The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: The Best Stories of the American West [S0032]

2005 PB In Gift-Worthy condition. A collection of four acclaimed short Western stories from the 1940s and 1950s. Dorothy M Johnson wrote dozens of highly acclaimed western stories and books in her long career. The stories in this book are her very best. They were ranked as four of the top five stories of the 20th century by the Western Writers of America, with The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance as number one. That story plus A Man Called Horse and The Hanging Tree became major Hollywood films. This is the first time Johnson's most famous stories have been published together in one book.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "These felt very real-to-life for me. Engaging characters. Stories are short, quick reads that are very fun."; "This collection of three short stories and one novella was my first contact with Western writer Dorothy M. Johnston, although I was familiar with the old movie. The author certainly didn't romanticize the West. My understanding is that people of that era were quick to shoot first and ask questions later, and there certainly is a pretty hefty body count in these stories. But there is also a genuine desire to understand and interpret the West as it really was."; "If you are a fan of tales of the American West this collection will thrill you and leave you hungry and searching for more of Dorothy Johnson."