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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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The Time It Never Rained

The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton portrays the profound impact of a prolonged drought on a Texas ranching family...

Texas Ranching 1973 Elmer Kelton

8.8 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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Andersonville

Andersonville is a historical novel by MacKinlay Kantor published in 1955, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1...

Award Winning Historical Civil War Prison

8.5 Great

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The Day the Cowboys Quit

The Day the Cowboys Quit is a 1971 historical Western novel by Texas author Elmer Kelton, based on the actual 1883 cowbo...

Texas 1971 Labor Elmer Kelton

8.3 Great

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The Good Old Boys

The Good Old Boys is a Western novel written by acclaimed American author Elmer Kelton, first published in 1978. The nar...

Character Study Texas 1978 Elmer Kelton

8.0 Great

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Doc

"Doc" is a historical fiction novel written by Mary Doria Russell and published in 2011. The book provides a biographica...

Historical Literary Doc Holliday Mary Doria Russell

8.0 Great

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Horseman, Pass By

Horseman, Pass By is a Western novel written by Larry McMurtry and published in 1961 as his debut work. Set on a declini...

Coming Of Age Texas 1961 Ranch

7.8 Good

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Fire on the Mountain

Fire on the Mountain is a 1962 western novel by Edward Abbey that centers on an elderly New Mexico rancher who refuses t...

Resistance Ranching 1962 New Mexico

7.8 Good

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Creek Mary's Blood

Creek Mary's Blood is a historical epic novel published in 1980 by American author Dee Brown. The narrative spans multip...

Historical Native American 1980 Dee Brown

7.8 Good

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Epitaph

"Epitaph" is a 2015 historical novel by American author Mary Doria Russell. It is a sequel to her 2011 novel "Doc" and c...

Historical Literary Tombstone Mary Doria Russell

7.8 Good

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I, Tom Horn

"I, Tom Horn" is a Western novel written by Will Henry (a pen name for Henry Wilson Allen) and published in 1975. Writte...

Wyoming Historical 1975 Will Henry

7.7 Good

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Comanche Moon

Comanche Moon is a 1997 Western novel by American author Larry McMurtry and part of the Lonesome Dove series. Set before...

Texas 1997 Comanche Larry Mcmurtry

7.6 Good

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Desperadoes

"Desperadoes" is a historical fiction novel written by Ron Hansen and published in 1979. The book provides a fictionaliz...

Historical Literary Outlaw Ron Hansen

7.6 Good

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Long Remember

"Long Remember" is a historical novel written by MacKinlay Kantor and published in 1934. The narrative provides a detail...

Historical Literary Gettysburg Civil War

7.6 Good

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Buffalo Wagons

Buffalo Wagons is a Western novel by Texas writer Elmer Kelton, first published in 1956 and later reissued in 1984. The...

Texas Western 1956 Buffalo Hunting

7.0 Good

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Sam Chance

Sam Chance is a Western novel by American writer Benjamin Capps, published in 1965. The book follows its title character...

Character Study Texas 1965 Ranching

7.0 Good

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This Old Bill

This Old Bill is a 1984 historical Western novel by Loren D. Estleman about William F. Cody, the frontiersman better kno...

Historical 1984 Loren D Estleman Buffalo Bill

6.8 Fair

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Massacre at Goliad

Massacre at Goliad is a historical Western novel by Elmer Kelton, published in 1965. It dramatizes the execution of Texi...

Historical 1965 Elmer Kelton Texas Revolution

6.7 Fair

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Camp Ford

Camp Ford is a 2005 historical western novel by Johnny D. Boggs, an author who has received multiple Spur Awards from th...

Historical Civil War Texas Prisoner Of War

6.7 Fair