10 Essential Books of the American West

December 8, 2017 by Alex Higley - Publishers Weekly

I was born in California and raised in Colorado. Initially, where we lived in Colorado was called “Unincorporated Arapahoe County,” then the mailing address became “Aurora,” then, most awfully, “Centennial.” A very Western progression. I’ve lived in Chicago for the past 12 years (minus 10 months my wife and I spent in Arizona, during which I wrote Old Open) and it is home, but, it’s not where I’m from. Read More...