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“stephen j may”

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  • Michener's South Pacific

    by Stephen J. May ...
    The creation of one of the most beloved books and Broadway musicals of the centuryWhen the Japanese military attacked Pearl Harbor, James A. Michener was an obscure textbook editor working in New York. Within three years, he was a naval officer stationed in the South Pacific. By the end of the decade, he was an accomplished author, well on the way to worldwide fame.Michener’s first novel, Tales of ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Writing the Wild Frontier

    200 Years of the Best Western Writers and Their Novels

    by Stephen J. May ...
    For over 200 years, the American Western novel has chronicled much of the American experience, especially those of James Fenimore Cooper, Bret Harte, Andy Adams, Jack Schaefer and Larry McMurtry. Alongside the roguish figure of the cowboy, Westerns depict the experiences of women and minorities as they face the hardships and deprivations of the frontier.This book is directed at the general reader ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage

    The Real Story Behind the Wild West's Greatest Tale

    by Stephen J. May ...
    His mother was against it, but he grew up to be a cowboy anyway. Zane Grey was a corn-fed mid-westerner who ended up an unhappy dentist in New York City. After a journey to Arizona and Utah in 1907, he decided he would rather wear chaps and a Stetson than return to a mundane life pulling teeth in Manhattan.Thus began his career as a writer. Zane Grey faced mountains of rejection and disappointment ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Voyage of The Slave Ship

    J.M.W. Turner's Masterpiece in Historical Context

    by Stephen J. May ...
    Set against the backdrop of the Atlantic slave trade, this book traces the development, exhibition and final disposition of one of J.M.W. Turner's greatest and most memorable paintings. Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901) in Great Britain produced unprecedented wealth and luxury. For artists and writers this period was particularly noteworthy in that it gave them the opportunity to both praise ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Walter Benjamin at the Dairy Queen

    Reflections on Sixty and Beyond

    by Larry McMurtry ...
    In a lucid, brilliant work of nonfiction, Larry McMurtry has written a family portrait that also serves as a larger portrait of Texas itself, as it was and as it has become.Using an essay by the German literary critic Walter Benjamin that he first read in Archer City's Dairy Queen, McMurtry examines the small town way of life that big oil and big ranching have nearly destroyed. He praises the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Butch Cassidy

    The True Story of an American Outlaw

    by Charles Leerhsen ...
    Charles Leerhsen brings the notorious Butch Cassidy to vivid life in this “lyrical and deeply researched” (Publishers Weekly) biography that goes beyond the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to reveal a more fascinating and complicated man than legend provides.For more than a century the life and death of Butch Cassidy have been the subject of legend, spawning a small industry of mythmakers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Western

    by David Carter ...
    From the very beginnings of American cinema the Western has been a central genre, as the hazardous lives of the settlers, their conflict with Native Americans, the lawless frontier towns, outlaws, and cattle rustlers all found their way into the new medium of film. This book provides a basic work of reference for all the major directors and noteworthy films of the genre. It discusses how folk ... Read more

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  • Calamity Jane: The Woman and the Legend

    The Woman and the Legend

    by James D. McLaird ...
    Forget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert’s gritty portrayal on HBO’s Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you’ve never encountered. That is, until now.This book is a definitive biography of Martha Canary, the woman popularly known as Calamity Jane. Written by one of today’s foremost authorities on this notorious character, it is a meticulously ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Deep Creek

    A Novel

    by Dana Hand ...
    One of the Washington Post's Best Novels of the Year: A "fascinating" tale of murder in 1880s Idaho, based on real historical events ( The Daily Beast).Idaho Territory, June 1887. A small-town judge takes his young daughter fishing, and she catches a man. Another body surfaces, then another. The final toll: over thirty Chinese gold miners brutally murdered. Their San Francisco employer hires Idaho ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Print the Legend

    The Life and Times of John Ford

    by Scott Eyman ...
    "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend." This line comes from director John Ford's film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, but it also serves as an epigram for the life of the legendary filmmaker.Through a career that spanned decades and included work on dozens of films -- among them such American masterpieces as The Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath, The Quiet Man, Stagecoach, and How Green ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • John Ford

    Poet in the Desert

    by Joseph M Malham ...
    John Ford--Poet in the Desert is an uncommon biography. Author Joe Malham offers rarely explored facets of this dark yet towering poetic genius in a fascinating analysis of the artist's personal life. The influences on Ford's work, from art, history and politics to the man's mystical faith, are skillfully woven together with insights into Ford's famous films. Ford, who won six Oscars, is known ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Real Dirt on America's Frontier Legends

    by Jim Motavalli ...
    Series series The Real Dirt
    Learn the truth behind the famous characters of the Wild West—and how the legends got it wrong—in this lively history that separates fact from fiction.The historic figures of the Western frontier have fascinated us for generations. But in many cases, the stories we know about them are little more than inventions. Popular legend won't tell you, for instance, that David Crockett was a congressman, ... Read more

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