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| Introduction: The Conquistador, the Lone Ranger, and Beyond | |
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| A Western Chronology, With 200 Significant Titles | |
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| "The Sun's Myth" | |
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| [Ventura to Santa Barbara in 1776], from Pedro Font's Diary | |
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| [North Dakota journals from the spring of 1805], from The Journals of Lewis and Clark | |
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| "Through the Foothills with a Flock of Sheep," from My First Summer in the Sierra | |
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| "The Valley of the Virgen," from Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District | |
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| Winnemucca from Life Among the Piutes | |
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| "Under the Lion's Paw," from Main Traveled Roads | |
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| Wister from The Virginian | |
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| "My Neighbor's Field," from The Land of the Little Rain | |
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| London "All Gold Canyon," from Moon-face and Other Stories | |
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| Grey from Riders of the Purple Sage | |
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| Cather from O Pioneers! from My Antonia | |
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| Scarborough from The Wind | |
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| "Granite and Cypress" "Tor House" "November Surf" "Gray Weather" "Signpost" "The Answer" | |
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| Standing Bear "Nature," from Land of the Spotted Eagle | |
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| Steinbeck Chapters 1, 2, and 3, from The Grapes of Wrath | |
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| Chapters 31 and 32, from The Big Sky | |
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| Chapter 1, from Shane | |
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| Waters "Hopi Ceremonialism," from Masked Gods | |
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| Villarreal from Pocho | |
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| "In Response to a Question" "Speaking Frankly" "Representing Far Places" "Montana Eclogue" | |
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| "Introduction" to The Way to Rainy Mountain | |
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| "Dancing," from Dancing | |
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| Chapter 4, from Farewell to Manzanar | |
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| "The Great American Desert," from The Journey Home Wallace Stegner Part l chapter 5, from Recapitulation | |
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| "True West" | |
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| "B. Traven Is Alive and Well in Cuernavaca," from The Anaya Reader | |
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| "Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout" "Marin-An" "Anasazi" "Magpie's Song" "True Night" | |
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| "On Water," from The Solace of Open Spaces | |
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| Chapter 16, from Last of the Breed | |
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| "The Last of the Menu Girls," from The Last of the Menu Girls | |
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| "The Centaur" "The Poplar's Shadow" "Camping in Madera Canyon" | |
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| "Afterword" from Frog Mountain Blues | |
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| "Waverly Jong: Rules of the Game," from The Joy Luck Club | |
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| "Snowy Plovers" from Refuge | |
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| William Kittredge "Reimagining Warner," from Heart of the Land | |
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| "Days of Heaven," from In The Loyal Mountains | |
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| "Why I Am a Danger to the Public," from Homeland and Other Stories | |
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| "Creations," from Heart of the Land | |
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| Guide to Further Reading | |