Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present
by McMurtry, Larry (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684868822
- ISBN 13
- 9780684868820
- Seller
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Fulshear, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bumping and a few tiny tears to the top edge of the dust jacket, which is protected now in a Mylar archival sleeve. Signed by Larry McMurty (name only) on the front free endpaper. Twenty stories that collectively offer a view of "the coming of age" of the American frontier. 414 pages with Introduction by Larry McMurtry. Pages 413-14 are an extension of the copyright page where the editor acknowledges permission to reprint stories from the authors listed. Those authors, whose stories appear in this collection, include (in order of appearance): Wallace Stegner, Dave Hickey, Dao Strom, Dagoberto Gilb, William Hauptman, Jack Kerouac, Ron Hansen, Diana Ossana, Robert Boswell, Tom McGuane, Louise Erdrich, Max Apple, Mark Jude Poirier, Rick Bass, Jon Billman, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Annie Proulx, Leslie Marmon Silko, and William H. Gass. The Annie Proulx story is Brokeback Mountain, adapted for the screen by McMurtry and Diana Ossana (another contributor to this collection), for which they won an Oscar..
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- Bookseller
- Whiting Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11022
- Title
- Still Wild: Short Fiction of the American West 1950 to the Present
- Author
- McMurtry, Larry (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684868822
- ISBN 13
- 9780684868820
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Fiction American West McMurtry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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Whiting Books
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