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Peter T. Wild (April 25, 1940 – February 23, 2009) was a poet, historian, and professor of English at the
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. Born in
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, he grew up in and graduated from high school in
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. Wild worked as a rancher and firefighter for the U.S. Forest Service, and served as a lieutenant with the U.S. Army in Germany. Wild earned his M.F.A. in 1969 from the
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. He then began teaching for nearly 40 years and wrote over 2,000 poems; also, he edited or wrote some 80 fiction and non-fiction books, largely dealing with the
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. His 1973 volume of poetry, ''Cochise'', a eulogy to the
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Indians and their leader
Cochise Cochise (; Apache: ''Shi-ka-She'' or ''A-da-tli-chi'', lit.: ''having the quality or strength of an oak''; later ''K'uu-ch'ish'' or ''Cheis'', lit. ''oak''; June 8, 1874) was leader of the Chihuicahui local group of the Chokonen and princip ...
, was nominated for the
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Bibliography

* Poetry ** ** ** ** ** ** (print and on-line) ** (print and on-line) ** ** ** ** (Editor, with Frank Graziano; print and on-line) ** * University of Utah Press – Salt Lake City (as editor) ** *** Republished as: ** ** ** (print and on-line) ** (print and on-line) * Boise State University ''Western Writers Series'' (BSUWWS #) –
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** '' Alberto Ríos'' (#131). 1998. pp. 51. . ** ''
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (; 1488/90/92"Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez (1492?-1559?)." American Eras. Vol. 1: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 50-51. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 10 Decembe ...
'' (#101). 1991. pp. 51. . (print and on-line) ** ''
Ann Zwinger Ann Haymond Zwinger (1925–2014) was the author of many natural histories noted for detail and lyrical prose. Biography Ann Haymond Zwinger was born March 12, 1925, in Muncie, Indiana, the daughter of William and Ann Haymond. While young, she liv ...
'' (#111). 1993. pp. 51. . ** ''
Barry Lopez Barry Holstun Lopez (January 6, 1945 – December 25, 2020) was an American author, essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns. In a career spanning over 50 years, h ...
'' (#94). 1984. pp. 49. . ** '' Clarence King'' (#48). 1981. pp. 46. . ** ''Desert Literature: The Early Period'' (#146). 2001. pp. 51. . ** ''Desert Literature: The Middle Period: J. Smeaton Chase, Edna Brush Perkins, and Edwin Corle'' (#138). 1999. pp. 53. . ** ''Desert Literature: The Modern Period'' (#144). 2000. pp. 52. . ** ''
Enos Mills Enos Abijah Mills (April 22, 1870 – September 21, 1922) was an American naturalist, author and homesteader. He was the main figure behind the creation of Rocky Mountain National Park. Enos Mills was inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of ...
'' (#36). Cover design and illustration by Arny Skov. 1979. pp. 47. . ** ''
George Wharton James George Wharton James (27 September 1858 – 8 November 1923) was an American popular lecturer, photographer, journalist and editor. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he emigrated to the United States as a young man after being ordained as a Methodi ...
'' (#93). 1990. pp. 52. . ** ''
J. Ross Browne John Ross Browne (February 11, 1821 in Beggars Bush, Dublin, Ireland – December 9, 1875 in Oakland, California), often called J. Ross Browne, date of birth sometimes given as 1817, was an Irish-born American traveler, artist, writer and govern ...
'' (#157). 2003. pp. 49. . ** '' James Welch'' (#57). 1983. pp. 49. . ** '' John C. Van Dyke: The Desert'' (#82). 1988. pp. 52. . ** ''
John Haines John Meade Haines (June 29, 1924 – March 2, 2011) was an American poet and educator who had served as the poet laureate of Alaska. Early life John Mead Haines was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the son of a career Navy officer and moved fro ...
'' (#68). 1985. pp. 51. . ** '' John Nichols'' (#75). 1986. pp. 52. . ** ''Theodore Strong Van Dyke'' (#121). 1995. pp. 54. . * The Shady Myrick Research Project –
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** ** ** ** ** ** * Other publishers: ** (print and on-line) ** (print and on-line) ** '' Daggett: Life in a Mojave Frontier''. Van Dyke, Dix. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 183. . (print and on-line)Reviewed by: Steeples, Douglas (April 1, 2000, copyright Summer 2008)
"''Daggett: Life in a Mojave Frontier Town''
" ''Montana: The Magazine of Western History''. Montana Historical Society. and Yardley, Jonathan. (December 17, 1997)
"Desert Solitaire; A Quirky Chronicle of Life in the Mojave"
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Notes

* Peters, Robert (October–November 1974). "Mud Men Mud Women". ''Margins''. Vol. 14. pp. 57 ff. ** Republished in Robert Peters (1979). ''The Great American Poetry Bake-off''. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. pp. 274. . (print and on-line) * Seavey, Ormond (Spring 1975). "Peter Wild: An Introduction". New York: ''Little Magazine''. Vol. 9, pp. 4–10. (Available i
the ''Little Magazine'' archive, 1965–1988
at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC): University of Texas at Austin, .)


External links


University of Arizona Archives: Papers of Peter Wild 1989–2004
– an index of Wild's research regarding John C. Van Dyke, * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wild, Peter 1940 births 2009 deaths 20th-century American historians 21st-century American historians 20th-century American poets 21st-century American poets American academics of English literature American literary historians American male poets Historians of the American West Literary historians Poets from Arizona United States Army officers University of Arizona faculty University of California, Irvine alumni Writers from Northampton, Massachusetts Writers from Tucson, Arizona 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Historians from Massachusetts Military personnel from Massachusetts