Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cocks: Notes
on the American West
Frederick
Turner
297 pages, softcover $16.95
Fulcrum
Press, 2004
First published in 1990, this book of deft
essays is back in print and as engaging as ever; it even includes
some new work. Whether he’s describing cock fights, the
artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s solitary ways in New Mexico
or cowboys morphing into serfs, Turner knows his turf and writes
like a dream.
Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cocks: Notes on the American West
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