'The Outlaws of the Wild West: 150+ Westerns in One Edition' serves as a sweeping anthology that showcases the rugged landscapes and resilient spirits characterizing American Western literature. This collection spans a vast array of narrative styles, from the sparse, gritty realism of frontier life to romanticized adventures among desolate, lawless expanses. The compilation captures an epoch where the morality was as untamed as the terrain, encapsulating themes of survival, justice, and the human condition confronted by the wilderness. Standout works delve into multifaceted interactions between settlers and native populations, outlaws versus lawmen, and the internal conflicts of characters wrestling with a life of isolation versus community pursuits on the harsh frontier. The contributing authors, including pioneers of the genre such as Zane Grey and Owen Wister, alongside literary figures like Mark Twain and Willa Cather, bring an enriched narrative diversity that spans over a century of American literary tradition. Their collective backgrounds—ranging from actual frontier experience to academic reconstructions of the Wild West—offer a symphonic portrayal of America's expansive, wild heartland. The anthology resonates with key movements of American literature, reflecting elements of romantically infused realism and early modernist tendencies, thereby offering a broad, yet intimate exploration of the zeitgeist of successive eras. 'The Outlaws of the Wild West' invites readers to traverse the dusty trails of the past through a compendium of stories that are as varied as they are enthralling. This anthology is not only an essential read for enthusiasts of Western literature but also a treasure trove for anyone interested in the evolution of American cultural narratives. Through these pages, one gains a panoramic understanding of the legendary American frontier, providing both scholarly insight and captivating entertainment. This collection is a testament to the enduring allure of the Western genre and a profound opportunity to experience the myriad ways in which these foundational stories continue to shape our understanding of America's historical landscape.
The Outlaws of the Wild West: 150+ Westerns in One Edition : Cowboy Adventures, Yukon & Oregon Trail Tales, Famous Outlaw Classics, Gold Rush Adventures & more
Authors:
- Zane Grey
- Max Brand
- Owen Wister
- James Fenimore Cooper
- B. M. Bower
- J. Allan Dunn
- Robert E. Howard
- Bret Harte
- Mark Twain
- Jack London
- O. Henry
- James Oliver Curwood
- Emerson Hough
- Willa Cather
- Andy Adams
- Charles Alden Seltzer
- Jackson Gregory
- Washington Irving
- R.M. Ballantyne
- Frank H. Spearman
- Charles Siringo
- Stephen Crane
- Grace Livingston Hill
- Robert W. Chambers
- Frederic Remington
- Frederic Homer Balch
- Will Lillibridge
- Dane Coolidge
- Francis William Sullivan
- Marah Ellis Ryan
- Forrestine C. Hooker
- Charles King
- Ann S. Stephens
- Isabel E. Ostrander
Format:
Duration:
- 15600 pages
Language:
English
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Zane Grey
Zane Grey (1872–1939) was one of the United States' most popular writers of western fiction. His best-selling book was Riders of the Purple Sage, published in 1912.
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Max Brand
Max Brand is a pseudonym for Frederick Schiller Faust, an author known primarily for his Western stories
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Owen Wister
Owen Wister (1860–1938) was an American writer and is considered the father of Western fiction. He is best remembered for his novel The Virginian, although he never wrote about the West afterwards.
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James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851) was a prolific and popular nineteenth century American writer who wrote historical fiction of frontier and Native American life. He is best remembered for the Leatherstocking Tales, one of which was The Last of the Mohicans.
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Mark Twain
Mark Twain, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835, left school at age 12. His career encompassed such varied occupations as printer, Mississippi riverboat pilot, journalist, travel writer, and publisher, which furnished him with a wide knowledge of humanity and the perfect grasp of local customs and speech manifested in his writing. It wasn't until The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), that he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. Toward the end of his life, plagued by personal tragedy and financial failure, Twain grew more and more cynical and pessimistic. Though his fame continued to widen--Yale and Oxford awarded him honorary degrees--he spent his last years in gloom and desperation, but he lives on in American letters as "the Lincoln of our literature."
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Jack London
Jack London (1876–1916) was a prolific American novelist and short story writer. His most notable works include White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and The Sea-Wolf. He was born in San Francisco, California.
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O. Henry
William Sydney Porter—later to be known as O. Henry—was born in North Carolina in 1862. Known for his surprise endings and ability to capture the hope and pathos of ordinary people, Henry is best remembered for his stories about New York City. The Gift of the Magi was written in 1906, four years before his death.
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Willa Cather
Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I. Cather grew up in Virginia and Nebraska, and graduated from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. She lived and worked in Pittsburgh for ten years, supporting herself as a magazine editor and high school English teacher. At the age of 33 she moved to New York City, though she also traveled widely and spent considerable time at her summer residence in Grand Manan, New Brunswick.
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Washington Irving
Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.
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Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was born in New Jersey and was the last of fourteen children. While The Red Badge of Courage is considered Crane's masterpiece, he is also known for another brilliant yet grim work of fiction, Maggie, A Girl of the Streets (1893), as well as his poetry and journalism. Crane moved to Europe in 1897 and died in Germany at the age of twenty-nine from tuberculosis.
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Robert W. Chambers
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American writer of novels and short stories in the genres of weird fiction, horror, science-fiction, fantasy, and romantic fiction. He is best known for The King in Yellow, a short story collection published in 1895.
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