Westerns
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By the early 1990s, the traditional male, shoot-'em-up western was riding into the sunset, heavily wounded. -- John Mart, Booklist, 1999
Westerns are evolving, but the appeal remains the same: freedom in a world of unspoiled nature. The hero is self-reliant, and the conflicts of right and wrong are resolved.
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Awards
Spur Awards by the Western Writers of America.
Wrangler Awards </b> by the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Classic Authors
- Max Brand,
- W.R. Burnett
- Zane Grey
- Bill Gulick
- A.B. Guthrie
- Bret Harte
- Dorothy M. Johnson
- Louis L'Amour
- Clarence E. Mulford
- Jack Schaefer
- Owen Wister
Some Award Winning Books
1954 Law Man, by Lee Leighton
1960 The Buffalo Soldiers, by John Prebble
1969 Down the Long Hills, by Louis L'Amour
1975 Centennial, by James Michener
1976 The Shootist, by Glendon Swarthout
1986 Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry
1988 Skinwalkers, by Tony Hillerman
1993 All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy
