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Western  Authors

"[Your site] most definitely is the premier and most comprehensive listing of Western Authors in all of the World Wide Web."
— Western author Charlie Steel (2014)

Edward Abbey [1927-89] Page

Max Brand [1892-1944] Page

J. Frank Dobie [1888-1964]

Edward S. Ellis [1840-1916] Page

Loren D. Estleman Westerns Page

Max Evans [1924-2020] Page

Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page

Louis L'Amour [1908-88] Page

Karl Friedrich May [1842-1912] Page

Michael McGarrity Page

Larry McMurtry [1936-2021] Page

Eugene Manlove Rhodes [1869-1934] Page

Zane Grey [1872-1939] Pages
Bio/Profile    ★    Major Novels    ★    Other Books (novels, stories, sports & fishing)
Silent Movies    ★    Sound Movies & TV    ★    Audio Tapes & eBooks & Kindle Editions
Zane Grey's 'Lassiter' Books Page

Other Western Authors Pages

Western Writers of America
Directory of Western Authors website
'Women Writing The West' Conference [Oct 2016 = #22] in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Western  Legends

"Famous Gunfighters of The Western Frontier: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Luke Short and Others" [magazine serial 1907, book 1957] by W.B. (Bat) Masterson [1853-1921] Slim volume: 112 pages in paper, 102 on Kindle; chapters/subjects are: Wyatt Earp, 'Doc' Holliday, Luke Short, Ben Thompson, and Bill Tilghman Kindle Edition from MonkeyBone Publns [8/2013] for $2.99 Dover Publns 8½x5½ pb [3/2009] for $6.26 - with a section of photographs

"The Lawmen" for Kindle [2011] by Alton Pryor Kindle Edition from Stagecoach Publng [3/2011] for $4.99 29 chapters/articles about Burton Alvord, Elfego Baca, Judge Roy Bean, Henry Newton Brown, Henry Bull-Head, The Colt Revolver, Frank M. Dependener, Wyatt Earp, Pat Garrett, Sam Gay, 'Wild Bill' Hickok, John 'Doc' Holliday, Fred Lambert, The Los Angeles Rangers, Chris Madsen, 'Bat' Masterson, Mysterious Dave Mather, Joseph Lafayette Meek, Henry Morse, Burt Mossman, Commodore Perry Owens, Judge Isaac C. Parker, Allan Pinkerton, Henry Plummer, Bass Reeves, John Horton Slaughter, 'Bear River' Tom Smith, Bill Tilghman, and Big Dave Updyke

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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Elfego Baca [1865-1945] Page

★           ★

Calamity Jane {real name Martha Jane Cannary} [1852-1903]
Cowgirls site
http://www.amazon.com/Calamitys-Wake-Novel-Natalee-Caple/dp/1620401851/

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Christopher Houston 'Kit' Carson [1809-68] Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Wm. F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody [1846-1917] Page

★           ★

Death Valley Scotty

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Wyatt Earp [1848-1929] Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
explorer & politician John C. Frιmont [1813-90] Page

★           ★

Sheriff Pat Garrett [1850-1908]

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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
James Butler 'Wild Bill' Hickok [1837-76] Page

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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
John Henry 'Doc' Holliday [1851-87] Page

★           ★

Tom Horn [1860-1903]: Wikipedia
filmography for 'Tom Horn' character at IMDb

"Fort Utah" [1967] starring John Ireland
"Mr. Horn" [1979 TV movie] starring David Carradine
"Tom Horn" [1980] starring Steve McQueen
"Cowboys & Outlaws: Frontier Hitman" [History Channel Dec 2009]
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Tom-Horn-Government-Interpreter/dp/0548151229/
http://www.amazon.com/Saga-Tom-Horn-Story-Cattlemens/dp/0803277679/
http://www.amazon.com/I-Tom-Horn-Will-Henry/dp/0803272839/
http://www.amazon.com/Tom-Horn-History-Murderous-Detective/dp/0931271592/
Chip Carlson's Tom Horn booksite
"Tom Horn In Life & Legend" [] by Larry Ball

★           ★

John Flint Kidder [1830-1901]
N.C.N.G.R.R. Superintendent 1874-1884; N.C.N.G.R.R. President 1884-1901
The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad was the only railroad in the West that was never robbed,
even though it transported $200M in gold from the hardrock mines.
G.E. Nordell's Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad [1876-1942] Page
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum [est. 1983] in Nevada City, California
Nevada County Narrow Gauge Project {On3 display} in Grass Valley, California

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson [1856-1921] Page

★           ★

Joaquin Murietta [1829?-1853?]

