Western Experience
"Western Experience" examines life in the West from various viewpoints, looks at myths and stereotypes of the West, and explores how various groups have adapted to unique physical and cultural environments in the West.
Books for this series include:
Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life by Robert Utley
Black Elk Speaks by John Neihardt
Brave Cowboy by Edward Abbey
Bride Goes West, A by Nannie Alderson and Helena H. Smith
Buffalo Girls by Larry McMurtry
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
English Creek by Ivan Doig
Fools Crow by James Welch
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by John L. Deer and Richard Erdos
Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Stewart
Man Who Killed the Deer, The by Frank Waters
Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie
Shane by Jack Schaefer
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
This House of Sky by Ivan Doig
Virginian, The by Owen Wister
Yonnondio by Tillie Olsen
Theme essay
Reading lists to consider
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| western-experience-essay.pdf | 42.95 KB |
| bride-goes-west-discussion-questions.pdf | 49.91 KB |
| buffalo-girls-discussion-questions.pdf | 52.48 KB |
| billy-the-kid-discussion-questions.pdf | 51.8 KB |
| death-comes-discussion-questions.pdf | 52.57 KB |
| brave-cowboy-discussion-questions.pdf | 45.97 KB |
| angle-of-repose-discussion-questions.pdf | 63.5 KB |
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