skip to content
Close Window

Please sign in to WorldCat 

Don't have an account? You can easily create a free account.

The Laughing West : humorous Western fiction past and present : an anthology
ClosePreview this item

The Laughing West : humorous Western fiction past and present : an anthology

Author: C L Sonnichsen
Publisher: Athens : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, ©1988.
Edition/Format: Book : Fiction : EnglishView all editions and formats
Rating:

Retrieving ratings and reviews data...  

 

Find a copy in the library

Retrieving... Finding libraries that hold this item...

Details

Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: C L Sonnichsen
ISBN: 0804009015 9780804009010 0804009023 9780804009027
OCLC Number: 16950623
Description: xi, 299 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part I. Humor in the West - a changing picture -- "Ancestral eagles" (from Indian stories from the Pueblos)/ Frank G. Applegate -- "The marriage of Moon Wind" (from Branded West) / Bill Gulick -- "Louis Champlain's party" (from Stay away Joe) / Dan Cushman -- "A night in town"( from Men and horses) / Ross Santee -- "Old fooler in action" (from The rounders) / Max Evans -- "Partners" (from The Cadillac cowboys) / Glendon Swarthout -- "Little piñon fires" (from No high adobe) / Dorothy Pillsbury -- "Life at Sagrado" (from Red sky at morning) / Richard Bradford -- "Joe Mondragón defies the establishment" (from The Milagro beanfield war) / John Nichols -- Part II. New times, new faces : humor in contemporary Western fiction -- "The real Wild Bill Hickok" (from Little Big Man) / Thomas Berger -- "The history of Sheriff C.L. Hoke Birdsill" (from The ballad of Dingus Magee) / David Markson -- "Tom Horn meets Al Sieber" (from I, Tom Horn) / Will Henry -- "Jamie meets Jim Bridger" (from The travels of Jaimie McPheeters) / Robert Lewis Taylor -- "Ike Bender's Indian scare" (from The road to many a wonder) / David Wagoner -- "Flashy and sonsee-array" (from Flashman and the redskins) / George MacDonald Fraser -- "Reel 11" (from God's other son) / Don Imus -- "Spotlight on Cullie Blanton" (from The one-eyed man) / Larry L. King -- "Seldom-seen Smith" (from The monkey wrench gang) / Edward Abbey -- "The founding of Caliche" (from The return of the Virginian) / H. Allen Smith -- "Janet and her songs" (from Baja Oklahoma) / Dan Jenkins -- "Freight train" (from Peeper) / William Brinkley.
Responsibility: compiled and edited by C.L. Sonnichsen.

Reviews

Retrieving WorldCat reviews...
Retrieving EMRO reviews...
Retrieving weRead reviews...
Retrieving GoodReads reviews...
Retrieving Amazon reviews...

Tags

Be the first.

Similar Items

Confirm this request

You may have already requested this item. Please select Ok if you would like to proceed with this request anyway.