Southwestern American Literature

Volume XXXII No. 2 (Spring 2007)

Editors’ Page	v


*Nonfiction*

A Forgotten Novel of Texas: Edwin Lanham’s Thunder in the Earth Billy B. Smith	9

Stories of Love: “Brokeback Mountain,” Leaving Cheyenne, and Lonesome Dove Annette Olsen-Fazi	19

From Compassion to Redemption: An Unspoken Hunger as Narrative Experiment Jan Whitt	31

Great Plains Nations Joel Minor	45


*Poetry*

Totems Talking Ysabel de la Rosa	65

The Third Mesa Jeffrey C. Alfier	66

Ranch Hands We Let Go in 1949 Jeffrey C. Alfier	67

San Xavier del Bac Keith Ekiss	68

July Lightning Keith Ekiss	53

A.M. Nick Norwood	54


*Review Essay*

Red Scholars and White Theorists Robert Murray Davis	73


*Reviews*

The San Marcos: A River’s Story by Jim Kimmel Alex Hunt	81

Deer of the Southwest: A Complete Guide to the Natural History, Biology, and Management of Southwestern Mule Deer and White-Tailed Deer by Jim Heffelfinger Jane Manaster	82

Hunger for the Wild: America’s Obsession with the Untamed West by Michael L. Johnson Robert Murray Davis	84

Hip to the Trip: A Cultural History of Route 66 by Peter B. Dedek Robert Murray Davis	85

Children of the Dust: An Okie Family Story by Betty Grant Henshaw, edited by Sandra Scofield John S. Hill	87

“Catch’em Alive Jack”: The Life and Adventures of an American Pioneer by John R. Abernathy Doug Werden	88

Mexican Americans and Language: Del dicho al hecho by Glenn A. Martínez Martin M. Jacobsen	90

Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature edited by Dagoberto Gilb Lacey Donohue	92

The Texas Book: Profiles, History, and Reminiscences of the University edited by Richard A. Holland Clay Reynolds	94

Glory Days: Life with the Dallas Cowboys, from 1972-1998 by Thomas “Buck” Buchanan, as told to Stephen D. Stainkamp Joe McDade	99

In Search of Willie Morris: The Mercurial Life of a Legendary Writer and Editor by Larry L. King Chad Hammett	101

John Graves, Writer edited by Mark Busby and Terrell Dixon David Taylor	102

Black Tuesday’s Child by Donald Mace Williams Travis F. Nelson	104

Elsie’s Business: A Novel by Frances Washburn Emily Spiegelman	105


Contributors	108

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