Reading the West
On Jeff Arnold’s West we have reviewed or discussed various Western books – mostly biographies, novels, history and film studies.
I thought it might be helpful for readers to have easy access to the books, so they are listed below alphabetically with links, and I will update as new reviews are posted.
Just look for WESTERN BOOKS in the index or put that in the Search box.
A Frontier Doctor by Henry F Hoyt; autobiography.
A Man Called Horse by Dorothy M Johnson; short story.
Appaloosa by Robert B Parker; novel.
A Serpent’s Tooth by Craig Johnson; novel.
A Texas Cowboy by Charles A Siringo; autobiography.
Across the Plains and The Silverado Squatters by RL Stevenson; memoir.
Al Sieber, Chief of Scouts by Dan L Thrapp; biography.
Alder Gulch by Ernest Haycox; novel.
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy; novel.
Another Man’s Moccasins by Craig Johnson; novel.
Anything for Billy by Larry McMurtry; novel.
As the Crow Flies by Craig Johnson; novel.
Bar-20 by Clarence E Mulford; novel.
Bat Masterson: the man and the legend by Robert K DeArment; biography.
Billy the Kid Western Annual; children’s book.
Blood and Thunder by Hampton Sides; history.
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy; novel.
Blood on the Moon by Alan K Rode; film study.
Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B Parker; novel.
Brimstone by Robert B Parker; novel.
Buffalo Bill and His Wild West by Joseph G Rosa and Robin May; biography/history.
Bugles in the Afternoon by Ernest Haycox; novel.
Cavalier in Buckskin: George Armstrong Custer and the Western Military
Frontier by Robert M Utley; biography.
Christmas in Absaroka County & Messenger by Craig Johnson; short stories.
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino; film studies.
Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy; novel.
Cloudy in the West by Elmer Kelton; novel.
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier; novel.
Cole Younger, by Himself; memoir.
Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry; novel.
Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre by Ryan A McMaken; political science.
Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company by Harry Carey Jr.; memoir.
Conagher by Louis L’Amour; novel.
Coroner Creek by Luke Short; novel.
Crazy Horse: A Life by Larry McMurtry; biography.
Crossfire Trail by Louis L’Amour; novel.
Cuba Libre by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Dallas Stoudenmire: El Paso Marshal by Leon Metz; biography.
Dead Man’s Walk by Larry McMurtry; novel.
Deadwood by Pete Dexter; novel.
Dear Old Kit: the Historical Christopher Carson by Harvey Lewis Carter; biography.
Death Without Company by Craig Johnson; novel.
Debt of Honor by Luke Short; novel.
Desperadoes by Ron Hansen; novel.
Escape from Five Shadows by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Faillir être flingué by Céline Minard; novel.
Fiddlefoot by Luke Short; novel.
Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Flint by Louis L’Amour; novel.
Forty Lashes Less One by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Geronimo by Robert M Utley; biography.
Gone to Texas by Forrest Carter; novel.
Gunman’s Rhapsody by Robert B Parker; novel.
Gunsights by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Guns of the Timberland by Louis L’Amour; novel.
Hard Money by Luke Short; novel.
Hell is Empty by Craig Johnson; novel.
High Noon in Lincoln: violence on the Western frontier by Robert M Utley; history.
High Vermilion by Luke Short; novel.
Hombre by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Hondo by Louis L’Amour; novel.
In the Rogue Blood by James Carlos Blake; novel.
I, Tom Horn by Will Henry (Henry Wilson Allen); novel.
It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own: A New History of the American West by Richard White; history.
Jeff Arnold and the Riders of the Range; comic.
Jesse James Was His Name by William A Settle; biography.
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War by TJ Stiles; biography.
Jock Mahoney by Gene Freese; biography.
Joe Pepper by Elmer Kelton; novel.
John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was by Jack Burrows; biography.
John Wayne: The Life and Legend by Scott Eyman; biography.
John Wesley Hardin: Dark Angel of Texas by Leon Metz; biography.
Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson; novel.
Killoe by Louis L’Amour; novel.
Kindness Goes Unpunished by Craig Johnson; novel.
L’Alliance brisée: Le Western des années 1920 by Jean-Louis Leutrat; film studies.
La Colère des Justes by Raoul Walsh; novel.
Last Stand at Saber River by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Law of the Desert Born by Louis L’Amour; graphic novel.
Lee Marvin: Point Blank by Dwayne Epstein; biography.
Life of Tom Horn: Government Scout and Interpreter by Tom Horn and John C Coble; autobiography.
Little Big Man & The Return of Little Big Man by Thomas Berger; novels.
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry; novel.
Lucky Billy by John Vernon; novel.
Luke Short by Wayne Short; biography.
Man in the Saddle by Ernest Haycox; novel.
