Western Writers Roundup

Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 4:54pm
Max Brand. Twisted Bars and others
These three novellas feature a drifter called the Duster, a former outlaw having a tough time walking the straight and narrow.
Matt Braun. Indian Territory and others
The Old West comes vividly to life in two classic novels from Americas voice of the Western frontier.
Jane Candia Coleman. Matchless and others
A passionate, compelling, and magnificently authentic human drama based on the diary of Augusta Tabor, wife of Horace Tabor, the Colorado silver king. This is Augusta's story of their struggles until Horace struck it rich and she was renounced as an embarrassment by a man who had or could buy anything.
Loren Estleman. The Undertaker's Wife and others
He is devoted to dignifying the dead. She is devoted to making her marriage whole.
Zane Grey. Riders of the Purple Sage and others
The first of Zane Grey's many best-sellers, this stirring tale of adventure and romance established the prototype for western novels. A proud young heroine stands alone against the villains who rustle and stampede her cattle -- until a stranger rides into the territory.
Elmer Kelton. Hard Trail to Follow and others
In this, the seventh novel in Kelton's acclaimed Texas Ranger series, former Texas Ranger Andy Pickard ("Badger Boy" as he was known as a youth living among Comanches), leaves his fiancée's farm in north central Texas. He begins to track the man, Luther Cordell, who he believes killed his friend, Sheriff Tom Blessing. Pickard is mistaken. But although Cordell did not kill Blessing, the robber-ringleader must be brought to Ranger justice and the rest sorted out later.
Louis L'Amour. Galloway and others
Flagan Sackett has just escaped the clutches of his brutal Apache torturers. Once he and his brother Galloway are reunited, their efforts to establish a ranch are impeded by the cruel Dunn clan, which has decided that only Dunns shall have dominion over the vast range. The Sacketts must fight the Dunns, against insurmountable odds--but the Sacketts have never shied away from battle.
Larry McMurtry. When the Light Goes and others
In this sequel to the acclaimed Duane's Depressed, the author of Lonesome Dove has written a haunting, elegiac, and occasionally erotic novel about one of his most beloved characters. Duane Moore, who irst made his appearance in The Last Picture Show. He has aged but not lost his vigor or his taste for life.
Cormac McCarthy. The Road and others
America is a barren landscape of smoldering ashes, devoid of life except for those people still struggling to scratch out some type of existence. Amidst the destruction, a father and his young son walk, always toward the coast, but with no real understanding that circumstances will improve once they arrive. Still they persevere, and their relationship comes to represent goodness in a world that is utterly devastated.
Stephen Overholser. Night Hawk and others
The kid is booted off a freight train in Coalton, Colorado. The sheriff convices the ramroad at the Circle L Ranch to take him on as an all around chore boy. Since he won't give his name, they call him Night Hawk. The ramrod sees something in Night Hawk and decides to see if the kid can become a man.
Jane Peart. A Tangled Web and others
What is perhaps Peart's finest novel tells the story of a young woman in the early 1900s who overcomes adversity by embracing faith. After deciding she needs to find her freedom in the West, Darcy Welburne escapes to Juniper Junction only to find the teaching position on which she was counting has been filled. After she becomes a Harvey Girl, the elaborate deception of her family begins--and ends.
Lauraine Snelling. Touch of Grace and others
Set in early 19th-century North Dakota, this third series title (after A Promise for Ellie and Sophie's Dilemma) features 18-year-old Grace Knutson. Drawn to Toby Valders, Grace finds her loyalties tested when the son of a wealthy New York family arrives in town.