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Need some input on some great Western books to read..

Name and Author please..

Thanks

Elmer Kelton, Louis L'Amour, all titles.

Modern westerns Tony Hillerman, also some very early William Johnstone.

That should hold ya for a couple of years.

Hillerman is good

'61'10;
While I really liked and heartily recommend Larry McMurtry's classic Lonesome Dove, I was left cold by both the "pre-quel" Dead Man's Walk and then the sequel Streets of Laredo.

While this isn't fiction or even perhaps a "western" in the classic sense, I thoroughly enjoyed this book on Texas' formative years.

http://www.amazon.com/Texian-Iliad-Military-History-Revolution/dp/0292731027

Again, while they aren't your usual western, any of the Paul St. Pierre books on Chilcotin ranch life are pretty good reads to my way of thinking.

http://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Smiths-Quarter-Horse-Pierre/dp/0888944314
Hopefully that was some use to you and good reading.

Regards,
Dwayne

Jack London, if you haven't read the 'Call of the Wild'.
Zane Grey, particularly the 'Riders of the Purple Sage'
Louis L'Amour, Every book he wrote, including the short story collections.
I also like tracking down the books that western movies are based on and comparing them to the movies like 'Big Country' (movie the same name) or 'The Stars in their Courses' (El Dorado)

My Dad has never been a big reader but since he started reading L'Amour he can't stop. Good stuff!

"Monte Walsh", by Jack Schaeffer, any of Ben K. Green's books, "Jedediah Smith", by Dale Morgan, the "Border Trilogy" ("All the Pretty Horses", "The Crossing" and "Cities of the Plain") by Cormac McCarthy, any of Eugene Manlove Rhodes' books.

I HAD the full set of all Louis's books UNTIL my grandkids started to read. Now I have to remind them to return them when they are finished with them. I don't mind. It's good to see kids read. Two of my grandkids are named after Sacketts, Logan & Nolan.

Same here.

Larry McMurtry, Max Brand ( The Stingaree)

I once read that every description of a place, rock, hill, or mountain was factual in Louis L'Amour books. He did not mention them unless he had been there.

We watched Larry McMurty's "Streets of Loredo" a couple of weeks ago. It was a movie made from a Mini Series. There was a short scene with Ben Lilly, a bear/cat hunter. Ben Lilly was an actual bear hunter from that period.

Yes, he puts a little history and knowledge of terrian into his books. Sackett Land is good, any Sackett book is good.

Try the Scout and Cat Brules by Harry Combs

relatively unknown and top notch!!!!

Thought it was just me. Read them both and got the impression McMurtry found it an unpleasant chore to write them.

- Tom

Great Stories, It's actually a trilogy. 'The Painted Horse' is the 3rd in the series - no spoilers but it ties alot together.

The Wagons West series by Dana Fuller Ross

Louis L'Amour The Sacketts

Louis L'Amour, all titles.

Anything by Max Evans: HiLo Country, Rounders, Bluefeather Fellini.

Expat

"The Big Sky" by A.B. Guthrie Jr.

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