Reading the West: An Anthology of Dime Westerns(Bedford Cultural Editions)This exciting collection makes 4 previously hard to find dime Westerns easily available to readers who wish to enrich their understanding of nineteenth century American literature. These varied novels provide a new and important context for examining classic, widely taught authors and tell us much about nineteenth century attitudes towards race and gender. The anthology includes: Malaeska; The Indian Wife of the White Hunter, by Ann S. Stephens (1860)