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Can Somebody Recomend Some Good Westerns.
- Thread starter Fandelay
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Robert
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Welcome, Fandelay. There a few fans of Westerns on the board, so I’m a little surprised you haven’t received any recommendations.
There are a number of great western writers. http://www.westernwriters.org/ is a good reference, it even has list of best western writers and novels.
I love anything from Louis L’Amour. The Sackett series, which follows the Sackett family from old Europe to the old west is outstanding. My favorite books from L’Amour include Fair Blows the Wind, How the West Was Won, The Quick and the Dead, The First Fast Draw, and Jubal Sackett. The only L’Amour I ever disliked was The Haunted Mesa.
Zane Grey is another author you might enjoy. Riders of the Purple Sage and Valley of Wild Horses are my favorites, and I have yet to pick up one of his books that I didn’t enjoy.
Larry McMurtry has written some great westerns novels. I have read his Lonesome Dove series (Dead Man's Walk, Comanche Moon, Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo) and loved every page. L’Amour was a better story teller, but McMurtry is a better writer.
Elmer Kelton is another good western writer. I’ve read Buffalo Wagon, Shadow of a Star, Bowie’s Mine, The Texas Rifles, Ranger’s Trail, and Donovan and enjoyed each one.
I also recommend Shane by Jack Warner Schaefer, The Shootist by Glendon Fred Swarthout, and I highly recommend The Virginian by Owen Wister.
I see you’re an Avs fan. Its not the Red Wings, but at least it’s hockey.
There are a number of great western writers. http://www.westernwriters.org/ is a good reference, it even has list of best western writers and novels.
I love anything from Louis L’Amour. The Sackett series, which follows the Sackett family from old Europe to the old west is outstanding. My favorite books from L’Amour include Fair Blows the Wind, How the West Was Won, The Quick and the Dead, The First Fast Draw, and Jubal Sackett. The only L’Amour I ever disliked was The Haunted Mesa.
Zane Grey is another author you might enjoy. Riders of the Purple Sage and Valley of Wild Horses are my favorites, and I have yet to pick up one of his books that I didn’t enjoy.
Larry McMurtry has written some great westerns novels. I have read his Lonesome Dove series (Dead Man's Walk, Comanche Moon, Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo) and loved every page. L’Amour was a better story teller, but McMurtry is a better writer.
Elmer Kelton is another good western writer. I’ve read Buffalo Wagon, Shadow of a Star, Bowie’s Mine, The Texas Rifles, Ranger’s Trail, and Donovan and enjoyed each one.
I also recommend Shane by Jack Warner Schaefer, The Shootist by Glendon Fred Swarthout, and I highly recommend The Virginian by Owen Wister.
I see you’re an Avs fan. Its not the Red Wings, but at least it’s hockey.
silverseason
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How about Hillerman?
They are not westerns in the cowboys and indians style, more like detectives and indians. I have enjoyed all of Tony Hillerman's novels about the Navaho police, Chee and Leaphorn, set in the four corners.
They are not westerns in the cowboys and indians style, more like detectives and indians. I have enjoyed all of Tony Hillerman's novels about the Navaho police, Chee and Leaphorn, set in the four corners.
Oklahoma
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Lonesome Dove-Larry McMurtry
Ride the Wind-Lucia St. Clair Robson
The Virginian-Owen Wister. ( one of the most famous)
Anything by Zane Grey, Louis Lamour, and Max Brand are good. ( With so many, it's easy to find at least one good one.)
And the Longarm books by Tabor Evans are some of my favorites, but they area little tougher than a regular grocery store western.
Ride the Wind-Lucia St. Clair Robson
The Virginian-Owen Wister. ( one of the most famous)
Anything by Zane Grey, Louis Lamour, and Max Brand are good. ( With so many, it's easy to find at least one good one.)
And the Longarm books by Tabor Evans are some of my favorites, but they area little tougher than a regular grocery store western.