Moving on: Stories of the West

by Jane Candia Coleman

WesternJane Candia Coleman is a natural storyteller whose characters come from the lands between the southwestern valleys of Arizona and the Gila Mountains of New Mexico. The night Billy the Kid died is hauntingly depicted in Corrido for Billy. Lady Flo is a memoir, based on historical fact, of the black wife of an Irish nobleman. Moving On depicts a young girl abandoned by her family who finds her way with an itinerant Jewish peddler. And Are You Coming Back, Phin Montana? is the winner of the 1995 Spur Award for Best Western Short Fiction. Each story embodies the finest elements of Western fiction imitations of hope, vulnerability, and courage.*First Edition Western

Genres: Westerns

274 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1997

Reviews

[Harron68]

Four stars. A fine collection of tales, and one that enlarges the genre with the touch a woman writer can uniquely add.

[Ron]

Review upcoming at my blog.

[Meredith]

More terrific stories of the West from this talented writer.