Wanted: Your Best Westerns

tequila0341 · 12-28-2010, 03:51 PM

No, not your favorite budget hotel chain ... but your favorite books set in the Old West (and accessible for Kindle)!

Yes, I just saw True Grit, one of the better movies of the the last year or two, and the fiancee and I have been playing way too much Fallout: New Vegas, a postapocalyptic RPG set in Nevada. So I'm definitely in the mood for tales of gunslinging in the desert, preferably of the gritty or darkly comic variety.

I've read Elmore Leonard's Valdez is Coming, which I enjoyed, and his Hombre, which I didn't. I loved McCarthy's Blood Meridian, which is not so much a Western as a brooding and beautiful thunderhead of a book.

So what are your favorite Westerns in ebook format?

WillAdams · 12-28-2010, 04:19 PM

Zane Grey's _The Lone Star Ranger_ (available here on mobileread) is very cool.

William

DiapDealer · 12-28-2010, 04:48 PM

Robert B. Parker's series starring the characters Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch (Appaloosa).
And James D. Best's Steve Dancy novels - starts with The Shopkeeper.

DavidRM · 12-28-2010, 05:01 PM

I enjoyed a lot of Louis L'amour's books, especially the Sackett novels. My older brother had a huge collection of L'amour paperbacks when I was young, and I read most of them over the years.

Zane Gray's Riders of the Purple Sage.

-David

GA Russell · 12-28-2010, 08:15 PM

tequila, the first western was Owen Wister's The Virginian. I recommend that you start with that one if you haven't read it already.

jgaiser · 12-28-2010, 09:18 PM

Agree with Owen Wister's "The Virginian". Anything by Zane Grey or Louis L'amour.

OtterBooks · 12-28-2010, 10:44 PM

So happens I'm reading Lonesome Dove at the moment. I was somewhat expecting a flowery epic from a thousand page novel that won the Pulitzer, but it's actually rather gritty and masculine. It's certainly no Blood Meridian, but not much is.

And even at 900+ pages it won't take up as much time as Fallout NV, ha. Darn game took over my life.

Kiwimick · 12-30-2010, 02:10 PM

Have Gun Will Play by Camille Laguire is a Maverick type western with a bit of humour/mystery/whodunnit in it.

Also I used to have and read a lot of J T Edsons "Dusty Fog and the Floating Outfit " series they are great books

Dr. Drib · 12-31-2010, 11:32 AM

One of the pioneering writers of Westerns (in addition to Zane Grey, already mentioned) is William MacLeod Raine.

MobileReference has a selection of his novels available, located here, for only $3.19 ---

http://www.amazon.com/Collected-West...3813062&sr=1-3

There is also this collection, which is also available from Amazon, for $1.99, located here:

http://www.amazon.com/William-Maveri...3812843&sr=1-1

The collection includes 21 novels.

Of the two collections, MobileReference is the better choice - and these omnibus volumes are always better presented than the competition - although it's a little higher in price.

Don

BenG · 12-31-2010, 04:57 PM

Lonesome Dove is great, and several of Larry McMurtry's other westerns are available as ebooks.
Some of Elmore Leonard's westerns are in ebook form.
True Grit by Charles Portis is one of my favorites but it currently can't be found as a legitimate ebook.

BenG · 12-31-2010, 05:03 PM

Westerns for the kindle on Inkmesh:

http://inkmesh.com/search/?dv=2&star...terns%22&ct=eb

edbro · 12-31-2010, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

One of the pioneering writers of Westerns (in addition to Zane Grey, already mentioned) is William MacLeod Raine.

MobileReference has a selection of his novels available, located here, for only $3.19 ---

http://www.amazon.com/Collected-West...3813062&sr=1-3

There is also this collection, which is also available from Amazon, for $1.99, located here:

http://www.amazon.com/William-Maveri...3812843&sr=1-1

The collection includes 21 novels.

Of the two collections, MobileReference is the better choice - and these omnibus volumes are always better presented than the competition - although it's a little higher in price.

Don

There are also quite a few right here on MobileRead for the low, low price of $0.00.

OtterBooks · 12-31-2010, 11:35 PM

I recall really liking Jack Schaefer's Shane when I was a kid. Hardly remember anything about it though.

doreenjoy · 01-01-2011, 08:21 PM

There are two action-packed westerns in the MR library by Clifton Adams: The Desperado and A Noose for the Desperado

JoelArnold · 01-01-2011, 09:25 PM

Lonesome Dove is one of my favorite novels!

12-28-2010, 03:51 PM	#1
tequila0341 Member Posts: 24 Karma: 17708 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New York, NY Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, Kindle 3	Wanted: Your Best Westerns No, not your favorite budget hotel chain ... but your favorite books set in the Old West (and accessible for Kindle)! Yes, I just saw True Grit, one of the better movies of the the last year or two, and the fiancee and I have been playing way too much Fallout: New Vegas, a postapocalyptic RPG set in Nevada. So I'm definitely in the mood for tales of gunslinging in the desert, preferably of the gritty or darkly comic variety. I've read Elmore Leonard's Valdez is Coming, which I enjoyed, and his Hombre, which I didn't. I loved McCarthy's Blood Meridian, which is not so much a Western as a brooding and beautiful thunderhead of a book. So what are your favorite Westerns in ebook format? Last edited by tequila0341; 12-29-2010 at 09:15 AM.

