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Good Western Books
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:45 am
Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:45 am
Haven't read a western in years. I used to read my dad's Louis Lamour books when i was a kid. Any recommendations for a good western either fiction or non-fiction?
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 7:59 am to BugAC
There is actually a thread on this.
Telling you this so you can look for it. Not to be a jerk.
After reading Lonesome Dove, I wanted to pursue more westerns. I read a few and found them lacking in so many ways.
The Son is a good one though.
And of course the aforementioned Lonesome Dove is an absolute must. My favorite novel of all time.
Telling you this so you can look for it. Not to be a jerk.
After reading Lonesome Dove, I wanted to pursue more westerns. I read a few and found them lacking in so many ways.
The Son is a good one though.
And of course the aforementioned Lonesome Dove is an absolute must. My favorite novel of all time.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 8:19 am to BugAC
This fall I'm looking at reading the Longmire series by Craig Wilson.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 8:26 am to BugAC
Lonesome Dover Series
Little Big Man
The Big Sky
Lord Grizzly
Blood Meridian
All The Pretty Horses
Riders Of The Purple Sage
The Sister Brothers
and that's just the fiction.
Little Big Man
The Big Sky
Lord Grizzly
Blood Meridian
All The Pretty Horses
Riders Of The Purple Sage
The Sister Brothers
and that's just the fiction.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:01 am to rebelrouser
If you read Lonesome Dove first, everything else will be disappointing.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:04 am to Allthatfades
I would recommend Michael McGarrity’s The American West Trilogy. It isn’t Lonesome Dove but it’s pretty good. His Kevin Kerney series is also good. It’s more of a modern western.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:05 am to Maytheporkbewithyou
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This fall I'm looking at reading the Longmire series by Craig Wilson.
Started this series and I enjoyed the first book, The Cold Dish, very much. It kind of seemed the series fell off as it went though to me. I never finished it. The Indian mythology stuff got to be a bit much.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:14 am to Allthatfades
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you read Lonesome Dove first, everything else will be disappointing.
That's what I found.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 10:09 am to BugAC
As Good as Gone by Larry Watson
Posted on 4/8/20 at 3:12 pm to bayoubengals88
Blood Meridian
Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:28 pm to Allthatfades
quote:
I would recommend Michael McGarrity’s The American West Trilogy. It isn’t Lonesome Dove but it’s pretty good. His Kevin Kerney series is also good. It’s more of a modern western.
another vote for these books
Posted on 4/8/20 at 4:42 pm to Allthatfades
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If you read Lonesome Dove first, everything else will be disappointing.
True Grit holds it's own. Both are really good.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 9:24 pm to BugAC
You ever read Centennial? It's a long read, but I enjoyed it.
Posted on 4/9/20 at 8:54 pm to BugAC
Little big man
I am 40- but read this book when I was 11 and it turned me into a lifetime reader (among other books). It’s like I knew what good lit was before I really did :-)
I am 40- but read this book when I was 11 and it turned me into a lifetime reader (among other books). It’s like I knew what good lit was before I really did :-)
This post was edited on 4/9/20 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 4/9/20 at 11:54 pm to Sir Drinksalot
Comstock Lode by Lamour
Posted on 4/11/20 at 12:19 am to Allthatfades
quote:
I would recommend Michael McGarrity’s The American West Trilogy
Excellent series
Posted on 4/11/20 at 1:33 pm to BugAC
I love Louis Lamour, it may not be “great literature” but the man is a story tell like few others. I have started reading the Jess Williams series by Robert J Thomas. Somewhat formulaic but I really like them for the same reason, it reads like you’re listening to someone telling a story.
Also enjoyed reading The Hardest Ride by Gordon L. Rottman.
Also enjoyed reading The Hardest Ride by Gordon L. Rottman.
Posted on 4/11/20 at 6:40 pm to BugAC
Valdez is Coming
Posted on 4/12/20 at 9:12 am to Maytheporkbewithyou
Craig Johnson
I’m a big fan of that series. Read many of them, and highly recommend them.
I’m a big fan of that series. Read many of them, and highly recommend them.
Posted on 4/12/20 at 4:58 pm to BugAC
A Splendid Savage by Steve Kemper
Is a biography of Frederick Russell Burnham.
Non fiction but reads like an action novel. The guy was born in Indian country. Father died when he was young. Was left behind at the age of 12 to work and pay off his mother’s debts. Became an Indian tracker for the military during the Apache wars. Was a hired gun for one of the deadliest territory disputes in Arizona. One of the famous outlaws of the time ( I don’t remember which) stole his horse and he tracks him for days. Now, this is only the first few chapters of the book.
Is a biography of Frederick Russell Burnham.
Non fiction but reads like an action novel. The guy was born in Indian country. Father died when he was young. Was left behind at the age of 12 to work and pay off his mother’s debts. Became an Indian tracker for the military during the Apache wars. Was a hired gun for one of the deadliest territory disputes in Arizona. One of the famous outlaws of the time ( I don’t remember which) stole his horse and he tracks him for days. Now, this is only the first few chapters of the book.
This post was edited on 4/12/20 at 5:13 pm
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