballero's Way O. Henry 65

6 A Handful of Cowboy Songs 81

7 The Sunset Trail Alfred Henry Lewis 91

8 The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County Edgar Rice Burroughs 129

9 A Voice in the Wilderness Grace Livingston Hill 145

10 Wild Bill's Last Trail Ned Buntline 167

11 Hunting Trips of a Ranchman Theodore Roosevelt 183

12 Roughing It Mark Twain 205

13 Notes By Flood and Field Bret Harte 219

14 A Narrative of the Old Trail Days Andy Adams 233

15 Arizona Sights Stewart Edward White 243

16 The Two-Gun Man Charles Alden Seltzer 257

17 The Little Gold Miners of The Sierras Joaquin Miller 267

18 The Mysterious Rider Zane Grey 277

19 The Last Of The Great Scouts Helen Cody Wetmore 293