The Wordsworth Dictionary of the American West (Wordsworth Collection) - Softcover

Blevins, Winfred

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9781853263569: The Wordsworth Dictionary of the American West (Wordsworth Collection)

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ISBN 10: 1853263567 ISBN 13: 9781853263569

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1997

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This work is a reference for the frontier West of the 100th meridian. It contains 5000 terms and expressions which aid the understanding of the real West.

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About the Author:

Win Blevins is the author of thirteen books, including Give Your Heart to the Hawks, Stone Song (winner of the Spur Award and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award), and The Rock Child. He's a consulting editor for TOR/Forge Books and lives in Canyonlands, Utah.

From Library Journal:

Blevins is well known for fictionalizing the history of the American West in works like Stone Song: A Novel of the Life of Crazy Horse, but at the same time he is lauded for his accuracy. He maintains that, like any other subgroup in America, Westerners have a language all their own, and over time he has grown frustrated when his editors or readers did not understand his writing. The result is this dictionary, expanded and revised from the 1992 edition (Facts On File), which defines terms commonly used in the West. Many of the 5000-plus entries are new or rewritten, and the text pays greater attention to the Pacific Coast States, including Alaska. In addition, greater emphasis is placed on words from many of the minority groups influencing Western history, from Mormons to blacks, who are often overlooked in similar works. As a result, this dictionary is much more current than the venerable Western Words: A Dictionary of the American West (o.p.) or Western Words: A Dictionary of the Old West (Hippocrene, 1997), both by Ramon Frederick Adams. The engagingly written entries are arranged alphabetically and frequently include guides to pronunciation. Overall, an informative and entertaining work; recommended for public and academic libraries. Daniel Liestman, Kansas State Univ. Libs., Manhattan
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