"The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murrieta" [1854 dime novel]
by John Rollin Ridge /0806114290/ & /1591080002/
"The Robin Hood of El Dorado" [Coward-McCann, 1932] by Walter Noble Burns
"The Robin Hood of El Dorado" feature film [1936] by William A. Wellman
"The truth About Murietta: Anecdotes & Facts Related By Those Who Knew Him
and Disbelieve His Capture" [1938] by James Charles Cunningham
"Splendor and Death of Joaquin Murieta" [1972] by Pablo Neruda, Translation by Ben Belitt
"Joaquin Murietta, Hero" [1956] by William Chapman Shipley
"Joaquνn Murrieta and His Horse Gangs" [1980] by historian Frank Latta /1892622068/
"Searching For Joaquin" [2003] by Bruce Thorton /1893554562/

★           ★

Annie Oakley [1860-1926]
books • videos/DVDs • IMDb

★           ★

Pecos Bill

★           ★

Bill Pickett [1862-1932]

★           ★

Charles A. 'Charlie' Siringo [1855-1928]

"History of Billy The Kid" [1920] by Charles A. Siringo Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [7/2009] for $16.34 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [7/2009] for $27.32 Univ NM Press pb [4/2000] out of print/used

"The Floor of Heaven: A True Tale of The Last Frontier and The Yukon Gold Rush" [2011] by Howard Blum Non-fiction tale of the Pinkerton detective sent to the Yukon in 1897 to solve the robbery of a fortune in heavy gold bars from George Carmack, whose early discovery of gold started the Yukon Gold Rush. Screen rights bought by Fox 2000 and Chernin Ent. in March 2011. Crown/Random House hardcover [4/2011] for $15.49

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
James L. 'Whispering' Smith [18??-1914] Page

★           ★

lawman Bill Tilghman [1854-1924]
books • videos/DVDs • IMDb • Wikipedia

"Passing of The Oklahoma Outlaws" [1915 silent short] by Bill Tilghman

"Cattle Annie and Little Britches" feature [1981] starring Rod Steiger as lawman Bill Tilghman

"You Know My Name" TV movie [1999]
dramatization of lawman Bill Tilghman's life and final days in Cromwell, Oklahoma; based on Matt Braun's novel "One Last Town";
actor Sam Elliott produced the film and starred as Tilghman

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Francisco 'Pancho' Villa [1878-1923] Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
'El Zorro' Page

The  Bad  Guys

	"Triggernometry: A Gallery of Gunfighters" [1934] by Eugene Cunningham, Foreword by Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Introduction by Joseph G. Rosa Chapters/subjects include: Sam Bass, 'Billy The Kid' Bonney, 'Billy' Breakenridge, Butch Cassidy, General Lee Christmas, 'Long-Haired Jim' Courtright, 'Jim' Gillette, John Wesley Hardin, 'Wild Bill' Hickok, Tom Horn, Ranger Captain John R. Hughes, Bill Longley, Ranger Captain Bill McDonald, Bass Outlaw, John Slaughter, Dallas Stoudenmire, and Ben Thompson Univ Oklahoma Press 8½x5½ 2nd edition pb [3/96] for $19.67 Barnes & Noble Books 9x6¼ hardcover [1996] out of print/used Caxton Printers 9x6¼ hardcover [1945] out of print/used Caxton Printers 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/1941] out of print/used
	"Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters" [1979] by Bill O'Neal Univ of OK Press 9¼x6 pb [3/91] for $14.27 Univ of OK Press hardcover [6/79] out of stock/used
	"Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of The Old West, Volume 1" [2003] by Robert K. DeArment featuring Dan Bogan, John Bull, Pat Desmond, Mart Duggan, George Goodell, Dave Kemp, Jeff Kidder, Charley Perry, Barney Riggs, Bill Standifer, Dan Tucker, and Milt Yarberry Univ Oklahoma Press 8½x5½ pb [9/2009] for $22.46 Univ Oklahoma Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [12/2003] out of print/used
	"Deadly Dozen: Twelve Forgotten Gunfighters of The Old West, Volume 2" [2007] by Robert K. DeArment featuring Burk Burnett, Jim Currie, Joel A. Fowler, Jack Jolly, Zack Light, Jim Moon, John Owens, Jesse Rascoe, Ed Scarborough, Jim Sherman, Tom Tucker, and Jack Watson Kindle Edition from Univ Oklahoma Press [3/2012] for $10.40 Univ Oklahoma Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2007] for $26.47
	"Deadly Dozen: Forgotten Gunfighters of The Old West, Volume 3" [2010] by Robert K. DeArment, Foreword by Roger D. McGrath featuring Billy Brooks, Charlie Harrison, Jim Levy, Hill Loftis, Jim Masterson (brother of 'Bat' Masterson), Dave Neagle, Farmer Peel, Ike Stockton, Porter Stockton, Jim McIntire, Ed Short, and the real Whispering Smith Kindle Edition from Univ Oklahoma Press [3/2012] for $9.99 Univ Oklahoma Press 8½x5½ hardcover [3/2010] for $25.36

★           ★

gunfighter {Robert} Clay Allison [1840-87]

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Billy The Kid [1860-81] Pages

★           ★

Black Bart {real name Charles E. Boles} [1830-1917]

