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James Work Emeritus Professor.
B.A., M.A., Colorado State University; Ph.D., University
of New Mexico.
Specialist in Western American literature. Editor
of the critical edition of Jack Schaefer's Shane; editor of
prize-winning anthology, Prose and Poetry of the American
West; author of prize-winning book of essays, Following Where
the River Begins. Recent work includes a fiction anthology,
Gunfight!, two western novels, Ride South to Purgatory and
Ride West to Dawn as well as a mystery novel, The Tobermory
Manuscript. His forthcoming work includes Ride to Banshee
Canyon and A Title to Murder. Professor Work teaches various
courses in Western American literature; won 1992 College of
Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award. Former executive
officer in Western Literature Association, Colorado Seminars
in Literature, and Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association.
Member of Western Writers of America.
Email Address: James.Work@colostate.edu |
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