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The Great Westerns: A Literary Appreciation

A maverick literature teacher looks at the too-often-dismissed genre of the Western. Defining the genre thematically as being about " the discovery, opening, and decline of the American frontiers", he presents fifty varied, vivid, and at times startling literary works that deserve to be read and re-read. As usual, while a few of these books have been afforded Academic approval, the majority have been wrongfully dismissed as mere "popular fiction." A lot of them are known solely because of the motion pictures they spawned; these deserve to be rediscovered as first rate work in their own right.
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All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses
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The Apaloosa (Parker)
The Apaloosa (Parker)
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The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
The Big Sky (A. B. Guthrie)
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Black Hills (Dan Simmons)
Black Hills (Dan Simmons)
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The Bravados (O'Rourke)
The Bravados (O'Rourke)
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The Brave Cowboy
The Brave Cowboy
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The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Short) (Stephen Crane)
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Short) (Stephen Crane)
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Bugles in the Afternoon (Ernest Haycox)
Bugles in the Afternoon (Ernest Haycox)
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Centennial (James A. Michener)
Centennial (James A. Michener)
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Cheyenne Autumn (Mari Sandoz)
Cheyenne Autumn (Mari Sandoz)
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Cimarron
Cimarron
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Comanche Moon
Comanche Moon
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Dances With Wolves (Michael Blake)
Dances With Wolves (Michael Blake)
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Dead Man's Walk
Dead Man's Walk
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Destry Rides Again (Max Brand)
Destry Rides Again (Max Brand)
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The Dice of God (Hoffman Birney)
The Dice of God (Hoffman Birney)
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A Distant Trumpet (Paul Horgan)
A Distant Trumpet (Paul Horgan)
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Drums Along the Mohawk (Walter D. Edmonds)
Drums Along the Mohawk (Walter D. Edmonds)
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Giant
Giant
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Gone to Texas (Forrest)
Gone to Texas (Forrest)
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Hombre
Hombre
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Hondo (Louis L'amour)
Hondo (Louis L'amour)
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Journal of the Gun Years (Richard Matheson)
Journal of the Gun Years (Richard Matheson)
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The Last Picture Show (Larry McMurtry)
The Last Picture Show (Larry McMurtry)
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Last Stand at Saber River
Last Stand at Saber River
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Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove
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MacKenna's Gold (Henry)
MacKenna's Gold (Henry)
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The Man From Laramie (Flynn)
The Man From Laramie (Flynn)
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Monte Walsh (Jack Schaefer)
Monte Walsh (Jack Schaefer)
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My Antonia
My Antonia
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No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
No Country for Old Men (Cormac McCarthy)
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Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
Northwest Passage (Kenneth Roberts)
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O Pioneers (Willa Cather)
O Pioneers (Willa Cather)
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The Octopus
The Octopus
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The Outcasts of Poker Flats (Harte)
The Outcasts of Poker Flats (Harte)
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The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark)
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Riders of the Purple Sage
Riders of the Purple Sage
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The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
The Searchers (Alan Lemay)
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Shane (Jack Schaefer)
Shane (Jack Schaefer)
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The Shootist (Glendon Swarthout)
The Shootist (Glendon Swarthout)
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