Catherynne M. Valente - Six-Gun Snow White (epub)[j_ray]

From New York Times bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente comes a
brilliant reinvention of one the best known fairy tales of all time. In
the novella Six-Gun Snow White, Valente transports the title s heroine
to a masterfully evoked Old West where Coyote is just as likely to be
found as the seven dwarves.

A plain-spoken, appealing narrator relates the history of her parents--a
Nevada silver baron who forced the Crow people to give up one of their
most beautiful daughters, Gun That Sings, in marriage to him. With her
mother s death in childbirth, so begins a heroine s tale equal parts
heartbreak and strength. This girl has been born into a world with no
place for a half-native, half-white child. After being hidden for years,
a very wicked stepmother finally gifts her with the name Snow White,
referring to the pale skin she will never have. Filled with fascinating
glimpses through the fabled looking glass and a close-up look at hard
living in the gritty gun-slinging West, readers will be enchanted by
this story at once familiar and entirely new.

Title: Six-Gun Snow White
Author: Catherynne M. Valente
Published: February 28, 2013
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
ISBN-10: 1596065524
ISBN-13: 978-1596065529
Length: 168 pages