The Wordsworth Dictionary of the American West - A panorama of Wild West fact and fiction
| Compiled by | Winfred Blevins |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Wordsworth Editions Ltd, Hertfordshire, U.K |
| Copyright | 1993 |
| This Edition Published | 1995 |
| Pages / Font | 266 pages |
| ISBN | 1-85326-356-7 |
| Chapters | This book is an A-Z Dictionary of the American West in the standard A-Z format from the back cover: The Wordsworth Dictionary of the American West is a treasury of the frontier west of the 100th Meridian, and contains 5,000 terms and expressions essential to an understanding of the real West which is more amazing, outlandish, romantic, extravagant and fascinating than the myth. Among the thousands of carefully researched definitions, the reader will find the meaning of 'buck nun' and to 'ride circle' as well as American Indian words such as 'sun dance', 'kachina' and 'medicine pipe'. Cover Illustration: Indian Scouts by Harry Bishop courtesy of Felix Rosenstiel's Widow & Son Ltd |
| Notes | Copyright Winfred Blevins 1993 First Published by Facts on File This edition published 1995 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd Printed and bound in Denmark by Norhaven |
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