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Old 03-23-2004, 04:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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help with Western (cowboy) books

i love watching western movies and recently i figured id give some western books a try. I have no idea what authors are considered good in the genre or any particular books i should read. I realize their are probably not a lot of people into them, but If anyone on here reads Westerns help me with some recomendations. thanks.
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Old 03-23-2004, 04:36 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Zane Grey is a famous "Western" author. I inherited the entire collection of his books and the few I've gone through were extremely good. His "Riders of the Purple Sage" was made into a tv movie on one of the cable channels and was really good.
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Old 03-23-2004, 05:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Louis L'Amour, I guess.
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Old 03-23-2004, 07:03 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Louis L'Amour, I guess.
Yup, Louis is one of my favorite Western authors.
He wrote over a hundred books before he passed.

There's also an "adult western" series by Tabor Evans that I like.
He writes about the adventures and loves of Deputy US Marshall Custis Long, aka- "Longarm".
This guy's a badass.

Then there's the authors Robert J. Randisi, Ralph W. Cotton, the great Larry McMurtry, the superb Elmore Leonard, and a new one for me, Tobias Cole.
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Old 03-23-2004, 07:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Louis L'Amour, I guess.
I have read most of his westerns. The Sackett series is some of his best work IMO.
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Old 03-23-2004, 08:58 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Larry McMurty. wrote an epic series around 'Lonesome Dove'. I recommend it.

I would agree strongly with Louis Lamour.

I've made it through a couple Zane Grey novels, and he is the daddy of the western novel, but I don't like his work personally. Some of it could be great, he has lots of titles (As does Lamour), but the few I read I didn't like. Contrived, but not really since I probably think it's contrived because his work planted the western cliches. There was even a long-running tv show called the "Zane Grey Theatre".
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Old 03-29-2004, 07:09 AM   #7 (permalink)
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thanks for the suggestions! i'll be checking them out.
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