Download or read book The Best of the American West 2 written by Various and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These 19 stories by the masters of Western fiction—including Louis L’Amour, John Jakes, and Elmer Kelton—recreate the hardships and heartbreaks of settling and surviving on the American frontier in the 19th century.