Books and Stories about the Old West

Westerns in the Form of Dime Novels – Fueled Hatred of the American Indian

admin — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:36:26 +0000

It is not commonly known that westerns fueled much of the hatred of the Indian by Americans in its early history. Western fiction, in the form of “dime novels,” became the tool used to alter the cultural perception of millions of pioneers. Dime novelists placed images of the Indian into the minds of these early [...]

The American West Was Not Fiction but Some History was Fictionalized

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:22:42 +0000

The American frontier comprises the geography, history, folklore, and cultural expression of life in the forward wave of American westward expansion from the original colonial settlements to the early 20th century. Enormous popular attention in the media focuses on the second half of the 19th century, a period sometimes called the Old West, or the [...]

Westerns – An American Experience in Fact and Fiction

admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:22:15 +0000

One of the premier writers of westerns was Louis L’Amour (now deceased). He wrote over one hundred novels, most of them westerns. Estimates range from 200 to 300 million copies in print, with many of them turned into movies. The Sackett series have proven to be some of his most popular western fiction series. Westerns [...]

Down From the Mountain – The High Plains Gunman Western Novel

admin — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:55:56 +0000

By the time he was 18, Kyle Elliot was fighting Plains Indians in the Old West, especially the most fierce warriors who’d ever ridden across the broad plains of Texas, the legendary Comanche. He’d ridden with Captain John Coffee Hays, in the Texas Rangers and learned to fight in ways most men never understood. “Captain [...]