Once, there was a world where the heroes were defined by their white clothing and the bad guys always wore black. The town sheriff always gunned down the wild gunslinger while the lady in distress cowered. The Indian was to be feared, not understood, and the white man always saved the day. This was the traditional Western.
But times change, as did the Western. The evolving Western is told from the point of view of blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Gentiles, Mormons, Catholics, women, and men. It is about America; it is about life. Whether a story's central element is a hangman or a midwife, a piano or a cowboy who hates tomatoes, you may be certain of one thing, if the tale reflects an expanding continent, it reflects the American West.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
The Snows of August / Jory Sherman
The Guardians / Don Coldsmith
A Piano at Dead Man's Crossing / Johnny D. Boggs
Traveling Princess / Lenore Carroll
Requiem for Rosebud / Ken Hodgson
Dead Game Man / Sally Zanjani
The Heart of the Matter / Max Evans
River Watch / Lori Van Pelt
Hewey and the Wagon Cook / Elmer Kelton
A Woman 49er / JoAnn Levy
The Living Land / Janet E. Graebner
The Last Says of Dominic Prince / Richard S. Wheeler
The Two Trail Ride Tricksters / Riley Froh
Laureano's Wall / Mike Blakely
Going Home Money / Judy Magnuson Lilly
Thirteen Coils / Loren D. Estleman
The Purification of Jim Barnes / Troy D. Smith
Mother George, Midwife / Patti Sherlock
Dove's Song / Randy Lee Eickhoff
Sepia Sun / Deborah Morgan
