Essential Western Novels - Volume 8

Zane Grey · William MacLeod Raine · Willa Cather · Max Brand · Rex Beach · August Nemo

září 2020 · Essential Western Novels Kniha 8 · Tacet Books

Podrobnosti o e‑knize

Welcome to the Essential Western Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about deadly shootouts, gunslingers seeking revenge, love stories with beautiful women, in peril, and of course, cowboys and their trusty steeds.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Western fiction.This book contains the following novels:- The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey.- Ridgway of Montana by William MacLeod Raine.- O Pioneers! by Willa Cather.- The Seventh Man by Max Brand.- Heart of the Sunset by Rex Beach.If you appreciate good books, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

O autorovi

Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) was an American author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier.William MacLeod Raine (June 22, 1871 July 25, 1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West.Willa Cather (December 7, 1873 April 24, 1947) was an American writer who achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915), and My Ántonia (1918). In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours (1922), a novel set during World War I.Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his Western stories using the pseudonym Max Brand. He (as Max Brand) also created the popular fictional character of young medical intern Dr. James Kildare for a series of pulp fiction stories.Rex Beach (September 1, 1877 December 7, 1949) was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player. His adventure novels, influenced by Jack London, were immensely popular throughout the early 1900s.