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Notable writers of the American West & the Native American experience, editors, Laura Nicosia, James F. Nicosia

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Includes bibliographical references and index

collective biography

photographsportraits

index present

non fiction

Notable writers of the American West & the Native American experience

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editors, Laura Nicosia, James F. Nicosia

Notable writers

Provides detailed essays of two categories of writers -- Native Americans who celebrate the significant contribution that the native peoples have made to the history, culture and growth of the United States, and writers who represent the reality and bold spirit of the American West

Table of Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- 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 Chavez -- 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 Menchu -- James A. Michener -- N. Scott Momaday -- Mourning Dove -- Duane Niatum -- Frank Norris -- Michael Ondaatje -- Tommy Orange -- Simon Ortiz -- Louis Owens -- Americo Paredes -- Quanah Parker -- Katherine Anne Porter -- Charles Portis -- E. Annie Proulx -- Red Cloud -- Debbie Reese -- Marcie Rendon -- Conrad Richter -- Tomas 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 Treuer -- Mark Twain -- Richard Van Camp -- John C. Van Dyke -- Helena Maria 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-Sa -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Literary Terms -- Authors by Form -- Authors by Date of Birth -- Subject Index

Notable writers of the American West and the Native American experience