Christmas out West

Format:

Book

Title:

Christmas out West

ISBN:

9780385415613

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Doubleday, [1990]

Physical Description:

iv, 187 pages ; 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Double D western.

Contents:

Three Yuletide poems: Draggin' in the tree ; Bunkhouse Christmas ; A Cowboy's Christmas prayer / S. Omar Barker -- How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar / Bret Harte -- A journey in search of Christmas / Owen Wister -- The bullpuncher / James Stevens -- Standing alone in the darkness / Arthur Winfield Knight -- Winter Harvest / John Prescott -- Mainwaring's gift / Ed Gorman -- "Seven-ups" Christmas / Charles Seltzer -- Christmas Eve in San Augustine / Edward Hoch -- No room at the inn / Bill Pronzini -- Gunman's Christmas / Caddo Cameron -- The death of Dutch Creel / Loren D. Estleman -- Stubby Pringle's Christmas / Jack Schaefer.

Summary:

A collection of tales of cowpokes, homesteaders, outlaws, and lawmen bound together by the spirit of Christmas.

Subject(s):

Christmas stories.

Christmas stories, American.

Western stories.

Christmas -- West (U.S) -- Fiction.

Genre:

Added Author:

Greenberg, Martin Harry

Barker, S. Omar (Squire Omar), 1894-1985,

Container of (work): Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. How Santa Claus came to Simpson's Bar.

Container of (work): Wister, Owen, 1860-1938. Journey in search of Christmas.

Container of (work): Stevens, James, 1892-1971. Bullpuncher.

Container of (work): Knight, Arthur Winfield, 1937-2012. Standing alone in the darkness.

Container of (work): Prescott, John, 1919-1999. Winter harvest.

Container of (work): Gorman, Edward. Mainwaring's gift.

Container of (work): Seltzer, Charles Alden, 1875-1942. "Seven-ups" Christmas.

Container of (work): Hoch, Edward D., 1930-2008. Christmas Eve in San Augustine.

Container of (work): Pronzini, Bill. No room at the inn.

Container of (work): Cameron, Caddo. Gunman's Christmas.

Container of (work): Estleman, Loren D. Death of Dutch Creel.

Container of (work): Schaefer, Jack, 1907-1991. Stubby Pringle's Christmas.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Dallas Public Library	WESTERN - CHRISTMAS	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Silver Falls Library	W CHRISTMAS	Searching... Unknown

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Author Notes

Bill Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California on April 13, 1943. His first novel, The Stalker, was published in 1971. He is best known for his creation of the Nameless Detective Mystery series, as well as several westerns and novels of dark suspense. He has been a full time writer since 1969. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories.

He has won numerous awards including three Shamus Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Mystery Writers of America. His book Snowbound received the Grand Prix de la Litterature Policiere, as the best crime novel published in France in 1988. Pronzini has established himself as a master of the Western novel as well as earning a name for himself in the dark fiction genre.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

An anthology of western short stories revolving around the theme of Christmas. Among the well-known authors represented are Owen Wister ("A Journey in Search of Christmas"), editor Pronzini ("No Room at the Inn"), and Bret Harte ("How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar"). Also included are three yuletide poems by S. Omar Barker, the "poet laureate" of the Old West, and a moving account of a Christmas birth by Ed Gorman ("Mainwaring's Gift"). The final story in the collection, Jack (Shane) Schaefer's "Stubby Pringle's Christmas," may be the best; it's a beautifully crafted tale that will have even the most adult, cynical reader believing, at least for a moment, in Santa Claus. ~--Wes Lukowsky