Old West


Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Doc
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
The Sisters Brothers
The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral--And How It Changed The American West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Wild Bill: The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter (Frontier Lawmen)
Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West (Frontier Lawmen)
True Grit
Epitaph
All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy, #1)
Tombstone: The Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell (Frontier Lawmen)
Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend
Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Captured by Scott ZeschThe American West by Dee BrownJohn Ringo by Jack Burrows
Favourite Old West History Reads
255 books — 10 voters
Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O'ConnellAnnie's Song by Catherine AndersonComanche Moon by Catherine AndersonDancing on Coals by Ellen O'ConnellTexas Destiny by Lorraine Heath
Favorite Historical Western Romance Novels
708 books — 1,321 voters

The Box M Gang and the Army by Mark L RedmondTiger Eye by B.M. BowerTrouble Trail by Max BrandStepsons of Light by Eugene Manlove RhodesMystery Ranch by Max Brand
Early Westerns, 1916-1940
108 books — 6 voters
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey  LeeVengeance Road by Erin BowmanGrace and the Guiltless by Erin  JohnsonGunslinger Girl by Lyndsay ElyRetribution Rails by Erin Bowman
YA Westerns
35 books — 30 voters

Thunder Rose by Jerdine NolenSally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett by Steven KelloggCindy Ellen by Susan LowellRodeo Red by Maripat PerkinsLittle Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell
Cowgirl Picture Books
51 books — 9 voters
A Texas Cow Boy by Charles A. SiringoThe Bastard Boys of Montezuma by Jaromy HenryAb-sa-ra-ka, Home of the Crows by Margaret Irvin CarringtonThe Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace by John Crittenden DuvalAdventures with Indians and Game, or, Twenty Years in the Roc... by William A.  Allen
Classics of the Old West
32 books — 3 voters

Ishmael Reed
“ A hot mean and bitchy desert with a naturally formed misanthropic mood seemed to be saying well Loop good buddy, how you want it dished up, scorpion bite, rattlesnake, order anything you see. ”
― Ishmael Reed, Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down

“ In 1860, the census reports for a dozen western states and territories showed the 50 percent school attendance for black women equaled that of white women. The 26 percent illiteracy rate for African-American women on the frontier was much lower than for white frontier women. Women of color in the wilderness consistently distinguished themselves through their dedication to self-improvement and zeal for education. ”
― William Loren Katz, Black Women of the Old West

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