west (u.s.)

A 13-year-old living in a turn-of-the-century California mining town determines to marry off her adoptive brothers and discover the identity of her real parents.

Ten-year-old Arthur must not only solve a series of train robberies but must clear his own name of suspicion.

With the help of a thirteen-year-old Apache who becomes his best friend, a seventeen-year-old boy leads a small band of Apache children across fifty miles of Arizona desert.

Examines various aspects of life on cattle ranches in the nineteenth century.

James and his family start a new life after settling in the prairie.

An account based on the experiences of historical cowhands follows the experiences of a 15-year-old rider on the famous Chisholm Trail, who good-naturedly describes his fortune-seeking efforts to drive cattle despite numerous dangerous obstacles.

A collection of twelve original plays dramatizing songs, folklore, historical events, and larger-than-life characters of the Wild West.

In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise?the color and the gem?to probe deeper into our profound human attachment to landscape. From the Sierra Nevada, the Mojave Desert, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Bahamas to her home ground on the high plateaus and deep canyons of the Southwest, we journey with Meloy through vistas of both great beauty and great desecration. Her keen vision makes us look anew at ancestral mountains, turquoise seas, and even motel swimming pools. Throughout, Meloy invites us to appreciate along with her the endless surprises in all of life and celebrates the seduction to be found in our visual surroundings.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard presents eighteen short stories exploring such themes as sex, regret, the male psyche, and father-son relationships.