Reviews
"A powerful, well-made tool, one students and general readers alike can handle without feeling burdened or intimidated by length and one that provides specialists with plenty of reference material, not to mention as easy grip on both past and present. In the end, few informed readers will beable to argue with Lyon's judgments or his knowledge, much less with his refreshing willingness to take chances.. The Literary West is definitely a book made to last."--The Bloomsbury Review, "A tantalizing overview of western American literature from the sixteenth century to the present....A culturally and historically significant literary collection."--Booklist, "A powerful, well-made tool, one students and general readers alike canhandle without feeling burdened or intimidated by length and one that providesspecialists with plenty of reference material, not to mention as easy grip onboth past and present. In the end, few informed readers will be able to arguewith Lyon's judgments or his knowledge, much less with his refreshingwillingness to take chances.. The Literary West is definitely a book made tolast."--The Bloomsbury Review, "No one has a better grasp of Western Literature and its relationship to the authentic history of the West than Thomas Lyon."--Stewart Udall, "No one has a better grasp of Western Literature and its relationship tothe authentic history of the West than Thomas Lyon."--Stewart Udall, "Distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, in editing The Literary West, has compiled an impressive array of writings on the American West, past and present....Lyon's introduction is uncommonly helpful as it presents a summary of writings west of the Mississippi, from the conquistadors tothe Lone Ranger and beyond."--Texas Globe, "A tantalizing overview of western American literature from the sixteenthcentury to the present....A culturally and historically significant literarycollection."--Booklist, "Distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, in editing The Literary West, has compiled an impressive array of writings on the American West, past and present....Lyon's introduction is uncommonly helpful as it presents a summary of writings west of the Mississippi, from the conquistadors to the Lone Ranger and beyond."--Texas Globe"Excellent selection of texts....The introduction by Dr. Lyon is absolutely superb--as is the Western Chronology. These two items really, 'make' the book! One could buy the book just for those!"--Dr. Denis Fournier, University of Mary"A powerful, well-made tool, one students and general readers alike can handle without feeling burdened or intimidated by length and one that provides specialists with plenty of reference material, not to mention as easy grip on both past and present. In the end, few informed readers will be able to argue with Lyon's judgments or his knowledge, much less with his refreshing willingness to take chances.. The Literary West is definitely a book made tolast."--The Bloomsbury Review"No one has a better grasp of Western Literature and its relationship to the authentic history of the West than Thomas Lyon."--Stewart Udall"A tantalizing overview of western American literature from the sixteenth century to the present....A culturally and historically significant literary collection."--Booklist, "Excellent selection of texts....The introduction by Dr. Lyon is absolutely superb--as is the Western Chronology. These two items really, 'make' the book! One could buy the book just for those!"--Dr. Denis Fournier, University of Mary, "Distinguished western scholar Thomas J. Lyon, in editing The LiteraryWest, has compiled an impressive array of writings on the American West, pastand present....Lyon's introduction is uncommonly helpful as it presents asummary of writings west of the Mississippi, from the conquistadors to the LoneRanger and beyond."--Texas Globe, "Excellent selection of texts....The introduction by Dr. Lyon isabsolutely superb--as is the Western Chronology. These two items really, 'make'the book! One could buy the book just for those!"--Dr. Denis Fournier,University of Mary
