swap_horiz Ramrod Alternatives

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Bendigo Shafter

This 1979 western novel by Louis L'Amour won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, exploring the establishment of a fro...

Standalone Wyoming Settlement 1979

7.9 Good

2

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

3

Gunsights

Published in 1979 by Elmore Leonard, this western novel focuses on the intense conflict between a tough frontier scout a...

Arizona Conflict 1979 Range War

7.2 Good

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The U.P. Trail

Zane Grey's 1918 novel dramatizing the construction of the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad across the Great Plai...

Classic Frontier 1918 Zane Grey

7.1 Good

5

Galloway

Louis L'Amour's 1970 western novel follows brothers Flagan and Galloway Sackett as they battle a rival clan, contributin...

Colorado 1970 Range War Louis Lamour

7.0 Good

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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

7

Coroner Creek

This 1945 western novel by Luke Short follows a relentless protagonist seeking revenge against the Apache renegade who m...

Classic Revenge Frontier 1946

6.8 Fair

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Station West

Published in 1945, Station West is a Western novel by Luke Short notable for blending traditional frontier action with h...

Classic Mining 1947 Luke Short

6.8 Fair

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Fighting Caravans

Zane Grey's 1929 western following a seasoned scout guiding wagon trains along the Santa Fe Trail through outlaw-threate...

Classic Plains Wagon Train Zane Grey

6.8 Fair

10

Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U is a 1906 Western novel by B. M. Bower that achieved massive popularity and helped establish the ro...

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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The Mysterious Rider

Published in 1921, The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey is notable for introducing the iconic, vengeful gunfighter characte...

Classic Colorado Mystery 1921

6.6 Fair

13

Radigan

Louis L'Amour's 1958 western about a tough New Mexico rancher who fights off a ruthless land-grab scheme mounted by a po...

Standalone 1958 New Mexico Range War

6.5 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

15

To the Last Man

Zane Grey's 1921 novel To the Last Man is a notable fictionalized account of the Pleasant Valley War, a deadly late 19th...

Classic Arizona Range War 1921

6.3 Fair

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The Drift Fence

Zane Grey's 1933 novel in which a young Easterner attempts to establish an Arizona ranch and runs into fierce resistance...

Classic Arizona Range War 1933

6.1 Fair

17

Knights of the Range

Published in 1936, Knights of the Range is a Zane Grey Western notable for its romanticized portrayal of heroic cowboys...

Classic 1939 New Mexico Range War

6.0 Fair

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Raiders of Spanish Peaks

Zane Grey's 1938 western set near Colorado's Spanish Peaks, following a rancher's prolonged battle against a ruthless ou...

Classic Colorado Range War 1938

5.6 Mediocre

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Twin Sombreros

Zane Grey's western novel published posthumously in 1941, two years after his death, following a cowboy's quest for just...

Classic Colorado Range War 1941

5.4 Mediocre

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Barren Land Showdown

Barren Land Showdown is a classic Western novel distinguished by its focused narrative on bitter conflicts over water ri...

Conflict Frontier Range War 1940

4.9 Poor