★           ★

outlaws Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid

★           ★

outlaw John Wesley Hardin [1853-95]
books • videos/DVDs • IMDb

"The Lawless Breed" [Universal Jan 1953]
Directed by Raoul Walsh; based on the life of John Wesley Hardin 'as written by himself'; starring Rock Hudson, Julie Adams,
Mary Castle, John McIntire, Hugh O'Brian, Dennis Weaver, Forrest Lewis & Lee Van Cleef; full credits from IMDb

★           ★

outlaw Jesse James [1847-82]
books • videos/DVDs • search on keywords 'Jesse+James' at IMDb

"The Redemption of Jesse James: The Memoirs of H. H. Lomax" [1995] by Preston Lewis A fictional account of the life & crimes of outlaw Jesse James, from the viewpoint of H.H. Lomax, who is either an eye-witness or a really good liar (or both). Random House/Domain mass pb [8/95] out of print/used

http://www.amazon.com/Death-legend-Will-Henry/dp/B0006ATTBA/

"Jesse James and The Movies" [5/2011] by Johnny D. Boggs
http://www.amazon.com/Jesse-James-Movies-Johnny-Boggs/dp/0786447885/

http://www.amazon.com/Shot-All-Hell-Northfield-Greatest/dp/0061989479/

★           ★

bandit Thomas Edward 'Black Jack' Ketcham [1863-1901]

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Harvey Alexander 'Kid Curry' Logan [1867-1904], member of the Wild Bunch

★           ★

gunfighter 'Wild Bill' Longley [1851-78]

★           ★

gunfighter Johnny Ringo [1850-1892]

Movie / TV / Radio  Heroes  &  Actors

"They Went Thataway: From Tom Mix To Tonto - The Cowboy Movies & The Men Who Made Them - Where Are They Now?" [1976] by James Horwitz A fan from 'the front row' tracked down then-living cowboy matinee & TV stars for interviews - Gene Autry, Sunset Carson, Russell Hayden, Tim McCoy, Joel McCrea, Charles Starrett, Duncan Renaldo {"The Cisco Kid"}, and singing cowboy Jimmy Wakeley - plus material on silent star 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, William Boyd {"Hopalong Cassidy"}, silent star William S. Hart, Ken Maynard, silent star Tom Mix & silent star Fred Thomson Ballantine Books mass pb [12/77] out of print/used E.P. Dutton / Bookthrift hardcover [10/76] out of print/many used

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Old Time Radio Catalog [est. 1999] sells hundreds of episodes
of Western-themed radio programs on CDs, including "The Cisco Kid" [1942-58],
"Death Valley Days" [1930-51], "Gunsmoke" [1952-61], "Have Gun Will Travel" [1958-60],
"Tom Mix" [1941-50], "Roy Rogers" [1944-55], "Red Ryder" [1942-51],
"Sky King" [1946-54], "Tales of The Texas Rangers" [1950-52], and "Wild Bill Hickok" [1951-56]

"Classic Radio's Greatest Western Shows, Volume 1" [2014] from Hollywood 360 Black Eye Ent./Blackstone Audio MP-3 CD [11/2014] for $19.23 contains 12 half-hour original radio broadcasts from "The Cisco Kid" starring Jack Mather & Duncan Renaldo; "Fort Laramie" starring Raymond Burr; "Frontier Gentleman" starring John Dehner; "Frontier Town" starring Jeff Chandler; "Gene Autry's Melody Ranch"; "Gunsmoke" starring William Conrad; "Have Gun - Will Travel" starring John Dehner; "Luke Slaughter of Tombstone"; "The Adventures of Red Ryder" starring Reed Hadley; "The Roy Rogers Show" starring Roy Rogers & Dale Evans; "Tales of The Texas Rangers" starring Joel McCrea; and "Wild Bill Hickok" starring Guy Madison & Andy Devine {there doesn't seem to be any Volume 2}

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singing cowboy Gene Autry [1907-98]  
browse Gene Autry on DVD • browse music • official website • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

visit 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Gene Autry Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Hopalong Cassidy Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
cowboy star Hoot Gibson [1892-1962] Page  

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
silent movie cowboy star
William S. Hart [1864-1946] Page  

★           ★

Tim Holt [1918-73]
browse Tim Holt on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
The Lone Ranger & Tonto Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
movie & TV cowboy star
Tim McCoy [1891-1978] Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
silent movie cowboy star
Tom Mix [1880-1940] Page      

★           ★

singing cowboy Roy Rogers [1911-98]  
Roy Rogers made 88 feature films and 104 half-hour TV shows
browse Roy Rogers on DVD • books • browse music • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Dale Evans [1912-2001]  
browse Dale Evans on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

visit the 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

★           ★

Red Ryder & Little Beaver
comic strip, 1938-64; comic books, 1940-57; feature films, 1940-50; radio series, 1942-51

visit 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Red Ryder & Little Beaver Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
actor Randolph Scott [1898-1987] Page  

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
silent movie cowboy star
Fred Thomson [1890-1928] Page

★           ★

silent movie cowboy star
Tom Tyler [1903-54]
browse Tom Tyler on DVD • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's John Wayne [1907-79] Page listed as Amazon bestselling action star in 2008

★           ★

Cowboy Stars & Actors Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Film Festival

Classic  Western  TV  Shows
With only three national TV networks in the U.S., there were 48 primetime Western series on the air in 1959.

