A fun way to pass a little time, The Western Lit Survival Kit is like the survey course you never had (or maybe you did) with a dash of humor and lightheartedness. More than a dash. It's a cute book and it might make a cute stocking stuffer for a teenager or something. It was funnier in some places than others and some of the topics don't get that much space, but it's a fun book and a quick overview of books, authors and literary history.