Downloadable Guide for Group Discussion and Classroom Use Both Books The editors of these groundbreaking collections, all three of whom are ranch women, used to joke about the West’s stereotypical images and perennial popularity. As Deirdre Stoelzle points out in her essay “The Curtsy” (Leaning into the Wind), “The fake cowboys are the ones [...]
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Woven on the Wind and Leaning into the Wind edited by Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell Collier, and Nancy Curtis
Downloadable Guide for Group Discussion and Classroom Use Both Books The editors of these groundbreaking collections, all three of whom are ranch women, used to joke about the West’s stereotypical images and perennial popularity. As Deirdre Stoelzle points out in her essay “The Curtsy” (Leaning into the Wind), “The fake cowboys are the ones [...]
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
About the book: “I know of no novel that makes the remote folk of the western prairies more real . . . and I know of none that makes them seem better worth knowing.” — H. L. Mencken, 1919 An enduring literary masterpiece first published in 1918 by Houghton Mifflin, this eloquent novel is an [...]
The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
The Whistling Season Ivan Doig ISBN:9780156031646 About the book: "Can’t cook but doesn’t bite." So begins the ad offering the services of an "A-1 housekeeper" that draws the attention of widower Oliver Milliron in the fall of 1909. And so also begins the unforgettable season that deposits the noncooking, nonbiting, ever-whistling Rose Llewellyn and her [...]
Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
A Mariner Reader’s Guide to The Heart of Horses by Molly Gloss About the Author For Discussion A Conversation with Molly Gloss Molly Gloss is the author of Wild Life, winner of the James Tiptree Award, The Jump-Off Creek, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and The Dazzle of Day, a New York Times Notable [...]