Monte Walsh by Jack Schaefer; novel.
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy; novel.
Northfield by Johnny D Boggs; novel.
Pat Garrett: The Story of a Western Lawman by Leon Metz; biography.
Powderkeg by Leo V Gordon and Richard Vetterli; novel.
Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford by Scott Eyman; biography.
Pronto by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Quantrell’s Raiders by Frank Gruber; novel.
Raw Land by Luke Short; novel.
Raylan by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Rebel Road by Frank Gruber; novel.
Rereading Frederick Jackson Turner, ed. John Mack Faragher; essays.
Resolution by Robert B Parker; novel.
Ride Lonesome by Kirk Ellis; film study.
Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey; novel.
Riding the Rap by Elmore Leonard; novel.
Roughing It by Mark Twain; autobiography.
Saddle by Starlight by Luke Short; novel.
Shalako by Louis L’Amour; novel.
Shane by Jack Schaefer; novel.
Showdown at Yellow Butte by Louis L’Amour; novel.
Silver Rock by Luke Short; novel.
Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson; novella.
Stage to Lordsburg by Ernest Haycox; short story.
Stagecoach to Tombstone: A Filmgoers Guide to the Great Westerns by Howard Hughes; Western guide.
Stay and Die by Jeff Arnold; novel.
Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry; novel.
Tales of Tom Mix: Cowboy Justice by Scott McCrea; novel.
Tales of Tom Mix: Mountain Killer by Scott McCrea; novel.
Tales of Tom Mix: Savage Mesa by Scott McCrea; novel.
Telling Western Stories by Richard W Etulain; literary criticism.
Ten Shoes Up by Gary L Stuart; novel.
Tennessee’s Partner by Bret Harte; novella.
The Adventures of Don Valiente and the Apache Canyon Kid by John Aragon & Mary Walters; novel.
The Apache Kid by Will Henry; novel.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen; novel.
The BFI Companion to the Western, Edward Busombe, ed; Western Guide.
The Bounty Hunters by Elmore Leonard; novel.
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane; short story.
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson; novel.
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard; short stories.
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy; novel.
The Dark Horse by Craig Johnson; novel.
The Earp Brothers of Tombstone by Frank Waters; biography.
The Encyclopedia of Western Movies by Phil Hardy; Western guide.
The First Fast Draw by Louis L’Amour; novel.
The Friends of Pancho Villa by James Carlos Blake; novel.
The Furies by Niven Busch; novel.
The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco; novel
The Gunfighter by Joseph G Rosa; history.
The Homesman by Glendon Swarthout; novel.
The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull by Robert M Utley; biography.
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper; novel.
The Law at Randado by Elmore Leonard; novel.
The Lawbringers by Brian Garfield; novel.
The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill by Don Russell; biography.
The Lone Ranger Green Hornet by Michael Uslan; comic book.
The Lone Ranger, Volume 1: Now and Forever by Sergio Cariello and Brett Matthews; comic book.
The Lone Ranger, Volume 2: Lines Not Crossed by Sergio Cariello and Brett Matthews; comic book.
The Loving Wrath of Eldon Quint by Chase Pletts; novel.
The Mammoth Book of Westerns, ed. Jon E Lewis; short stories.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte; novella.
The Philosophy of the Western, ed. Jennifer L McMahon & Steve Csaki; philosophy.
The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout; novel.
The Significance of the Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner; history.
The Silverado Squatters and Across the Plains by RL Stevenson; travel memoir.
The Some-Day Country by Luke Short; novel.
The Son by Philipp Meyer; novel.
The Spoilers by Rex Beach; novel.
The Tall Men by Clay Fisher; novel.
The Three Godfathers by Peter B Kyne; novel.
The Valles Caldera by Gary L Stuart; novel.
The Vengeance Trail of Josey Wales by Forrest Carter; novel.
The Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch novels by Robert B Parker.
The Virginian by Owen Wister; novel.
The Wrath of the Just Ones by Raoul Walsh; novel.
They Called Him Wild Bill by Joseph G Rosa; biography.
Thomas H Ince: Hollywood’s Independent Pioneer by Brian Taves; biography.
Three Bad Men by Scott Nollen Allen; biography (of John Ford, John Wayne and Ward Bond).
Tom Mix and Pancho Villa by Clifford Irving; novel.
Trail Town by Ernest Haycox; novel.
True Grit by Charles Portis; novel.
Twelve Peers by Max Brand; novella.
Vengeance Valley by Luke Short; novel.
Warlock by Oakley Hall; novel.
Western Films: A Complete Guide by Brian Garfield; Western guide.
Wild Times by Brian Garield; novel.
Wildwood Boys by James Carlos Blake; novel.
Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal by Stuart N Lake; biography.
Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend by Casey Tefertiller; biography.
