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The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion by Loren D. Estleman
Western
Call#: F Estleman
Johnny Vermillion's Prairie Rose Repertory Company is a theater troupe that brings entertainment to the Wild West, but they also rob banks during the performances. When their clever scheme comes to the attention of the Pinkerton Agency, their ace detective decides to set a clever trap to catch the larcenous thespians. A delightful and rollicking adventure of the Old West.
Submitted by Jane Cooper 12/06
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Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Historical Fiction/Western
Call#: F Stegner
The odyssey of Susan Burling Ward's life and the challenges she faced as she followed her husband across the untamed Western frontier of the 1870's are revealed in letters found years later by her grandson. Wallace Stegner won the Pulitzer Prize for this many-layered story of relationships defined by a delicately balanced tension.
Submitted by Jane Cooper
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Blood Meridian, or, The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Western
Call#: F McCarthy
A gripping and brutally poetic novel of the old West. Difficult to put down.
Submitted by Lee Alexander 09/06
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Broken Trail by Alan Geoffrion
Western
Call#: F Geoffrion
Print Ritter and his nephew Tom Harte are driving a herd of horses to Wyoming when they run into an evil man transporting five Chinese women who have been kidnapped and destined for a life of prostitution. When the man is killed, Print takes the women under his wing, and a life with new possibilities opens up for the wranglers and the young women. This story is the basis for the AMC cable network's original production starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church.
Submitted by Jane Cooper 12/06
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Gunman's Rhapsody by Robert B. Parker
Western
Call#: F Parker
In 1879 Wyatt Earp, his brothers and their wives settle in Tombstone, Arizona and become part of a legend that has been retold many times, but this well-crafted work of Western fiction written in Robert B. Parker's terse style, truly brings to life the events leading up to the infamous gunfight at the OK Corral and its aftermath.
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The Hell Riders by Mark Henry
Western
Call#: F Henry
Trap O'Shannon and Clay Madson are making the thousand mile journey from Montana to Arizona to bury the bravest man they have ever known, captain Hezekiah Roman, of the elite Scout Trackers. Once they fought side by side with Roman, and now they feel duty-bound to see him laid to rest, but they don't realize they will have to risk their lives one more time to honor his wishes. An excellent and action-packed tale by a new western author.
Submitted by Jane Cooper 12/06
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High Country by Willard Wyman
Western
Call#: F Wyman
Young Ty Hardin leaves the family ranch in Montana during the Depression to apprentice with legendary packer, Fenton Pardee. More than just a coming of age story, High Country has it all: adventure, love, and finely observed details of the beauty of the high country of Montana and California that encourage the reader to contemplate the effects of its disappearance on both coming generations and the people living there now who are more at home in mountains than in cities.
Submitted by Feeny Watt
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The Indian Agent by Dan O'Brien
Western
Call#: F O'Brien
Army surgeon Valentine McGillycuddy replaces the Indian agent at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and establishes an uneasy truce with the Sioux chief Red Cloud. McGillycuddy tries his best to assure the survival of the Oglala tribe, but the Black Hills are a powder keg of treachery with a short fuse, and he finds himself powerless to prevent the terrible events destined to take place a a creek called Wounded Knee. Historical events blend with a well-told tale that is hard to put down.
Submitted by Jane Cooper 08/06
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Last Go Round by Ken Kesey
Western
Call#: F Kesey
The "last go round" at the 1911 Pendleton Round Up brings together three colorful buckaroos all vying for the world championship broncbusting title: George Fletcher, a popular black cowboy; Jackson Sundown, a Nez Perce Indian; and Jonathan Spain, a southern cowboy from tennessee. A rip-roaring tale about a little-known chapter in Western lore.
Submitted by Jane Cooper
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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt
Western
F Dewitt
A darkly humorous tale of the Sisters Brothers misadventures. Eli usually goes along with Charlie's ideas, but is now questioning his career choice of robbing and killing for hire.
Submitted by Kiku Kimura 10/11
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Time's Memory by Julius Lester
Western
Call#: YF Lester
A riveting novel of a young man born with the wisdom of Africa in his soul, who has a mission to help free the American slaves on the eve of the Civil War.
Submitted by Joni Kohagen
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Tombstone Travesty: Allie Earp Remembers
by Jane Candia Coleman
Western, Historical Fiction
Call #: F Coleman
Allie Sullivan Earp, Virgil Earp's wife, outlived everyone else in the Earp clan and had many tales to tell about the terrible events that took place in Tombstone, culminating at the infamous OK Corral. This is historical fiction, but it reads like an autobiography and is told with such realism that it makes you feel you are there. It won the 2005 Willa Literary Award for historical fiction from Women Writing the West.
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Wounded by Percival Everett
Western
Call#: F Everett
John Hunt is a rancher, horse trainer and Berkeley-educated art lover in Montana. He also happens to be black. Hunt takes care of his ranch, romances a nearby neighbor, and worries about his Uncle Gus. When a ranch hand is killed by suspected homophobic rednecks, and the gay son of an old college friend arrives at the ranch to recover from a bad breakup, Hunt has to deal with the fallout. I liked the strong characters and sparse writing style which mirrors the West.
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Patrons often ask our staff to suggest books to read.The titles on this list were compiled by asking our staff to recommend their favorite books and describe great books they have read and enjoyed. 
