{"product_id":"9780940666986","title":"Dreams of Quivira: Stories in Search of the Golden West","description":"Robert Gish's stories of the old and new West speak of the search for a   region of the mind and heart, as much as the places where westerners live out   their personal dramas. For some the West remains a destination of renewal and   hope, like Coronado's Quivira, promising escape from wrong starts and   thwarted desires, and holding out the possibility of transformation. For   others it is the graveyard of expectations, or the entrance to a darker inner   territory where desires are shaped by loss and violated innocence. From a   spirited recreation of Elfego Baca's historic gun battle against a hoard of   murderous Texas cowboys, to a coming-of-age story that suggests a near   magical masculine-feminine duality, Gish's stories are animated by passionate   tensions between landscapes and cultures, universal dilemmas and private   lives. Written in a lyrical yet earthy style that reflects the dreams and   conflicts of his characters, these stories draw strength from Gish's deep   roots in the West and from his singular ability to lay bare the longings of   the human heart.\u003cp\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Robert Franklin Gish, Ph.D, heads the Ethnic Studies Department and is a   professor of English and ethnic studies at California Polytechnic State   University. A native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gish is the author of   numerous essays and books on ethnicity and the American West, including   \"Beyond Bounds: Cross-Cultural Essays on Anglo, American Indian, and Chicano   Literature\"; \"Nueva Granada: Paul Horgan and the Southwest\"; \"When Coyote   Howls: A Lavaland Fable\"; and \"Songs of My Hunter Heart: A Western Kinship.\"   His other collections of short fiction include \"First Horses: Stories of the   New West\" and \"Bad Boys and Black Sheep: Fateful Tales from the West.\"  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clear Light Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034535018736,"sku":"9780940666986","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780940666986_p0.gif?v=1763869963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780940666986","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}