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Mattie The Time It Never Rained The Sea of Grass - Alter, Judy - Kelton, Elmer - Richter, Conrad W Fic Alter (1988) Fic Kelton (1973) and LP Fic Richter (1937) SPUR AWARD Hondo By Jack Schaefer: The Blind Corral - L’Amour, Louis • Shane (1949) Fic, LP and video - Beer, Ralph Robert W Fic L’Amour (1983) and LP • Monte Walsh (1963) Fic Fic Beer (1986) SPUR AWARD The Searchers By Glendon Swarthout: - LeMay • The Shootist (1975) Fic and video Summer of Pearls Video only • The Homesman (1988) W Fic - Blakely, Mike W Fic Blakely (2000) SPUR AWARD Call of the Wild By Richard Wheeler: - London, Jack • Fool’s Coach (1989) W Fic Death Comes for the Archbishop Fic London (1963) JFic, LP, video, • Sierra (1996) Fic - Cather, Willa audio both won SPUR AWARDs Fic Cather (1927) All the Pretty Horses The Virginian The Ox-Bow Incident - McCarthy, Cormac - Wister, Owen - Clark, Walter Van Tilburg Fic McCarthy (1992) LP and audio W Fic Wister (1929) Fic Clark (1940) and video Lonesome Dove Riders to Cibola The Dark Island - McMurtry, Larry - Zollinger, Norman - Conley, Robert J. W Fic McMurtry (1985) and video Fic Zollinger (1977) LP Fic Conley (1995) SPUR AWARD Centennial Short Stories St. Agnes’ Stand - Michener, James A. - Eidson, Tom Fic Michener (1974) and LP The Best of the West Series W Fic Eidson (1994) SPUR AWARD By Western Writers of America True Grit Fic SS Bes La Riders of the Purple Sage - Portis, Charles - Grey, Zane Fic Portis (1968) and Family Saga W Fic Grey (1940) and audio video, DVD Holts: an American dynasty series The Big Sky Doc - Ross, Dana Fuller - Guthrie, A.B. - Russell, Mary Doria Some in W Fic, Fic, LP Fic Guthrie (1947) Fic Russell, M. (2011) (also ebook form) Silas Bronson Library . Waterbury, Conn. 8/24/2012 dml Silas Bronson Library . Waterbury, Conn. 8/24/2012 dml Silas Bronson Library . Waterbury, Conn. 8/24/2012 dml The West in Nonfiction The West in Nonfiction TTThThhheeee WWWeWeeesssstttt iiininnn NNNoNooonnnnffffiiiiccccttttiiiioooonnnn

Hoover Dam: an American adventure Once They Moved like the Wind: Precious Dust - Stevens, Joseph Cochise, Geronimo, Apache Wars - Marks, Paula Mitchell 627.82 Ste (1988) - Roberts, David 978.02 Mar (1994) SPUR AWARD 973.04972 Rob (1993) The Longhorns And Die in the West: the story of the - Dobie, J. Frank Cheyenne Autumn O.K. Corral Gunfight 636.2 Dob (1941) - Sandoz, Mari - Marks, Paula Mitchell 973.04973 San (1992) and video 979.153 Mar (1989) The Imus Ranch: Cooking for kids and cowboys “Old West” series by Time-Life Books - Rush for Riches: Gold fever and the - Imus, Deirdre Look for them scattered throughout the making of California 641.5636 Imu (2004) 970’s. - Holliday, J.S. 979.4 Holru (1999) Undaunted Courage: Killing Custer: the Battle of the Little Big Trouble: a murder in a small Meriwether Lewis, Bighorn and the fate of the Plains western town sets off a struggle for the Thomas Jefferson, and the Indians soul of America opening of the American - Welch, James - Lukas, J. Anthony West 973.82 Wel (1994) 979.6 Luk (1997) SPUR - Ambrose, Stephen E. AWARD 917.804 Amb (1996) and audio Seeking Pleasure in the Old West - Dary, David Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 978 Dar (1995) SPUR - Brown, Dee Alexander 970 Bro (1970) Across the Wide Missouri - DeVoto, Bernard Augustine Fathers and children: Andrew Jackson 978 Dev (1947) and the subjugation of the American Indian Old Jules Country - Rogin, Michael Paul - Sandoz, Mari 970.5 Rog (1975) 978 SanOl (1965)

The Cowboy Hero: his image in Men to Match My Mountains: the American history and culture opening of the Far West 1840-1900 - Savage, William W., Jr. - Stone, Irving 973 Savc (1979) 978 StoMe (1956) and audio

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Black Elk Speaks: Being the life story of Sam Bass a holy man of the Oglala Sioux There’s no reason why a novel within - Woolley, Bryan - Niehardt, John G. the “Western” genre has to take place in Fic Bryan (1983) SPUR AWARD Biog Black Elk (1932) America. Here’s one by Zane Grey that is set in Australia: Stone Song: a novel of the life of Crazy Long John Dunn of Taos: from Texas Wilderness trek, a novel of Australia Horse outlaw to New Mexico hero S Fic Grey, Z. (1944) - Blevins, Win - Evans, Max Fic Blevins (1995) SPUR AWARD Biog Dunn (1993) The Sisters Brothers - DeWitt, Patrick Wanderer Springs Bright Eyes: the story of Susette Fic DeWitt, P. (2011) - Flynn, Robert LaFlesche, an Omaha Indian (satirical novel set in 1850’s Oregon Fic Flynn (1987) SPUR AWARD - Wilson, Dorothy Clarke Territory and California) Biog LaFlesche (1974) By Douglas C. Jones: • Gone the Dreams and Dancing Jessie Benton Fremont (1984) W Fic - Herr, Pamela • Roman (1986) Fic Biog Fremont (1987) and LP SPUR AWARD Both won SPUR AWARDs Custer’s Last Campaign - Gray, John S. Panther in the Sky Biog Boyer (1991) SPUR AWARD - Thom, James Alexander Fic Thom (1989) SPUR AWARD The Lance and the Shield - Utley, Robert M. The Gates of the Alamo Biog Sitting Bull Utl (1993) SPUR - Harrigan, Stephen Fic Harrigan (2000) SPUR AWARD John Wayne - Roberts, Randy Biog Wayne (1995)

Sword of San Jacinto: a life of Sam Houston - De Bruhl, Marshall Biog Houston (1993)

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