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Death Comes for the Archbishop

Death Comes for the Archbishop is a historical western novel by Willa Cather. It portrays the experiences of Father Seba...

Historical Catholic Church New Mexico 1927

9.1 Excellent

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Creek Mary's Blood

Dee Brown's 1980 epic novel tracing five generations of a Native American family across the 19th-century frontier, writt...

Historical Native American 1980 Dee Brown

7.8 Good

3

I, Tom Horn

Will Henry's I, Tom Horn is a 1975 fictionalized autobiography of the infamous frontier scout and hired gun, notable for...

Wyoming Historical 1975 Will Henry

7.7 Good

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From Where the Sun Now Stands

Written by Will Henry, From Where the Sun Now Stands is a 1976 historical Western novel that earned a Spur Award for its...

Historical 1960 Will Henry Nez Perce

7.5 Good

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The Saga of Billy the Kid

The Saga of Billy the Kid is a 1926 biographical novel by Walter Noble Burns that significantly shaped the legendary myt...

Historical 1926 New Mexico Billy The Kid

7.4 Good

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Comstock Lode

Louis L'Amour's 1981 western novel explores the historical silver rush of Nevada, following a determined protagonist nav...

Standalone 1981 Nevada Louis Lamour

7.3 Good

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Stand Proud

Stand Proud is a 1984 Western novel by Elmer Kelton that explores the life of a wealthy but hardened Texas cattleman, hi...

Historical 1984 Texas Ranching

7.3 Good

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The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier is a 1941 historical Western novel by Howard Fast that chronicles the tragic true story of the Norther...

Historical 1941 Howard Fast Cheyenne

7.2 Good

9

Buffalo Girls

Larry McMurtry's 1990 novel told partly through letters by Calamity Jane, portraying the twilight of the Wild West along...

Historical Frontier 1990 Larry Mcmurtry

7.1 Good

10

Alias Butch Cassidy

Published in 1978, Alias Butch Cassidy is a Western novel by Will Henry that explores the controversial speculation surr...

Wyoming Historical Outlaw 1967

7.0 Good

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Bloody Season

Loren D. Estleman's 1987 novel offering a gritty, revisionist account of the 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and its vi...

Historical 1987 Wyatt Earp Loren D Estleman

7.0 Good

12

This Old Bill

Loren D. Estleman's 1984 biographical novel following Buffalo Bill Cody from his frontier scouting days through the long...

Historical 1984 Loren D Estleman Buffalo Bill

6.8 Fair

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Massacre at Goliad

Massacre at Goliad is a mid-twentieth-century historical Western novel that dramatizes the infamous 1836 execution of pr...

Historical 1965 Elmer Kelton Texas Revolution

6.7 Fair

14

Anything for Billy

Larry McMurtry's 1988 novel retelling the story of Billy the Kid from the perspective of a dime novelist who follows the...

Historical 1988 New Mexico Larry Mcmurtry

6.5 Fair

15

Buffalo Medicine

Don Coldsmith's novel in the Spanish Bit Saga series, following the People tribe as they deepen their horse culture and...

Healing 1981 Don Coldsmith Spanish Bit Saga

6.5 Fair

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Cimarron Jordan

Matt Braun's western novel following frontier lawman and buffalo hunter Cimarron Jordan as he imposes order on the viole...

Historical 1975 Plains Matt Braun

6.3 Fair

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El Paso

Matt Braun's western novel set in the Texas border city of El Paso, depicting the violent clash among lawmen, gunfighter...

Historical Border 1980 Matt Braun

6.2 Fair

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Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly is a 1957 biographical Western novel by Clay Fisher, chronicling the real-life frontier adventures of...

Historical Yellowstone 1957 Scout

6.1 Fair

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The Texan Scouts

The Texan Scouts is a 1913 historical Western novel by Joseph A. Altsheler that chronicles the early struggles of Americ...

Youth Historical 1913 Texas Revolution

6.1 Fair

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The Hider

Matt Braun's western novel set in Indian Territory, following a relentless manhunter tracking a dangerous fugitive acros...

Montana Hunter Frontier 1978

6.0 Fair