12-28-2010, 05:01 PM	#4
DavidRM Addict Posts: 201 Karma: 1007768 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Device: Kindle	I enjoyed a lot of Louis L'amour's books, especially the Sackett novels. My older brother had a huge collection of L'amour paperbacks when I was young, and I read most of them over the years. Zane Gray's Riders of the Purple Sage. -David __________________ David Michael *Gunwitch: A Tale of the King's Coven* - Alternate history fantasy in the Amerigon colonies. *The Summoning Fire* - A horror/urban fantasy novel of Hell on Earth. *Nasty, Brutish & Short Short* - A collection of horror flash fiction. *The Girl Who Ran With Horses* - YA Contemporary Fantasy about a girl and her horses.

12-28-2010, 09:18 PM	#6
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 2,221 Karma: 13472511 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle GDX, Kindle 3, KPW, Nook HD+	Agree with Owen Wister's "The Virginian". Anything by Zane Grey or Louis L'amour. __________________ Jerry -- My LibraryThing -- My Goodreads

12-30-2010, 02:10 PM	#8
Kiwimick Addict Posts: 211 Karma: 37308 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: London UK Device: Sony PRS650	Have Gun Will Play by Camille Laguire is a Maverick type western with a bit of humour/mystery/whodunnit in it. Also I used to have and read a lot of J T Edsons "Dusty Fog and the Floating Outfit " series they are great books __________________

12-31-2010, 11:32 AM	#9
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 21,620 Karma: 7299295 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: San Borja (Lima), Peru Device: Pcktbk 360; Kindle Paperwhite (WiFi)/ Fire HD; nook STR & Col; KoboGlo	One of the pioneering writers of Westerns (in addition to Zane Grey, already mentioned) is William MacLeod Raine. MobileReference has a selection of his novels available, located here, for only $3.19 --- http://www.amazon.com/Collected-West...3813062&sr=1-3 There is also this collection, which is also available from Amazon, for $1.99, located here: http://www.amazon.com/William-Maveri...3812843&sr=1-1 The collection includes 21 novels. Of the two collections, MobileReference is the better choice - and these omnibus volumes are always better presented than the competition - although it's a little higher in price. Don __________________ “How to Write the First 3 Paragraphs of YOUR Indie Novel” - by Max Waxwelp 1) Always write 3 sentences of exposition; 2) now create some dialogue, preferably no more than 2 sentences; and 3) make certain the dialogue is either inane or humorous. Example: “Bob, I did not know you wore yellow suspenders,” Sally remarked. “Gee, Sally, those are not suspenders. I am wearing yellow underwear today,” Bob revealed. The dialogue above will help produce at least 100 more pages of dialogue. Last edited by Dr. Drib; 12-31-2010 at 12:14 PM.

12-28-2010, 04:19 PM	#2
WillAdams Guru Posts: 755 Karma: 1144108 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Sony PRS-600, Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4121	Zane Grey's _The Lone Star Ranger_ (available here on mobileread) is very cool. William

12-28-2010, 04:48 PM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,837 Karma: 23400772 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 2	Robert B. Parker's series starring the characters Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch (Appaloosa). And James D. Best's Steve Dancy novels - starts with The Shopkeeper.

12-28-2010, 08:15 PM	#5
GA Russell Argos win the Grey Cup! Posts: 3,367 Karma: 11423475 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: jetBook Lite, Libre Pro	tequila, the first western was Owen Wister's The Virginian. I recommend that you start with that one if you haven't read it already.

12-28-2010, 10:44 PM	#7
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,158 Karma: 2323734 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3, dumbphone	So happens I'm reading Lonesome Dove at the moment. I was somewhat expecting a flowery epic from a thousand page novel that won the Pulitzer, but it's actually rather gritty and masculine. It's certainly no Blood Meridian, but not much is. And even at 900+ pages it won't take up as much time as Fallout NV, ha. Darn game took over my life.

12-31-2010, 04:57 PM	#10
BenG Wizard Posts: 3,191 Karma: 39866013 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Triad Device: Paperwhite	Lonesome Dove is great, and several of Larry McMurtry's other westerns are available as ebooks. Some of Elmore Leonard's westerns are in ebook form. True Grit by Charles Portis is one of my favorites but it currently can't be found as a legitimate ebook. __________________ Ben Mockingbird by Walter Tevis

12-31-2010, 05:03 PM	#11
BenG Wizard Posts: 3,191 Karma: 39866013 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Triad Device: Paperwhite	Westerns for the kindle on Inkmesh: http://inkmesh.com/search/?dv=2&star...terns%22&ct=eb __________________ Ben Mockingbird by Walter Tevis

12-31-2010, 11:35 PM	#13
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,158 Karma: 2323734 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 3, dumbphone	I recall really liking Jack Schaefer's Shane when I was a kid. Hardly remember anything about it though.

01-01-2011, 08:21 PM	#14
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,855 Karma: 293916 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	There are two action-packed westerns in the MR library by Clifton Adams: The Desperado and A Noose for the Desperado

01-01-2011, 09:25 PM	#15
JoelArnold Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 1036864 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Savage, MN Device: Kindle 3	Lonesome Dove is one of my favorite novels! __________________ I write horror and other things: iBooks, Nook, Sony, Kobo, Diesel, Amazon, and Smashwords! My blog: Beneath the Trap Door.

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