Estleman, Loren D., ed. American West; twenty new stories from the Western Writers of America.Tor, Forge. 368p. c2001. 0-312-87281-X. $15.95. SA Twenty stories from the Western Writers of America Western Writers of America, founded 1953, promotes literature, both fiction and non-fiction, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional western fiction, the more than 500 current members also include historians and other non-fiction writers as well as , including Loren D. Estleman Loren D. Estleman (born September 15, 1952) is an American writer of detective and Western fiction. He writes with a manual typewriter. Estelman attended Eastern Michigan University. He is most famous for his novels about P.I. Amos Walker. , Max Evans  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , Don Coldsmith, and others, portray many varied characters. Some are based on true stories, like "The Guardians," which tells of Indians who guarded the houses of white women while their men were gone to take wheat to a mill. One is about an 18-year-old who becomes a woman on her way west with her new husband. Another tells of the tribulations of a woman in the gold rush era and a female photographer known as Mike whose subject is Sitting Bull. All characterize people of the West who were not as well known as the gunfighters and cattle ranchers. A fascinating look at the "other" West. Barbara Jo McKee, Libn/Media Dir., Streetsboro H.S., Stow Stow (stō), city (1990 pop. 27,702), Summit co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Akron; settled 1802, inc. as a city 1960. Chiefly residential, it has some light industry. , OH |
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