02000cam a2200313 4500 296103382 TxAuBib 20151117120000.0 150213s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781481444729 1481444727 (OCoLC)903511026 TxAuBib Valente, Catherynne M., 1979- Six-gun Snow White [BOOK] / Catherynne M. Valente ; with illustrations by Charlie Bowater. First Saga Press hardcover edition. New York : Saga Press, 2015. 153 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. A retelling of "Snow White" set in the "gritty gun-slinging west.". Forget the dark, enchanted forest. Picture instead a masterfully evoked Old West where you are more likely to find coyotes as the seven dwarves. Insert into this scene a plain-spoken, appealing narrator who relates the history of our heroine’s 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. Although her mother’s life ended as hers began, so begins a remarkable 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, this is an utterly enchanting story…at once familiar and entirely new. 20151117. Snow White (Tale) Adaptations. Fairy tales. Multiracial people Fiction. Adaptations. Western fiction. Fantasy fiction. Bowater, Charlie, illustrator.