Notable writers of the American West & the Native American experience
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Notable Writers of the American West & the Native American Experience is a collection with broad appeal. The range of entries for this volume includes writers so varied that readers with a passing interest in discovering Americas storytelling history of the Western frontier (as it was redefined throughout our history), readers with a desire to understand the wealth of ancient Indigenous stories passed down in the oral tradition, students endeavoring to get a more reasonable and accurate vision of the American West than Western movies might have provided them, and scholars from a wide range of fields trying to broaden their scope, will find an entry to pique their interest. But there is more to this collection than that, for contemporary writers are also part of the ongoing Native American narrative and the narrative of the American West, often, but not always, at the same time. This volume is a collection of analytic, scholarly, encyclopedic essays about these writers, thinkers, activists and scholars, and readers will be prompted to delve deeper into their works and lives.