Weirdly Western

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Offbeat novels and short stories of the west. Provided by the staff at the West University Branch Library.

	Thomas Berger. Little Big Man [2] Madcap remembrances of the Wild West as told by 111 year-old Jack Crabb, otherwise known as Little Big Man.
	Richard Brautigan. Hawkline Monster: [3]A Gothic Western [3] In 1902, hired gunmen pursue a monstrous creature created by an eccentric professor in eastern Oregon.
	Loren Estleman. Billy Gashade [4] A ballad singer's journey through the untamed West, including scenes with Billy the Kid, Jesse James and others.
	Jim Fergus. 1000 White Women: the Journals of May Dodd [5] A group of white women (and one black woman) become Cheyenne Indian brides, traded for horses in a preposterous governmental experiment.
	Ray Gonzalez. The Ghost of John Wayne and Other Stories [6] 25 stories set in the borderlands of Juarez, El Paso, San Antonio and New Mexico.
	Ric L. Hardman. Sunshine Rider: the First Vegetarian Western [7] Seventeen year old vegetarian Wylie Jackson experiences brief employment as a chuck wagon cook, medicine man, huckster, and also impersonates a doctor in this humorous, fast-paced novel.
	Mackey Hedges. The Last Buckaroo [8] The rollicking escapades of a young drugstore cowboy and his new friend, an old saddle tramp.
	Louis L'Amour. The Haunted Mesa [9] Investigator Mike Ragan tries to find a missing friend, and also just how or why the cliff-dwelling Anasazi tribe disappeared long ago.
	Joe Lansdale. Razored Saddles [10] A short story anthology mixing horror, science fiction and western elements.
	Joe Lansdale. Zeppelins West [11] Buffalo Bill Cody takes his Wild West show to Japan via zeppelin.
	Christopher Moore. Coyote Blue [12] In search of his missing girlfriend, an L.A. insurance man gets assistance from Old Man Coyote, a shapeshifter.
	Edwin Shrake. Blessed McGill [13] How a violent, rowdy buffalo hunter becomes the first Roman Catholic saint of North America.
	David Thomson. Silver Light [14] Cinematic western heroes mix with actual history-makers such as Geronimo, Judge Roy Bean and Billy the Kid.

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