★           ★

"Annie Oakley" TV series [Flying 'A' TV 1959-57]
Fictional Western b&w TV series written around the life and adventures of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley; together with her brother Tagg and sidekick Lofty, Annie maintains law and order in the town of Diablo. Original 81 half-hour episodes broadcast on ABC-TV January 1954 to February 1957; reruns on ABC-TV from 1959 to 1960 and 1964-1965.
Filmed in California (Corriganville Ranch, Iverson Ranch, Melody Ranch, Pioneertown & Walker Ranch, and at Alabama Hills in Lone Pine); produced by Louis Gray, Colbert Clark & Gene Autry; starring Gail Davis, Brad Johnson, Jimmy Hawkins, Bob Woodward, Harry Lauter, Stanley Andrews, Gregg Barton, Myron Healey; guest actors included Walter Reed, Roy Barcroft, Lane Bradford, Frank Fenton, Don C. Harvey, Dickie Jones, House Peters Jr., Slim Pickens, Nancy Hale, X Brands, Eve Miller, Marshall Reed, William Phipps, Grace Field, Glenn Strange, Stuffy Singer, James Best, Roscoe Ates, Robert Easton, Raymond Hatton, Leonard Penn, John Doucette, Alan Hale Jr., Virginia Lee, Fess Parker, Jean Howell, Glase Lohman, Ron Hagerthy, Lili Kardell, Mary Ellen Kay, Denver Pyle, Carolyn Craig, Michael Garrett, Monte Blue, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Lyle Talbot, Mary Ellen Clemons, Sally Fraser, John War Eagle, L.Q. Jones, Bill Crandall, Karl 'Killer' Davis, Frederick Ford, Francis McDonald, Gloria Jean, Lee Van Cleef, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Marshall Bradford, Billy Gray {pilot}, Darryl Hickman, Nan Leslie, Keye Luke, Gloria Talbott, Virginia Dale, Sammy Ogg, Clayton Moore, Rodd Redwing, Jose Gonzales-Gonzales, Jack Ingram, Tita Aragon, Shelley Fabares, I. Stanford Jolley, Lane Chandler, 'Snub' Pollard, Heinie Conklin, Blackie Whiteford, and Minerva the Mule
series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia

"Annie Oakley: The Complete TV Series" [2014] Original 81 half-hour episodes broadcast on ABC-TV; extras on the DVD include 2014 featurette, original TV pilot, ads & trailers, photo gallery. Filmed in California at Corriganville Ranch, Iverson Ranch, Melody Ranch, Pioneertown & Walker Ranch, and at Alabama Hills in Lone Pine; starring Gail Davis, Brad Johnson, Jimmy Hawkins V.C.I. Ent. b&w DVD set [10/2014] 11 disks for $53.99

★           ★

"Bonanza" TV series [430 hour-long episodes; 1959-73]
series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia • series theme song {53 sec.}

'Ponderosa Ranch' theme park & movie location [1967-2004] in Nevada
'Ponderosa Ranch' fansite

"The Bonanza Collection" on DVD [2009] 31 hour-long episodes on six disks PopFlix color DVD set [4/2009] 6 disks for $14.99

"Bonanza Complete Season 1" on DVD [2009] Paramount Home Ent. color DVD set [9/2009] 8 disks for $51.68 "Bonanza Complete Season 2" on DVD [2011] Paramount Home Ent. color DVD [10/2011] 9 disks for $48.99 "Bonanza Complete Season 3" on DVD [2012] Paramount Home Ent. color DVD [7/2012] 9 disks for $48.99 "Bonanza Complete Season 4" on DVD [2012] Paramount Home Ent. color DVD [10/2012] 9 disks for $46.54 "Bonanza Complete Season 5" on DVD [2013]   Paramount Home Ent. color DVD [2/2013] 9 disks for $40.99 Seasons 6 thru 14 are expected over the next few years.

http://www.amazon.com/Ponderosa-Season-Prequel-Classic-Bonanza/dp/B00019PDP2/
http://www.amazon.com/Bonanza-Generation-MIchael-Landon-Jr/dp/B000E1ZJBA/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Bonanza-Lorne-Greene/dp/B000NY1EAI/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Bonanza-Lorne-Greene/dp/B004AN0CME/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Bonanza-2-pk-Dan-Blocker/dp/B004I0CHEU/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Bonanza-Lorne-Greene/dp/B000305ZYI/

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
'The Cisco Kid & Pancho' Page

★           ★

'Death Valley Days'

Death Valley Days official website
20-Mule Team Museum [est. 1978] in Boron, California

"Death Valley Days" radio program [1930-51] 4 episodes on CD

★           ★

"Have Gun Will Travel"

