Download or read book RAWHIDE KNOT OTH STORIES written by Conrad Richter and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-08-28 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful story-telling voice that has carried so many readers back into the world of the American frontier is heard again in these eight tales of pioneers and pioneer days by the author of The Sea of Grass, The Light in the Forest, The Waters of Kronos and The Town. Each story captures the force and sweep of our past in all its fierce reality, bringing us the strong, vigorous, unforgettable men and women of a simpler, harsher, more heroic time. The title story gives the collection its unifying theme, that of the frontier marriage, the “rawhide knot”—the couple bound together by the rough exigencies of pioneer life. A young girl, Sayward Hewett, has walked with her family from Pennsylvania to a settlement in the Ohio wilderness, and she is afraid of nothing. One night the men of the settlement—drunk, bent on real devilment, hardly less wild after a day’s carousing than the panthers lurking just beyond the handful of log cabins—decide to “hatch up a marryin’” between an old maid and a shy, outcast, book-learned young lawyer from back East. But the girl Sayward, facing the whole lot of them, determined that she will marry their scapegoat bridegroom, wins her own victory. In “Smoke Over the Prarie,” a marriage seems to presage—indeed, to precipitate—the downfall of a great baron of the Old West. In “Early Americana,” and eighteen-year-old boy, trapped in a Comanche uprising, finds himself ambushed by love. In all of these stories, love and violence are yoked together by the challenge of life on the frontier. Here is the physical and emotional landscape of that world, with its vast spaces, its elemental struggles, its quality both of legend and of history, brought to us with the power and breadth that have given Conrad Richter’s work its enduring place in American fiction.
Download or read book Where the Wild Books Are written by Jim Dwyer and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As interest in environmental issues grows, many writers of fiction have embraced themes that explore the connections between humans and the natural world. Ecologically themed fiction ranges from profound philosophical meditations to action-packed entertainments. Where the Wild Books Are offers an overview of nearly 2,000 works of nature-oriented fiction. The author includes a discussion of the precursors and history of the genre, and of its expansion since the 1970s. He also considers its forms and themes, as well as the subgenres into which it has evolved, such as speculative fiction, ecodefense, animal stories, mysteries, ecofeminist novels, cautionary tales, and others. A brief summary and critical commentary of each title is included. Dwyer’s scope is broad and covers fiction by Native American writers as well as ecofiction from writers around the world. Far more than a mere listing of books, Where the Wild Books Are is a lively introduction to a vast universe of engaging, provocative writing. It can be used to develop book collections or curricula. It also serves as an introduction to one of the most fertile areas of contemporary fiction, presenting books that will offer enjoyable reading and new insights into the vexing environmental questions of our time.
Download or read book The Arrival of Jimpson and Other Stories for Boys about Boys written by Ralph Barbour and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twayne s United States Authors Series written by Edwin W. Gaston and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wilderness A to Z written by Rachel Carley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Whole Earth Catalog meets the Boy Scout Manual in this comprehensive and irresistible compendium of wilderness wisdom, natural history and practical know-how. Illustrations, maps, photos throughout.
Download or read book Incidents at Whiterock and Other Stories written by Jack Poole and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-07-26 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Description: In the northwest corner of Nevada, the high desert has laid its claim on people of the land since long before the native Americans who made their home around Pyramid Lake. Legends and myths surround the Black Rock country as vaguely as the winter mists creeping in from the mountains. It is a land of cattle and mining and sheep. In the middle of the twentieth century horses gave way to Toyota Land Cruisers and war surplus Jeeps, and the Basque and Portuguese shepherds moved great flocks of sheep for hundreds of miles. The dogs who were both labor and companions got used to the sound of engines. There were few towns and many lonely ranches. This is a story about one such town and the events which reshaped its life. Author Bio: Jack Poole pursues writing as a second career. He was raised in Michigan, graduated from DePauw University in Indiana, and enjoyed a 31 year engineering administration career in California. Mr. Poole lives and works in Nine Mile Falls, Washington, where his cat, Charlie, is a constant critic.
