Notable writers of the American West & the Native American experience

This title provides both an overview and more in-depth context to the stories of acclaimed American West and Native American writers. Entries include each author's biography and literary career, a list of major works, major genres, and birth and death details. The volume also includes a Chronol...

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Other Authors: Nicosia, Laura M. (Editor), Nicosia, James F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Amenia, NY : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Grey House Publishing, [2021]
Series:Notable writers.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 642 pages) : illustrations, portraits, photographs.
Subjects:
Authors, American -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
Indian authors -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
American literature -- West (U.S.) -- Dictionaries.
American literature -- Indian authors -- Dictionaries.
Indians in literature -- Dictionaries.
West (U.S.) -- In literature -- Dictionaries.
Online Access:EBSCOhost - Click here for access
Contents:
  • Edward Abbey
  • Sherman Alexie
  • Paula Gunn Allen
  • Rudolfo Anaya
  • Mary Austin
  • Billy-Ray Belcourt
  • D. (Don) L. Birchfield
  • [Nicholas] Black Elk
  • Black Hawk
  • Black Kettle
  • Elias Cornelius Boudinot
  • Beth Brant
  • Dee Brown
  • Joseph Bruchac III
  • Margaret M. Bruchac
  • William Cullen Bryant
  • Barney Furman Bush
  • S. Alice Callahan
  • Kit Carson
  • Ana Castillo
  • Willa Cather
  • Denise Chávez
  • Lydia Maria [Francis] Child
  • Chrystos
  • Sandra Cisneros
  • Walter Van Tilburg Clark
  • Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
  • James Fenimore Cooper
  • Stephen Crane
  • Vine Deloria Jr.
  • Natalie G. Diaz
  • Cherie Dimaline
  • Michael Dorris
  • Charles Eastman
  • Heid E. Erdrich
  • Louise Erdrich
  • Percival Everett
  • Edna Ferber
  • Mary Hallock Foote
  • Hamlin Garland
  • Dagoberto Gilb
  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • Diane Glancy
  • Owl Goingback
  • Zane Grey
  • Sutton E. Griggs
  • A.B. Guthrie Jr.
  • Janet Campbell Hale
  • Joy Harjo
  • Jim Harrison
  • Alice Corbin Henderson
  • Tomson Highway
  • Tony Hillerman
  • Brandon Hobson
  • Linda Hogan
  • Paul Horgan
  • LeAnne Howe
  • William Humphrey
  • Arturo Islas
  • David Ives
  • Helen Hunt Jackson
  • E. Pauline Johnson
  • Preston Jones
  • Mary Karr
  • Maurice Kenny
  • Thomas King
  • Barbara Kingsolver
  • Joseph Wood Krutch
  • Winona LaDuke
  • Louis L'Amour
  • Elmore Leonard
  • Darcie Little Badger
  • Layli Long Soldier
  • Lee Maracle
  • Joseph M. Marshall III
  • John Joseph Mathews
  • Cormac McCarthy
  • Larry McMurtry
  • D'Arcy McNickle
  • Joseph Medicine Crow
  • Rigoberta Menchú
  • James A. Michener
  • N. Scott Momaday
  • Mourning Dove
  • Duane Niatum
  • Frank Norris
  • Michael Ondaatje
  • Tommy Orange
  • Simon Ortiz
  • Louis Owens
  • Américo Paredes
  • Quannah Parker
  • Katherine Anne Porter
  • Charles Portis
  • E. Annie Proulx
  • Red Cloud
  • Debbie Reese
  • Marcie Rendon
  • Conrad Richter
  • Tomás Rivera
  • Rebecca Roanhorse
  • Wendy Rose
  • Sakakawea
  • Lisa See
  • Sequoyah
  • Leslie Marmon Silko
  • William Gilmore Simms
  • Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
  • Cynthia Leitich Smith
  • Monique Gray Smith
  • Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
  • Dennis E. Staples
  • Wallace Stegner
  • John Steinbeck
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Chief Jake Tekaronianeken Swamp
  • Glendon Swarthout
  • Luci Tapahonso
  • Drew Hayden Taylor
  • David Teurer
  • Mark Twain
  • Richard Van Camp
  • John C. Van Dyke
  • Helena María Viramontes
  • Gerald Vizenor
  • Robert Penn Warren
  • Elissa Washuta
  • Frank Waters
  • James Welch
  • Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Terry Tempest Williams
  • Sarah Winnemucca
  • Larry Woiwode
  • Hisaye Yamamoto
  • Karen Tei Yamashita
  • Brigham Young
  • Ray A. Young Bear
  • Ofelia Zepeda
  • Zitkala-Ša.

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