Westward the Women

On the divide / Willa Cather --The wash-tub mail / Gertrude Atherton -- The l antelope / Mary Austin -- When the cook fell ill / B.M. Bower -- The vine / Mari Sandoz -- Mister Death and the redheaded woman / Helen Eustis -- Lost sister / Dorothy M. Johnson -- Geranium house / Peggy Simson Curry -- The promise of the fruit / Ann Ahlswede -- The deep valley / Lucia Moore -- The outsider / Juanita Brooks -- Yellow woman / Leslie Silko.

Could be comfortably included in any anthology, not just a western collection. Recommended for its humor, strength, and memorable characters. "Could be comfortably included in any anthology, not just a western collection."