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re: Need Suggestions For Good Western Novels - Writers
Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:10 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:10 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
It's not exactly a Western but Richard Henry Dana's classic "Two Years Before the Mast" was one of my favorite books of my youth.
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Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:16 pm to beejon
I would suggest Clarence Mulford. He wrote at the turn of the century and his works are the most authentic westerns out there. I also like the authors the others have suggested. He created Hoppilong Cassidy but not the white hat TV version. The original Hoppilong was a hard shooting, hot tempered, Wyatt Earp type. Give him a try. You won't be disappointed.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:21 pm to beejon
Paul Wellman (1895-1966) wrote many novels about the American frontier, although some of them might be classified as historical adventures rather than westerns. A few were made into movies.
The Comancheros (filmed with John Wayne)
The Iron Mistress (about Jim Bowie -- filmed with Alan Ladd)
Jubal Troop (a western version of Othello, filmed with Glenn Ford and Rod Steiger)
Magnificent Destiny (about the friendship of Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston, unfortunately never filmed)
Ride The Red Earth (a favorite of mine, also never filmed -- deals with a soldier of fortune in 1600s Mexico)
The Comancheros (filmed with John Wayne)
The Iron Mistress (about Jim Bowie -- filmed with Alan Ladd)
Jubal Troop (a western version of Othello, filmed with Glenn Ford and Rod Steiger)
Magnificent Destiny (about the friendship of Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston, unfortunately never filmed)
Ride The Red Earth (a favorite of mine, also never filmed -- deals with a soldier of fortune in 1600s Mexico)
Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:33 pm to beejon
Longarm and the Golden Eagle Shoot Out. The Longarm series's is usually good but this is really good. Warning- there are vivid sex scenes in all of them.
Jake Logan Slocum series is all good. There is a whole series of Slocum books.
I've read every Louis L'Amour & Zane Grey books at least twice. Good stuff there.
Jake Logan Slocum series is all good. There is a whole series of Slocum books.
I've read every Louis L'Amour & Zane Grey books at least twice. Good stuff there.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:39 pm to Bullfrog
Posted on 2/20/15 at 10:43 pm to beejon
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I've checked out a few on Amazon and some are free so I'll probably start with those.
Posted on 2/20/15 at 11:30 pm to beejon
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Qwynne
One of the best books I have read.
No one mentioned Long Arm? They western 50 Shades of Grey. I never cared for them.
Louis was a great one.
One of the best books I have read.
No one mentioned Long Arm? They western 50 Shades of Grey. I never cared for them.
Louis was a great one.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 6:59 am to beejon
Then best book of any kind I've read lately was Lincoln's Treasure. Awesome civil war and present day adventure story. IMO
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:10 am to Tiger2763
Should have included that a guy I used to work with wrote it.
It's a pretty awesome read, especially for a first time writer!
It's a pretty awesome read, especially for a first time writer!
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:19 am to beejon
The Lonesome Gods and Reilly's Luck by Louis L'amour.
I highly advise The Lonesome Gods. His best western and a great mix of suspense, western, love, wisdom...I could keep going. It's simply an amazing book
Edit: I actually own over 100 Louis'. His best book is The Walking Drum. It's almost a fantasy, but definitely historic fiction. Written like a western but set in medieval Europe and middle east.
I highly advise The Lonesome Gods. His best western and a great mix of suspense, western, love, wisdom...I could keep going. It's simply an amazing book
Edit: I actually own over 100 Louis'. His best book is The Walking Drum. It's almost a fantasy, but definitely historic fiction. Written like a western but set in medieval Europe and middle east.
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Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:26 am to VaBamaMan
My son is 8, but I have all of L'amours books in his room....I hope he will understand why they are there by the time he hits thirty. L'amour's brand of common sense is sorely lacking in this generation
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Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:29 am to beejon
I'm currently reading Blood Meridian by McCarthy. It's a must.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:35 am to mattloc
I loved all the Hopalong Cassidy books as well as the Sackett series.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:46 am to BayouBandit24
Larry McMurtry, Alan Lemay (The Searchers,The Unforgiven) Some Louis Lamour is OK
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Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:49 am to beejon
Centennial by James Michener is fantastic.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:52 am to Trout Bandit
All of Michener's stuff is great, but I never did read Centenial I have it somewhere, and I need to dig it up and read it.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 11:57 am to REG861
Ordering Blood Meridian and Centennial this afternoon...you guys should get a commission
Posted on 2/21/15 at 12:57 pm to beejon
"The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed."
Gunslinger by Stephen King. More like a western/scifi/fantasy mix but it's an excellent series.
Gunslinger by Stephen King. More like a western/scifi/fantasy mix but it's an excellent series.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 1:33 pm to mattloc
I never 'got' L'Amour to be that great of a read, I read about four or five of his books in the early 80's and didn't care to read any more. I might pick up one again to see if my taste has changed over time.
Clancy and Michener I get. Not crazily but a good two-three day read on vacation.
Clancy and Michener I get. Not crazily but a good two-three day read on vacation.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 1:47 pm to soccerfüt
L'amour wasn't necessarily a great writer, his words and sentence structure were not designed to impress. He was however, a great story teller and, imo, an excellent poet. He also lived everything he wrote about. He was a boxer, sailed on tramp freighters, grew up on the frontier, and was taught how to fast draw and be a cowboy by "Tap" Duncan. He had a wisdom from living and learning and poured it into his books. He had a way of putting words together that made one feel it, despite their simplicity.
"For today he who rides before an army may tomorrow lie in its dust. I have only a sword, but a strong man need wish for no more than this: a sword in the hand, a horse between his knees, and the woman he loves at battle's end." The Walking Drum
"For today he who rides before an army may tomorrow lie in its dust. I have only a sword, but a strong man need wish for no more than this: a sword in the hand, a horse between his knees, and the woman he loves at battle's end." The Walking Drum
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