The remarkable volume includes the work of Rita Dive, W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Ellison  Langston Hughes, Terry McMillan, Walter Mosley, Mike Thelwell, John A. Williams, Frank Yerby and many others!

The African American West: A Century of Short Stories
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complied by Bruce A. Glasrud and Laurie Champion

Format: Hardcover, 420pp.
ISBN: 0870815598
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Pub. Date: January  2000

Ranging from late nineteenth-century writers such as Charles Chesnutt to contemporary authors such as Walter Mosley, the works in The African American West demonstrate how the West, as seen through the eyes of African Americans, has evolved over the last century. Glasrud, a historian, and Champion, a literary scholar, combine their varying areas of expertise in The African American West, and their introductions to each part of the book provide both literary and historical insight into the African American experience in the West.

Table of Contents 

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction: African Americans in the West, A Short Story Tradition 
The Ingrate 
A Brief Spell by the River 
An Adventure in the Big Horn Mountain; Or, the Trials and Tribulations of a Recruit 
The Averted Strike 
As the Lord Lives, He Is One of Our Mother's Children 
Jesus Christ in Texas 
Jim Crow in Texas 
The Little Grey House 
Children of Chance 
Let the Church Roll On 
Why I Returned 
No Fools, No Fun 
The Gun 
Grazing in Good Pastures 
Mister Toussan 
Health Card 
Stop, Thief! 
Lunching at the Ritzmore 
God Bless America 
Keys to the City 
Son in the Afternoon 
Direct Action 
The Coming of the Hoodlum 
Ticket to Freedom 
Judah's a Two-Way Street Running Out 
Water Seeks Its Own Level 
The Flashlight 
Support Your Local Police 
Ridin' the Moon in Texas 
Young Reverend Zelma Lee Moses 
Tell Me Moore 
Quilting on the Rebound 
Damon and Vandalia 
Tenderhead 
The Friday Night Shift at the Taco House Blues 
Emerald City: Third & Pike 
Elbow Room 
Long Distances 
Now Is the Time 
Cry About a Nickel 
Surfiction 
The Trip Back From Whidbey 
Wonderful Teen 
The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas 
Equal Opportunity 
Amen 
Contributors 
Bibliography 
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