The New Frontier: The Best of Today's Western Fiction

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Joe R. Lansdale
Doubleday, 1989 - Fiction - 180 pages
An anthology of short western stories by Max Brand, Loren Estleman, Max Evans and others.

From inside the book

 

Contents

A First Blooding by Max Brand Frederick Faust
14
Trooper Story by Lenore Carroll
21
Uncle Harrys Flying Saucer Swimming Pool by John Keefauver
29
Copyright

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About the author (1989)

Joe R. Lansdale was born in Gladewater, Tex. in 1951. He attended Tyler Junior College, the University of Texas at Austin, and Stephen F. Austin State University. Lansdale has also had a varied career, having worked as a bouncer, a bodyguard, a transportation manager, a custodian, and a karate instructor before becoming a fulltime writer in 1981. Lansdale's written work includes several novels and more than 200 short stories. Although his favorite genre is fantasy, with suspense a close second, he has also written mysteries, horror, science fiction, and westerns. Some titles include Rumble Tumble, Dead in the West, The Nightrunners, Cold in July, By Bizarre Hands and The Drive-in (a 'B' Movie with Blood and Popcorn. Made in Texas). In addition, Lansdale has edited the short-story anthologies Best of the West, The New Frontier: Best of the West 2, and Razored Saddles. Lansdale has received five Bram Stoker Awards from the Horror Writers of America, including one for "The Night They Missed the Horror Show." He has also been awarded the British Fantasy Award and the American Horror Award. Joe Lansdale and his second wife, Karen, have two children. They live in Nacagdoches, Tex.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe New Frontier: The Best of Today's Western Fiction
A Double D western
Volume 2 of The New Frontier
EditorJoe R. Lansdale
PublisherDoubleday, 1989
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedMay 29, 2008
ISBN0385245696, 9780385245692
Length180 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Westerns
Literary Collections / American / General
  
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