{"product_id":"2940151636049","title":"ReadWest: Stories of the American West","description":"The Western novel is unique to America, its characters diverse, and its\u003cbr\u003ecanvas of subject matter infinitely broad. The authors in this story\u003cbr\u003ecollection make up a perfect model of these criteria. Elmer Kelton, who\u003cbr\u003ewrote primarily about Texas, is regarded by his peers as the best to ever\u003cbr\u003ewrite in the genre. Literary scholars have considered his novel The Time\u003cbr\u003eIt Never Rained a classic American work. Multi award-winning author\u003cbr\u003eJohn D. Nesbitt is noted as one of the fresher voices writing Westerns\u003cbr\u003etoday. In 2009 and 2010, Nesbitt won three back-to-back Spur Awards for\u003cbr\u003ehis novels and short fiction. Best-selling author Don Bendell has featured\u003cbr\u003ehis character Joshua Strongheart—and Strongheart’s Native American\u003cbr\u003eheritage—in both his military thrillers and his historical Western novels.\u003cbr\u003eBendell is often compared to the iconic Western writer Louis L’Amour.\u003cbr\u003eTexas author Mike Kearby, winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award,\u003cbr\u003ehas become a favorite of Western fans world-wide. Kearby also has a\u003cbr\u003estrong youth following and has ventured into graphic novels. Steven\u003cbr\u003eLaw’s novel Yuma Gold was a number one best-seller on Amazon.com,\u003cbr\u003eand his fans have labeled him the twenty-first century’s best Western\u003cbr\u003ewriter. D. B. Jackson, whose debut novel, They Rode Good Horses,\u003cbr\u003egrabbed the attention of Western and mainstream readers, has been\u003cbr\u003econsidered, by his editor, to be the heir to Elmer Kelton’s audience. Also\u003cbr\u003eincluded in this collection is a special treat from literary scholar and Texas\u003cbr\u003enative L. D. Clark. Taken from his novel A Bright Tragic Thing, Clark\u003cbr\u003ehas penned a screenplay based on the Civil War hangings in Gainesville,\u003cbr\u003eTexas, which claimed the life of his great-grandfather. This anthology is a\u003cbr\u003eclear representation of the classics of Western writing, but also for now,\u003cbr\u003eand for the future.","brand":"Progreso Publishing Group, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074089369840,"sku":"2940151636049","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151636049_p0.jpg?v=1764012401","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151636049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}