Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 24, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of St Andrews, March 2008. / Restricted until 7th March 2009.

Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Lebenslauf. "Erscheint zugleich als selbständige schrift im verlag Carl Garte, Leipzig." "Literaturverzeichnis": p. 173-178.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 12). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 12). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Lee Zacharias; submitted to the Dept. of English. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Sep. 4, 2009).

Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, / Title from title page screen, viewed December 19, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Ronald Fortune (chair), Janice Neuleib, Ray Lewis White, Elizabeth McMahan, Russell Rutter. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 441-479) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis--University of Wisconsin--Madison. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 463-483).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1969. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

THE RUNNING OF BULLS is a collection of short fiction. The book has seven tales, each of which explores the passions that bind, and sometimes, separate men. The stories question the roles of men as they try to reconcile masculine values such as honor, courage, and friendship, in a world where traditional social prerogatives sometimes clash with the contemporary evolution of the culture. The characters range from a young boy lured into his first sexual experience in the story "Maria," to an aging matador seeking vengeance on his protege in "The Running of Bulls," and a drug-dependant police officer on a quest for salvation in "Esperanza." The plots are linear, told in lyrical prose, reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's in All the Pretty Horses, his novel of a young man coming of age. The theme of men being tested, both emotionally and physically, is central to the core of the book.