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Of chiles, cacti, and fighting cocks : notes on the American West / Frederick Turner ; [introduction by William Kittredge].

By:

Turner, Frederick, (, 1937-)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub. , 2004, c1990.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xi, 297 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781555914868

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

979 TUR

Contents:

Encountering a real West -- Life on the line : along the 100th meridian -- Purple Kid -- The life of dry spaces -- Wind on the buffalo grass -- Roping a dream -- Triumph of the "bascos" -- Beseda at Deming -- A lot like it hot -- Time and the river -- A custom of the country -- Buying the West--and selling it : two versions -- Georgia O'Keeffe : her conquest of space -- Tasunke Witko, Crazy Horse--and Still a strange man -- Winter counts -- Visions of the Pacific.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	979 TUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		022479

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Originally published: [San Francisco, Calif.] : North Point Press, 1990.

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