This work tells the story of a simple cowpuncher versus the establishment as he refuses to compromise the woman he loves to get out of a murder charge. The writer's use of western humor will entertain the readers till the end.

Eugene Manlove Rhodes's masterpiece, "Pas¢ Por Aqu�", opens this collection of his short novels and stories, set in New Mexico, where he lived during the 1880s and 1890s. J. Frank Dobie praised Rhodes's artistry, and Bernard DeVoto thought he wrote "much the best dialogue . . . Of western characters since Mark Twain." Included are the novelettes "Good Men and True," "Bransford of Rainbow Range," and "The Trusty Knaves."

The history of the Tularosa Basin--which includes White Sands Missile Range--from pioneer days through the atomic age.

Presents entries on history, theory, and literary terms associated within such literary categories as the novel, short story, satire, romance, biography, science fiction, and literary criticism.

Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West, most commonly between the years of 1860 and 1900. Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape of deserts and mountains. Often, the vast landscape plays an important role, presenting a mythic vision of the plains and deserts of the American West. Critics August Nemo brings seven short stories specially selected with the best of Western's courage and adventure: - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte - All Gold Canyon by Jack London - On the Divide by Willa Cather - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane - The Caballero's Way by O. Henry - The Great Slave by Zane Grey - Wine in the Desert by Max Brand For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!