The letter from a buffalo skinner to his wife, critiques the idealized view of the West in The Buffalo Skinners, showing the tough and unfair reality workers faced. The western genre often paints the frontier as a place of freedom and opportunity, but this letter reveals that it was actually a harsh, unforgiving land for many. I chose this text because it highlights the hard labor and betrayal that are usually overlooked in traditional western stories. Using a letter allowed me to give the skinner a personal voice, showing his disappointment and frustration with lines like “the promise of…