Where Coyotes Howl and Wind Blows Free: Growing Up in the West

by Alexandra R. Haslam (Editor), Gerald W. Haslam (Editor)

Overview

In this collection of coming-of-age stories, the editors carefully balance gender and ethnicity to provide readers with the first anthology to truly reflect the heterogeneity of the West. Thirty-five rich selections from 32 writers represent a wide variety of ethnic groups—their experiences and stories are told in this volume. Even within the eleven states generally considered to comprise the West, there is great diversity—diversity of culture, locale, race, experience, and attitude. All of these aspects and more are reflected in the traditional myths and legends, bittersweet stories, and humorous points of view encompassed in this book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874172553
Publisher:	University of Nevada Press
Publication date:	05/01/1995
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Alexandra R.Haslam received her BA from San Francisco State University. Where Coyotes Howl and Wind Blows Free is the first book-length collaboration with her father, Gerald W. Haslam.

Gerald W. Haslam, the author of Straight White Male and other award-winning titles, is professor emeritus of English at Sonoma State University. He lives in Northern California.

Editorial Reviews

Taken together, the essays and stories of Where Coyotes Howl and Wind Blows Free create one of the best portraits of western life ever published.” —John Nizalowski, Telluride Times-Journal, February 1996

From the Publisher

The unifying theme for these 35 selections is that all the authors grew up in the American West and are writing to relate some aspect of that experience. Although generally of high quality, some of the works are better than others, and each will appeal to a different audience. The real impact of the collection, however, is found in the wide variety of ethnic groups represented; many voices from our country, each with different experiences and culturally varied responses to the remarkably similar emotional process of growing up. The editors chose well, providing for variety of style as well as diversity of viewpoint. This would be a wonderful tool for any unit with a multicultural bent, as well as a source for coming-of-age tales for those youths looking for something that addresses their culture in this country.

Jeanne Triner