"Have Gun Will Travel" tv series [1957-63]
series ran for 225 episodes, one of which was written by Sam Peckinpah, and 24 of which
were written by "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry
browse 'Have Gun Will Travel' on DVD • series theme song {47 sec.}

Richard Boone [1917-81]: browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Have Gun Will Travel" radio program [1958-60] 106 episodes on CD

"Have Gun Will Travel" [CBS-TV broadcast 2013?]
Announced 8/2012: Script deal with Pulitzer-winner David Mamet • latest info at IMDb

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
'Hopalong Cassidy' Page
Clarence E. Mulford [1883-1956] Section • William Boyd [1895-1972] Section

★           ★

"The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp" TV series [1955-61]
series credits at IMDb

Hugh O'Brian [1925-2016]: browse DVDs • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Wyatt Earp [1848-1929] Page

★           ★

'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
'The Lone Ranger & Tonto' Page

★           ★

"Maverick" tv series
browse 'Maverick' on DVD

★           ★

"Rawhide" tv series
browse 'Rawhide' on DVD • series theme song {48 sec.}

Clint Eastwood Page

★           ★

"The Rifleman" tv series [168 episodes; 1958-63] Produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television starring Chuck Connors & Johnny Crawford browse 'Rifleman' on DVD • official series website • Wikipedia series credits at IMDb • series theme song {18 sec.}

MD's "Rifleman's Rifle" fansite
"The Rifleman" info at TV.com
MS's 'North Fork' fansite

★           ★

"Wagon Train" tv series: series theme song {46 sec.}

★           ★

"Wanted: Dead or Alive" tv series
browse 'Wanted: Dead or Alive' on DVD

Steve McQueen [1930-1980]: IMDb listing • Wikipedia

★           ★

Western TV series on DVD at Amazon
Western TV series on VHS at Amazon

"1950s TV's Greatest Westerns" [2002] indep 5-hour DVD set [7/2002] 3 disks for $24.99 contains 12 TV episodes, 1949-1960: "The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956 episode) starring Scott Forbes; "Annie Oakley" (1956 episode) starring Gail Davis; "Bat Masterson" (1958 episode) starring Gene Barry; "The Cisco Kid" (1951 color episode) starring Duncan Renaldo & Leo Carillo; "Death Valley Days" (1953 episode) hosted by Stanley Andrews; "Fury" (1956 episode) starring Peter Graves; "Judge Roy Bean" (1955 episode) starring Edgar Buchanan; "The Lone Ranger" (1949 episode) starring Clayton Moore; "The Roy Rogers Show" (1955 episode) starring Roy Roger & Dale Evans; "Sergeant Preston of The Yukon" (1957 episode) starring Richard Simmons; "Sky King" (1958 episode) starring Kirby Grant; and "Tate" (1960 pilot) starring David McLean

"50 Great Western TV Shows" DVD Box Set [2004] B.C.I./Eclipse DVD set [2/2004] 10 disks - out of prodn/used contains 50 digitally-remastered TV episodes, half-hour & hour-long, color & b&w: "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" (2 episodes); "The Adventures of Kit Carson" starring Bill Williams; "The Deputy" (2 episodes) starring Henry Fonda; "Annie Oakley" (2 episodes) starring Gail Davis; "Bat Masterson" (2 episodes) starring Gene Barry; "Bonanza" (20 episodes) with guest actors including Claude Akins (2), Ellen Corby, Dan Duryea, Jack Elam, Ricardo Montalban, Leonard Nimoy, Franchot Tone & Lee Van Cleef; "Judge Roy Bean" (3 episodes) starring Edgar Buchanan; "The Lone Ranger" (8 episodes) with guest star DeForest Kelley; "The Rifleman" (3 episodes); "Shotgun Slade" (3 episodes); "Sugarfoot" starring Will Hutchins; "U.S. Marshall"; and "Wagon Train" (2 episodes) with guest actors including Theodore Bikel, Irene Ryan & Franchot Tone

"Ultimate TV Westerns: 150 Episodes" DVD Box Set [2007] Mill Creek Ent. DVD set [1/2007] 12 disks for $8.96 contains 150 TV episodes (mostly half hour long, with 6 episodes of 15 minutes, and 13 hour-long episodes): "The Adventures of Champion" [1955-56] with Barry Curtis (1 episode); "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" [] starring Scott Forbes (6 episodes); "The Adventures of Kit Carson" [1951-55] starring Bill Williams & Don Diamond (6 episodes); "Annie Oakley" [1954-57] starring Gail Davis & Jimmy Hawkins(6 episodes); "Bat Masterson" [1958-61] starring Gene Barry (2 episodes); "Bonanza" [1959-73] starring Lorne Greene (10 hour-long episodes); "Buffalo Bill, Jr." [1955-56] starring Dickie Jones (6 episodes); "The Cisco Kid" [1950-56] starring Duncan Renaldo & Leo Carrillo (12 episodes); "Cowboy G-Men" [1952-53] starring Russell Hayden & Jackie Coogan (5 episodes); "Death Valley Days" [1952-70] hosted by Stanley Andrews (3 episodes); "The Deputy" [1959-61] starring Henry Fonda &

