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"Some of the most evocative and transcendently beautiful prose in contemporary American literature."
   —Annie Proulx

"William Haywood Henderson understands the emotional landscape of the American West, defined by loss, hope, and life on the wing.... Henderson's writing soars."
   —Diane Smith

"Henderson ... joins the company of [Edward] Abbey, Tom Spanbauer, and Larry McMurtry as a writer with a unique and compelling vision of the modern West and a talent to put that vision into words."
   —Echo magazine


Native NATIVE, William Haywood Henderson's first novel, originally published in 1993, has been reissued in a new edition with an introduction by poet and novelist Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

“Henderson’s moody, near mystical evocation of the Western heart owes more to the spirit of The Scarlet Letter than to Louis L’Amour. Native is a cowboy story unlike any other.”
     —Boston Globe