swap_horiz Alder Gulch Alternatives

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My Ántonia

"My Antonia" is a 1918 novel by American author Willa Cather, presented as the fictional memoir of a man named Jim Burde...

Literary Nebraska Plains Willa Cather

9.2 Excellent

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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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Dancing at the Rascal Fair

Ivan Doig’s *Dancing at the Rascal Fair* portrays life among Scottish homesteaders establishing a new existence in Monta...

Montana 1987 Homestead Ivan Doig

8.9 Great

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English Creek

English Creek is a 1984 novel by Ivan Doig and the first published volume of his Montana trilogy, followed by Dancing at...

Montana Coming Of Age 1984 Ivan Doig

8.6 Great

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Montana 1948

Montana 1948 is a 1993 novella by American author Larry Watson, set in the fictional town of Bentrock, Montana. The stor...

Montana Crime Literary Modern West

8.3 Great

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Ride with Me, Mariah Montana

Ride with Me, Mariah Montana is a 1990 Western novel by American author Ivan Doig. It serves as the final installment of...

Family Montana 1990 Modern Western

8.1 Great

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These Thousand Hills

"These Thousand Hills" is a 1956 novel by A.B. Guthrie Jr., the third installment in his sequence of Western novels foll...

Montana Literary Frontier Cattle

7.8 Good

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Fair Land, Fair Land

Fair Land, Fair Land is a 1982 historical Western novel by A.B. Guthrie Jr. that serves as a sequel to his acclaimed 194...

Montana Sequel Mountain Man Elegiac

7.2 Good

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Sundown Jim

Sundown Jim is a Western novel written by Ernest Haycox, originally published in 1938. The narrative follows a range det...

Classic Range Frontier Lawman

7.2 Good

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Bugles in the Afternoon

Bugles in the Afternoon is a historical western novel by Ernest Haycox, published in 1943. The book is centered on the F...

Cavalry Dakota 1944 Ernest Haycox

7.1 Good

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The High Rocks

"The High Rocks" is a historical Western novel written by Loren D. Estleman that serves as the inaugural entry in his lo...

Montana Frontier Lawman Loren Estleman

7.1 Good

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The Stranglers

The Stranglers is a Western novel by Loren D. Estleman, forming part of his long-running series centered on Deputy U.S....

Montana Vigilante Frontier Lawman

7.0 Good

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The Flying U Ranch

The Flying U Ranch is a 1914 western novel by American author Bertha Muzzy Bower, writing as B.M. Bower, set on a cattle...

Classic Montana Frontier Cowboy

6.8 Fair

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Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U is a Western novel by American writer B. M. Bower, with its first U.S. book edition published in 19...

Classic Montana 1906 Bm Bower

6.7 Fair

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Ride the Man Down

Ride the Man Down is a 1950 Western novel by Luke Short that explores the violent Arizona range wars involving competing...

Classic Frontier Range War 1942

6.6 Fair

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Hard Case

Hard Case is a 20th-century Western novel by Gordon D. Shirreffs, notable for its gritty depiction of frontier justice a...

Classic Conflict Frontier 1942

6.4 Fair

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Lonesome Land

Lonesome Land is a Western novel by B. M. Bower, published in 1912. Bower was an American writer whose fiction frequentl...

Classic Montana 1912 Bm Bower

6.2 Fair

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Trouble Shooter

Trouble Shooter is a Western novel by American writer Ernest Haycox. The story is associated with the construction of a...

Detective 1937 Railroad Frontier

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

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Thunder Mountain

Thunder Mountain is a Western novel by Zane Grey, published in 1935. Set in the American West during a period of gold pr...

Classic Idaho Gold Rush 1935

5.4 Mediocre