Allen Case (2 episodes); "Frontier Doctor" [1958-59] starring Rex Allen (3 episodes); "Fury" [1955-60] starring Peter Graves (3 episodes); "The Gabby Hayes Show" [1950-56] (six 15-minute episodes); "Hawkeye and The Last of The Mohicans" [1957] starring John Hart & Lon Chaney, Jr. (3 episodes); "Hudson's Bay" [1959] starring Barry Nelson & George Tobias (3 episodes); "Judge Roy Bean" [1956-57] starring Edgar Buchanan (6 episodes); "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" [1955-61] starring Hugh O Brian (1 episode); "The Lone Ranger" [1949-57] starring Clayton Moore & Jay Silver-heels (15 episodes); "Northwest Passage" [1958-59] starring Keith Larsen, Buddy Ebsen & Don Burnett (6 episodes); "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" [1966-67] starring Ann Sheridan (3 episodes); "The Range Rider" [1951-53] starring Jock Mahoney & Dickie Jones (6 episodes); "The Rifleman" [1958-63] starring Chuck Connors & Johnny Crawford (3 episodes); "The Roy Rogers Show" [1951-57] (15 episodes); "Sergeant Preston of The Yukon" [1955-58] starring Dick Simmons & Yukon King (5 episodes); "Shotgun Slade" [1959-61] starring Scott Brady (2 episodes); "Stories of The Century" [1954-55] starring Jim Davis (6 episodes); "26 Men" [1957-59] starring Tristram Coffin & Kelo Henderson (2 episodes); and "Wagon Train" [1957-65] starring Ward Bond & Robert Horton (3 hour-long episodes)

Western  Movies

Oscar-Winning Western Movies Page

Western Movie Film Festival Pages
top of main page • Documentary Films • The Modern West • Directors • Links
Cowboy Stars & Actors • Favorite Western Movies, to 1960 • Favorite Western Movies, from 1961

Western Movie DVD Collections Page

Books About Western Movies Page

Native American Film Festival Page

Zane Grey's  Silent Movies | Sound Movies

Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] Page

John Ford [1894-1973] Page

Native  Americans  Pages
First Nations website index
Red Nation Society social networking site [est. 2009]

'Readers of the Purple Sage' Bookstore's
Native Americans Pages
culture • tribes & nations, A to Z • links
historical Native Americans • modern Native Americans
books - non-fiction • books - fiction

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Cowboy  Culture  Pages  

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TC's 'Code of the West' online text
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"The Forgotten Founders: Rethinking The History of The Old West" [Island Press 9/2002]
by Stewart L. Udall, Foreword by David Emmons 1559638931

