The Boise State University Western Writers Series provides brief, authoritative introductions to writers and classic texts of the American west. The purpose of all the booklets in the Western Writers Series is to deepen the understanding and appreciation for the literature of the American west, in all its range and complexity. The Western Writers Series Digital Editions, produced in collaboration with Albertsons Library Special Collections and the Department of English Literature, now allows readers to view all 23 of the out-of-print volumes, and a selection of the 140 in-print items, with subjects ranging from Vardis Fisher to N. Scott Momaday, from Jack Kerouac to Sam Shepard.