{"product_id":"narratives-of-the-american-west-richard-w-etulain-9781647792848","title":"Narratives of the American West: Literature and History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarratives of the American West: Literature and History\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Richard W. Etulain's most resonant work--along with newly written essays--to reveal how history and storytelling have continually shaped each other in the making of the West. Part historiographical memoir, part wide-ranging critical survey, the collection moves from Etulain's Basque upbringing in eastern Washington to his lifetime of teaching, editing, and writing, showing how personal experience and intellectual inquiry converge on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Elliott West's \u003ci\u003eThe Essential West\u003c\/i\u003e, Etulain maps the field's major interpretive turns, from Frederick Jackson Turner to Earl Pomeroy to West's\"Greater Reconstruction,\" and demonstrates how literary craft and historical method inform each other. Along the way, he demythologizes the stories of iconic figures, such as Billy the Kid, Calamity Jane, Chief Joseph, and Sacagawea. tracing how cultural memory evolves across novels, films, and archives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing new essays on Wallace Stegner and Elliott West, alongside revised classics on western myths, genres, regions, and peoples, this accessible yet rigorous volume invites readers to embrace narratives that are complex and morally engaged. Essential for scholars, students, and curious general readers alike, \u003ci\u003eNarratives of the American West\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling guide to how the West has been written and remembered--and why those stories still matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard W. Etulain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647792843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647792848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nevada Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Richard W. Etulain","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874631725311,"sku":"9781647792848","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/narratives-of-the-american-west-richard-w-etulain-9781647792848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}