	"Recollections of A Western Ranchman: New Mexico, 1883-1899" [1928] by Captain William French "Let me recommend [this] as the best Western book I have read . . . It is written in first hand, with humor and insight."  –  Eugene Manlove Rhodes [1869-1934] High Lonesome Books 8½x5½ pb [12/97] out of print/used
	"A Treasury of Western Folklore: The Stories, Legends, Tall Tales, Traditions, Ballads, and Songs of The People of The Great Plains and Far West" [1951] Edited by B.A. Botkin, Foreword by Bernard De Voto Random House Value Publng 9½x6½ hardcover [10/90] out of print/50+ used Crown Books hardcover [12/88] out of print/used Crown Books 8¼x5½ hardcover [12/88] out of print/many used Crown Books hardcover [12/51] out of print/used
	"This Is The West: The Life, Lore, and Legend of The West" [1957] Edited by Robert West Howard "Here is the thrilling saga of America's fabulous frontier and the daring men and women who carved an empire out of the wilderness." Signet mass pb [1959] out of print/scarce Rand McNally 7x5 hardcover [1957] out of print/scarce
	"Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of The Early American West" [1968] by Vardis Fisher & Opal Laurel Holmes Caxton Press 13½x9 hardcover [5/68] for $26.96
	"The Shooters: The Shooters: This Unique Chronicle Depicts Rare Historical & True Stories of Notorious Gunmen From The American West" [1976] by Leon Claire Metz Persons/chapter subjects include Clay Allison; Elfego Baca; Sam Bass; Billy the Kid; Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid; 'Buffalo Bill' Cody; The Daltons; King Fisher; Pat Garrett; John Wesley Hardin; 'Wild Bill' Hickok; 'Doc' Holliday & Wyatt Earp; The James Boys; The Johnson County War; Black Jack Ketchum; Dallas Stoudenmire; and The Texas Rangers Berkley Trade 8¼x5¼ pb [9/96] for $11.83 Mangan Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [1983] out of print/50+ used
	"Cowboy Riding Country" [1982] by John L. Sinclair [1902-1993], illustrated by Edmond Delavy Memories of working on the range near Roswell, New Mexico and of cowboy life in Lincoln County up thru World War II. Univ NM Press harcover [1982] out of print/used
	"Encyclopedia of Frontier and Western Fiction" [YA 1983] Edited by Jon Tuska & Vicki Piekarski McGraw-Hill 9½x7½ hardcover [5/83] out of print/used
	"The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing From The American West" [1991] Edited by Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] featuring Marthy 'Calamity Jane' Cannary, Helen Hunt Jackson, Oliver La Farge, Robert Laxalt (3), Meriwether Lewis, N. Scott Momaday, Charles Nordhoff, Zebulon Pike, John Wesley Powell, Lawrence Clark Powell, Eugene Manlove Rhodes, Jack Schaefer, Charlie Siringo, Wallace Stegner, Frank Waters, George Winship, and Owen Wister Harper 8x5¼ pb [9/92] for $17.09 Paw Prints 8x5¼ library hardcover [6/2008] for $27.00 HarperCollins 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/91] out of print/120+ used
	"West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns" [1993] by Jane Tompkins Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [4/93] for $20.25 Oxford Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/99] out of print/used
	"The Cowboy: Representations of Labor In An American Work Culture" [1995] by Blake Allmendinger Lightning Source 9½x6.3 hardcover [4/95] for $45.00
	"The Oxford History of The American West" [1994] Edited by Milner, O'Connor & Sandweiss Oxford Univ Press 9¾x7½ pb [9/96] for $37.80 Oxford Univ Press 9¾x7½ hardcover [5/94] out of print/many used
	"The Cowboy Encyclopedia" [1994] by Richard W. Slatta W.W. Norton 10x7 pb [7/96] out of print/used ABC-CLIO hardcover [6/94] out of print/used
	"D.K. Eyewitness: Cowboy" [ages 8-12; 1995] by David S. Murdoch Dorling Kindersley Children's 11x8½ pb [4/95] out of print/used Dorling Kindersley Children's 11¼x8¾ hardcover [5/2000] out of print/40+ used
	"Encyclopedia of Frontier Literature" [1997] by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Oxford Univ Press 9½x6¼ pb [3/2000] out of print/many used ABC-CLIO 10x7 hardcover [8/97] for $75.00
	"The New Encyclopedia of The American West" [1998] Edited by Howard Roberts Lamar Yale Univ Press 11¼x9 hardcover [10/98] for $42.00
	"The Real Wild West: The 101 Ranch & The Creation of The American West" [1999] by Michael Wallis St. Martin's Griffin 9x6 bargain price pb [7/2000] for $8.78 St. Martin's Griffin 9x6 pb [7/2000] for $21.16 St Martin's Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/99] out of print/used author website
	"The Complete Idiot's Guide To The Old West" [1999] by Mike Flanagan, of Colorado Public Radio Alpha Publng 9¼x7½ pb [7/99] out of print/many used
	"The Western: Parables of The Western Dream" [1999] by Jeffrey Wallmann, Foreword by Richard S. Wheeler The first comprehensive historical survey of the Western in all of its manifestations, from the earliest Indian captivity narratives and pioneer biographies to contemporary Western novels, short stories, films & television series. Texas Tech Univ Press hardcover [10/99] for $29.95
	"Cowgirls: Women of The Wild West" [2000] by Elizabeth Clair Flood; photography by William Manns Zon Intl 11¾x9.4 hardcover [1/2000] for $45.00
	"The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto" [2001] by Wallace Stegner Univ of NE Press 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $15.72 browse DeVoto books • browse Stegner books
	"Mythmakers of The West: Shaping America's Imagination" [2001] by John A. Murray Northland Publg 8¾x9¾ pb [6/2001] for $15.36 Northland Publg 9x10 hardcover [6/2001] for $28.00
	"Dictionary of The American West" [2001] by Winfred Blevins Sasquatch Press 9x6 pb [8/2001] for $13.96
