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Sacagawea's Nickname: Essays on the American West (New York Review Collections)
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In this acclaimed collection, Larry McMurtry profiles explorers and martyrs, hucksters and scholars, figures in the West's enduring yet ever-shifting mixture of myth and reality. In these 12 pieces, McMurtry explores John Wesley Powell's journey on the Colorado, the dispossession of the Five Civilized Tribes, the fascination the Zuni held over a parade of unscrupulous anthropologists, and, in the bicentennial of their journey, the journals of Lewis and Clark, "our only really American epic."
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9781590170991
ISBN: 1590170997
Label: New York Review Books
Manufacturer: New York Review Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2004-04-30
Publisher: New York Review Books
Release Date: 2004-04-30
Studio: New York Review Books
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Thoughtful, intelligent, and perceptive essays -
Referencing history, books, authors, people, and events, Larry McMurtry weaves around facts, myths, and personal insights and forms a collection of essays that both satisfies curiosity and whets the appetite for even more information. Though each essay is unique and deals with one particular subject, taken as a whole, the essays are intentional and supportive of accurate scholarship of the history of the West. Absent of extensive, and often unnecessary biographical detail, yet emphasizing concise and precise presentation of truth, there is something for everyone in this collection.
McMurtry's style of foregoing excessive descriptive detail finds fruition in his non-fiction by giving the reader an excellent sense of goal-direction and purpose. Especially enjoyable were the essays on pulp fiction (unusual in its ruggedly honest appraisal), Lewis and Clark, the Zunis, and the discussion of Sacagawea. Perhaps the finest essay in the book is titled Janet Lewis, a warm tribute honoring an outstanding author, poet, scholar, and person.
At times humorous, other times brutally honest, Sacagawea's Nickname--Essays on the American West is an important addition to the literature on the West. McMurtry's love of books, knowledge, and historical events shines forth throughout each essay, and his ability to write in such a way as to connect the reader to the circumstances without emotional excess is to be admired and commended.
This fine volume receives a strong recommendation for history buffs, Western fans, and anyone fascinated with the literary contributions of Larry McMurtry. As in all his non-fiction works, the writing style is intelligent without pompousness and engaging without shallow entertainment. Definitely worth reading for its perceptions, literary references, and honesty.
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Splendid Collection -
Sacagawea's Nickname is a splendid little volume consisting of twelve essays on the American West authored by Larry McMurtry and previously published in the New York Review of Books. McMurtry arranges each essay around one or more books so that each piece works as both a book review and exploration of the topic at hand.
McMurtry grew up in the West and clearly loves the West. He observes that, "The West, to me, was always a place to look at...." McMurtry has captured the essence of the West in that sentiment. McMurtry is not, however, enthralled by books about the West. He comments that the West produced little fiction of note between Willa Cather's O Pioneers! and Other Tales of the Prairie (New York Public Library Series) and My Antonia (Signet Classics) and the "mature" Wallace Stegner. I must register a dissent at least with regard to the first two books of A.B. Guthrie's Old West trilogy (The Big Sky and The Way West).
Despite his reservations, however, McMurtry provides references to numerous works of and about the West that deserve reading. Two of these books concern "that moment of turning in western history when myth arises out of epic conflict" (Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn): Thomas Berger's Little Big Man and Evan S. Connell Jr.'s Son of the Morning Star: Custer and The Little Bighorn. Other books worthy of note include Patricia Nelson Limerick's The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West, in which Limerick sets herself the task of establishing a new paradigm of the West to replace Frederick Jackson Turner's `frontier thesis' and Angie Debo's Geronimo: The Man, His Time, His Place (Civilization of the American Indian Series).
My favorite essays were `Inventing the West', which focused on Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley (Sitting Bull's Little Sure Shot), the eponymous `Sacagawea's Nickname', and Old Misery (about the cantankerous Missouri River). McMurtry heaps high praise on the The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 13-Volume Set, if you have the time and money.
Consistent with the attitude expressed in the Introduction, McMurtry reduces Zane Grey's body of work to the size of postage stamp (paraphrasing Heywood Broun) and he did not think much of Stephen May's studies of the prolific Grey. Similar, if less harsh, treatment is given to James Wilson's The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America and others.
The main attraction to this thin volume, however, is McMurtry's own writing. As he has demonstrated in fiction (Lonesome Dove Complete Set (Lovesome Dove / Streets of Laredo / Comanche Moon / Dead Man's Walk) (Lovesome Dove Saga, Vols. 1 - 4)) and nonfiction (The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom in America (includes 16 pages of B&W photographs)), McMurtry knows how to write. Highest recommendation.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WEST -
The mistake that most readers will make when picking up SACAGAWEA'S NICKNAME by Larry McMurtry is expecting something identical to LONESOME DOVE, THE BERRYBENDER NARRATIVES or BOONE'S LICK. I suspect that most of the negative responses to this book have come from readers who made this unfortunate, though understandable, error.
Nonetheless, SACAGAWEA'S NICKNAME, a collection of essays by McMurtry, is an essential read for any true McMurtry fan, providing an in-depth look into the mind of arguably the preeminent author of the West. After reading this book you will definitely have a better and clearer handle on where McMurtry is coming from when he applies his encyclopedic abilities to writing the next great western novel.
Essays include evaluations and critiques of western authors and introductions to some that need to be rediscovered, including Angie Debo and, as indicated by the title, stimulating overviews of Lewis and Clark's expedition west and their affinity for and appreciation of Sacagawea.
McMurtry also tackles subjects that mainstream western literature readers may find difficult. Despite the years that have past McMurtry eloquently handles the question of our treatment of Native Americans and asks the continuing and unanswered questions regarding what needs to be done if we are to do the right thing after all.
STAY WITH LONESOME DOVE -
I love Larry McMurtry's writing for its own sake but found this book to be a little over the top. Instead read any of the four great books from the Lonesome Dove series.
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Great And Dull At The Same Time -
Sacagawea's Nickname purports to be McMurtry's essays on the Old West. Well, yes and no. Maybe half the book is that and it's really good! McMurtry is extremely insightful on this theme. His views on Bill Cody as a businessman, Annie Oakley as America's original liberated woman,Lewis and Clark, western pulp fiction, the Missouri River, Oh and Sacagawea and her various names...all great stuff.But the other half is the author commenting on other author's comments on the West. Dull.
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