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Collecting Allan W. Eckert
A book collector’s dream author, Allan W. Eckert is prolific and diverse. With both fiction and nonfiction to his credit, he has been nominated for major awards in several fields.
An Introduction to Apacheria
The names of the greatest Apache warriors are etched in the lore of the American West: Cochise, Mangas Coloradas, Geronimo, Victorio. Yet few of us know even the fundamentals of their history. We survey the essential works that chronicle the Apache wars of the late Nineteenth century.
Rashomon in Apacheria
To paraphrase “Sportin’ Life” in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess,“The answers to the myst’ries/They give in their hist’ries/It ain’t necessarily so.” Just as there may be truth in fiction, there may also be untruth in nonfiction.
Two Very Different Pulitzer Prize Winners
Robert Lewis Taylor’s The Travels of Jaimie McPheetersand M. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn are novels that deal with the American West. They could hardly be more different.
Books into Film
Blood Brother, a novel by Elliott Arnold; Broken Arrow a film by Delmer Daves.
Ten Years Ago
May 1992 Checklist Update: Will Henry