	"The Backbone of The World: A Portrait of A Vanishing Way of Life Along The Continental Divide" [2002] by Frank Clifford Los Angeles Times journalist Clifford reports on ten very individual Americans surviving in the modern West, including ranchers in New Mexico & Wyoming, a Colorado sheepherder, an old Wyoming mule packer, a Yellowstone Park ranger, a group of Blackfeet Indians in northern Montana, and an environmental activist in Alberta, Canada Kindle Edition from Broadway Books [2002 edition] for $14.99 Broadway Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2003] for $19.00 Broadway Books 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2002] out of print/90+ used
	"American Bison: A Natural History" [2002] by Dale F. Lott, Foreword by Harry W. Greene Kindle Edition from Univ California Press [2002 edition] for $23.40 Univ California Press 9x6 pb [11/2003] for $24.63 Univ California Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2002] out of print/used see also Americana Page / Bears, Beavers & Buffalo Section at Spirit of America Bookstore
	"Literature of The American West" [2002] by Greg Lyons Pearson 9x6 pb [10/2002] for $85.80 {sic}
	"The Quotable Cowboy" [2002] Edited by Kathy Etling Lyons Press 6¾x5¾ pb [6/2005] for $9.95 Lyons Press 7¼x6 hardcover [10/2002] out of print/used
	"Wild Women of The Old West" [2003] Edited by Glenda Riley & Richard W. Etulain chapters/subjects include: Bertha Kaepernik Blancett; Calamity Jane; Cattle Kate; Emily D. West Morgan; Lucille Mulhall; Mattie, Katie, and Ida; Polly Bemis; and Sadie Orchard of New Mexico Fulcrum Publng 9x6 pb [3/2003] for $25.00 San Val library hardcover [3/2003] for $30.55
	"Gunfight At Mussel Slough: Evolution of The Western Myth" [2004] Edited by Terry Beers "[This] book can be understood as nothing less than the re-invention and the re-imagining of the Western myth." — Los Angeles Times Book Review Heyday Books 9x6 pb [8/2004] for $19.95
	"Devoto's West: History, Conservation & The Public Good" [2005] by Bernard Devoto, edited by Edward K. Muller Swallow Press pb [4/2005] for $12.89 Swallow Press hardcover [4/2005] for $44.95
	"True Tales and Amazing Legends of The Old West" [2005] From the editors of True West Magazine Clarkson Potter Publrs 9x7½ hardcover [8/2005] for $16.19 Clarkson Potter Publrs hardcover [8/2005] out of print/used
	"Great Stagecoach Robberies of The Old West" [2006] by R. Michael Wilson Two Dot Books 8¾x6 pb [11/2006] for $12.95
	"Great Train Robberies of The Old West" [2006] by R. Michael Wilson Two Dot Books 9x6 pb [11/2006] for $12.95 more American Railroads History books at Spirit of America Bookstore
	"Outlaws & Desperados: A New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book" [2008] Compiled & edited by Ann Lacy & Anne Valley-Fox Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [2/2008] for $26.56
	"Old West Trivia Book (New and Completely Revised)" [orig 1992, rev 2009] by Don Bullis Rio Grande Books 9x6 pb [4/2009] for $14.00 Gem Guides Book Co. 9x6 pb [12/92] for $10.95
	"Frontier Stories, A New Mexico Federal Writers' Project Book" [2010] Compiled & edited by Ann Lacy & Anne Valley-Fox Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [2/2010] for $22.00
	"Harvey Caplin's Real Cowboys & The Old West" [2010] by Abbie Caplin Schiffer Publng hardcover [7/2010] for $30.39
	"Deep Trails In The Old West: A Frontier Memoir" [2011] by Frank Clifford, edited by Frederick Nolan A memoir of the Old West written in 1940, manuscript lost for many years, then salvaged and edited by Nolan. Clifford rode into New Mexico Territory in 1880 to recover cattle stolen by Billy the Kid and his pals, and also rode with outlaw Clay Allison’s Colfax County vigilantes, crossed paths with detective Charlie Siringo, cowboyed on the Bell Ranch, fought with Apaches, and mined for gold in Hillsboro. Univ Oklahoma Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2011] for $29.95
	"A Wild West History of Frontier Colorado: Pioneers, Gunslingers & Cattle Kings On The Eastern Plains" [2011] by Jolie Anderson Gallagher The History Press 9x6 pb [10/2011] for $16.52
	"Our American West" in four volumes [2012] by Gary McCarthy author/publisher's official bookpage Volume 1: 26 essays include Black Bart, Joaquin Murieta, Charles Russell, Will Rogers Kindle Edition from Canyon Country Books [9/2012] for $3.95 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [3/2012] for $10.21 Volume 2: 26 essays include John Wesley Powell, Tom Horn, Clay Allison, Mark Twain Kindle Edition from Canyon Country Books [9/2012] for $3.95 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [3/2012] for $11.66 Volume 3: 25 essays include the Donner Party, John Sutter, John Wesley Hardin Kindle Edition from Canyon Country Books [9/2012] for $3.95 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $12.95 Volume 4: 22 essays include Junipero Serra, Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, the Texas Rangers Kindle Edition from Canyon Country Books [9/2012] for $3.95 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $10.68
	"National Geographic: The Old West" [2015] by Stephen G. Hyslop "the definitive history of a time and place that forever lives in legend" National Geographic 11¼x9½ hardcover [11/2015] for $36.00 National Geographic 11¼x9½ hardcover [11/2015] out of print/used
	"The Cambridge Companion To The Literature of The American West" [2016] by Steven Frye Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [6/2016] for $22.79 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2016] for $23.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [4/2016] for $63.28 {sic}
	"Wicked Albuquerque" [2017] by Cody Polston   includes chapters on notorious New Mexicans lawman Elfego Baca, brothel owner Lizzy McGrath, spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg, and town marshal Milt Yarberry Kindle Edition from The History Press [10/2017] for $12.99 The History Press 9x6 pb [10/2017] for $16.69 The History Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2017] for $28.99 watch official video promo [1:13] online at YouTube

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