Reader Of The Purple Sage: Essays On Western Writers And Environmental Literature

by Ann Ronald

This volume contains 18 critical essays by Ann Ronald on the literature of the American West. She discusses such topics as the environmental journalism of Edward Abbey, the epic novels of Larry McMurtry, and the fiction writing of the "Tonopah Ladies" a group of women from a Nevada boomtown writing at the turn of the twentieth century. Ronald teaches English at the University of Nevada at Reno. The volume is not indexed. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

272 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2003

About the author

Stephen Trimble has received significant awards for his photography, his non-fiction, and his fiction, and the breadth of those awards mirrors the wide embrace of his work: The Sierra Club's Ansel Adams Award for photography and conservation; The National Cowboy Museums Western Heritage Wrangler Award; and a Doctor of Humane Letters from his alma mater, Colorado College, honoring his efforts to increase our understanding of Western landscapes and peoples and his choice to remain a stubborn generalist. Environmental historian James Aton has said: Trimble's books comprise one of the most well-rounded, sustained, and profound visions of people and landscape that we have ever seen in the American West.

As writer, editor, and photographer Trimble has published twenty-two books."