Frontier's End: The Life and Literature of Harvey Fergusson

by Robert Gish

The western frontier was officially pronounced closed in 1890, the year Harvey Fergusson was born in Albuquerque. He spent his life reopening it in a series of novels stretching from the classic Wolf Song to the belatedly acclaimed Grant of Kingdom and The Conquest of Don Pedro. In this first full biography and critical study, Robert F. Gish sees Fergusson as a modern frontiersman in love with the outdoors, women, and writing. The scion of New Mexico...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803221215
• ISBN13: 9780803221215
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.