The story of Martiniano, the man who killed the deer, is a timeless story of Pueblo Indian sin and redemption, and of the conflict between Indian and white laws; written with a poetically charged beauty of style, a purity of conception, and a thorough understanding of Indian values.

The Man Who Killed The Deer: A Novel of Pueblo Indian Life

Literature & Fiction

Waters, Frank

United States

Swallow Press/Ohio University Press

Poems explore the American Indian consciousness, the lessons of nature, the secrets of the past, and the meaning of birth, life, and death

Poems Old and New: 1918-1978

LEWIS, JANET

Poetry

Although the Chicago area is famous the world over for its splendid architecture, the architectural treasures of the suburban area have remained largely unknown. Ira Bach, assisting by Susan Wolfson, has now provided a comprehensive readable guide to more than 850 nineteenth century dwellings, commercial buildings, public buildings, and churches which are memorable and well worth visiting for their fine architecture and their historic significance. Organized by county, then by town, this book shows us the real roots of Chicago architecture. The 35 Walking Tours make up the heart of the book. Each tour has been planned to “walk you” from one historic building to the next in each of 35 towns. There are easy-to-follow foot maps, as well as invaluable notes on style and design. All the Walking Tours are 2 miles or less from start to finish. Also included is an Introduction by Carroll William Westfall, associate professor of history of architecture and the art of University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. 42 major maps accompany the foot tours and auto routes, and over 110 photos were made especially for this book by Harold A. Nelson, an architect and photographer.

A Guide to Chicago's Historic Suburbs on Wheels and on Foot

Ira J. Bach

Reference

Wines of the Midwest

Church, Ruth Ellen

Tales of the Western Heartland: An Anthology of Cowboy, Scout, Army, Indian, Treasure, and Western True Adventure Stories

History

Chrisman, Harry E.

Americas

Tells the story of the McClung family leaving Oklahoma to homestead in New Mexico, raising beans and children and living through poverty, family troubles, and rewarding experiences

In time of harvest

Sinclair, John L.

Genre Fiction

The Best Western Stories of Ryerson Johnson, hardcover book

The Best Western Stories of Ryerson Johnson (Western Writers Series)

Ryerson Johnson

Higher Elevations: Stories from the West is a rich and varied anthology of fiction from Writers' Forum. As the subtitle promises, it is regional, but these are not all stories from your grandfather's (or Hollywood's) West. These are rodeos and forest fires, lonely farmhouses, and isolated lives in wide open spaces, but there are also stories of the urban homeless, of teenage girls in the club and drug scene of present-day Austin, of wetbacks, Vietnamese immigrants, literate writers of advertising commercials living in high-rise flats. There are action stories and stories of local color, but there are also Jamesian stories, allusive stories, sophisticated, even brittle stories that, mutatis mutandis, might come from the pages of the New Yorker, though the mutation is refreshing and liberating. Robert Olan Butler's “Love” is hilarious; Brett Lott's “I Owned Vermont” brief, oblique, and penetrating; Charles Baxter's “The Eleventh Floor” urbane and moving, Lesley Poling Kemper's “Edith's Own” simultaneously awkward and powerful. The anthology has both variety and cohesiveness and its high quality testifies to the almost inexplicable phenomenon of the flourishing of the short story in a market with few outlets. Writers' Forum is to be congratulated for affording an opportunity for excellent writing to see the light of day.

Higher Elevations: Stories From the West

Over the course of his life, Frank Waters amassed a body of work that has few equals in the literature of the American West. Because his was a writing that touched every facet of the Western experience, his voice still echoes throughout that region's literary world. Swallow Press is especially proud to present this generous sampling of Frank Waters's writings. A Frank Waters Reader encompasses the full range of his work and draws from both his nonfiction and his many novels. It stands as a testament to his singular achievement and proof of the talent that established him as the foremost writer in the Southwest. This collection spanning forty years of writing provides an excellent introduction for the uninitiated as well as a retrospective for those already familiar with this giant talent. His gift for achieving a delicate balance among the many contrary forces at work in the land and the people who inhabit it is as true and enduring as the region that inspired him.

A Frank Waters Reader: A Southwestern Life In Writing

Frank Waters

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