Download or read book Short Stories written by Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and published by Blind and Physically Handicapped. This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twentieth Century American Literature written by Warren French and published by Springer. This book was released on 1980-11-01 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Evolution of the Western written by Martin Kich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-09-05 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the enduring influence of the Western – the quintessential American film genre – and its essential role in US and world culture. Follow the entire history of the Western, from its roots in the pulp novels of the early 20th century, through the serials of the silent era and the mid-century classics of John Ford and John Wayne, to the recent award-winning revisionist works, like Unforgiven and No Country for Old Men, that provide a more complex and nuanced take on history of the West. Perhaps more than any other pop culture genre, the Western allows us to view how Americans have seen themselves over the last 150 years. Build a foundational understanding of the genre with 5 introductory essays, exploring the development of the Western Mythos in the traditional Western, the heyday of the traditional Western in the post-WWII period, revisionist Westerns and the counterculture, race and identify, and the Western outside of the USA. Close to 100 encyclopedia entries examine one or more movies or television programs and show how their creation and plots demonstrate the overall evolution of the genre. Easily compare films and TV programs – from early genre favorites such as Gunsmoke to more recent releases like Django Unchained – with essential facts boxes accompanying each entry, with information on the director, studio, key actors, and box office receipts.
Download or read book Knotted written by Pam Godwin and published by Heartbound Media, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A perfect dark cowboy romance. I loved Jake's dominance and pure love for Conor. I loved the estate and ranch. I loved the swoony sexiness. 5 Stars." ~ Pepper Winters, New York Times Bestselling Author I try to forget her. It’s impossible. Growing up together, Conor and I shared all our firsts. First love, first kiss, first... Not all our firsts. We were sixteen the night she was violently assaulted while I helplessly watched. I’ll never forget the sounds of her suffering. Or my inconsolable agony when she left Oklahoma. Years later, she returns to honor our teenage pact. Except the boy she loved is gone, replaced by a ruthless cattle rancher knotted with secrets. She doesn’t know my dark cravings or the trails of sin that lead to her. I don’t deserve her, but one truth remains. She’s mine. Contains: dark cowboy, alpha, dark romance, dominance, country music, western, Oklahoma, rural, small town, ranch, contemporary romance, suspense, murder, abuse, musician, guitar, second chance, coming of age, country boy, country girl
Download or read book Cassette Books written by Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and published by . This book was released on with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Westerns written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western, though a singularly American art form, is one of the great genres of world literature with a truly global readership. It is also durable despite being often unfairly maligned. Ever since James Fenimore Cooper transformed frontier yarns into a distinct literary form, the Western has followed two paths: one populist - what Time magazine famously billed 'the American Morality Play' - capable of taking many points of view, from red to redneck, but always populist, with a sentimental attachment to the misfit; the other literary - eschewing heroism, debunking with unsettling candour many of the myths of the West. It can sometimes be difficult to draw a sure line between the two forms, but both are represented in this outstanding collection which includes stories by Rick Bass, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Larry McMurtry, Mari Sandoz, Christopher Tilghman, and Mark Twain, among many others.
Download or read book Guide to Reprints written by Albert James Diaz and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Senior High School Paperback Collection written by John Thomas Gillespie and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1986 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an annotated list of more than four thousand paperbacks, including fiction, poetry, and books on religion, art, crafts, sports, science, music, history, and education.
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Download or read book CliffsNotes on Richter s The Light in the Forest written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001-03-07 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conrad Richter, one of American literature's preeminent authors on the American frontier, highlights family hardship, individual suffering, and societal breakup in The Light in the Forest. Impeccably researched, Richter's novel takes place at a time of rapid change in the 18th century. True Son/Johnny is the protagonist, a white boy captured at the age of 4 by the Lenni Lenape Indians and later adopted as one of their own. Forced to return to his white family 11 years later, True Son/Johnny must address what it means to belong and face the consequence of defying those ties.
