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Books About Western Movies
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Books About Western Movies & TV {just below} ★ Books About Cowboy (and Cowgirl) Stars
http://www.amazon.com/100-Westerns-BFI-Screen-Guides/dp/1844571122/
http://www.amazon.com/000-Ways-Die-Directors-Spaghetti/dp/1842433040/
http://www.amazon.com/Any-Gun-Can-Play-Euro-Westerns/dp/1903254612/
http://www.amazon.com/Candid-Cowboys-Neil-Summers/dp/9992160276/
http://www.amazon.com/First-Official-TV-Western-Book/dp/9999705499/
http://www.amazon.com/Official-Tv-Western-Book/dp/B000R058DC/ vol2
http://www.amazon.com/Official-TV-Western-Book/dp/B004I67TEC/ vol3
http://www.amazon.com/Official-TV-Western-Book/dp/B000K0AWSU/ vol4
http://www.amazon.com/official-TV-western-round-up-book/dp/1928988032/
http://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-Italy-Westerns/dp/0810958848/
http://www.amazon.com/True-West-Illustrated-Heyday-Western/dp/0875653790/
http://www.amazon.com/Unsung-Heroes-Hollywood-Stuntmen-Stuntwomen/dp/1928988016/
 | "The Western: From Silents To Cinerama" [1962] by George N. Fenin & William K. Everson Kessinger Publng 9½x7½ pb [8/2007] for $25.80 Orion Press hardcover [1962] out of print/used |
 | "The Western, From Silents To The Seventies" [1973] by George N. Fenin & William K. Everson Penguin 8¼x7¼ pb [3/77] out of print/used Viking Press 8¾x7½ hardcover [9/73] out of print/used |
 | "The Hollywood Posse: The Story of A Gallant Band of Horsemen Who Made Movie History" [1975] by Diana Serra Cary
Univ OK Press 9x6 pb [4/96] for $21.95 Houghton Mifflin hardcover [10/75] out of print/used |
 | "Sixguns and Society: A Structural Study of The Western" [1975] by Will Wright Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [9/77] for $17.96 Univ CA Press hardcover [12/75] out of print/used |
 | "The Cowboy: Six Shooters, Songs & Sex" [1976] Edited by Charles W. Harris & Buck Rainey Univ OK Press 9¼x6¼ pb [9/2001] for $14.95 Univ OK Press pb [1976] out of print/used |
 | "The Great Western Pictures" [1976] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow hardcover [12/76] out of print/used sequel "The Great Western Pictures II" [1988] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow hardcover [7/88] for $55.00 |
 | "The Filming of The West: The Definitive Behind-The-Scenes History of The Great Western Movies - Illustrated" [1976] by Jon Tuska Doubleday hardcover [1976] out of print/used |
 | "Shoot-Em-Ups: The Complete Reference Guide To Westerns of The Sound Era" [1978] by Les Adams & Buck Rainey Scarecrow Press hardcover [2/86] out of print/used Arlington House hardcover [1978] out of print/used sequel "The Shoot-Em-Ups Ride Again: A Supplement To Shoot-Em-Ups" [1991] by Buck Rainey Scarecrow Press 11½x8½ hardcover [1/91] for $70.50 |
 | "Western Films: A Complete Guide" [1982] by Brian Garfield Da Capo Press 10x7 pb [8/99] out of print/many used Rawson Associates 9x6½ hardcover [1982] out of print/many used |
 | "Showdown: Confronting Modern America In The Western Film" [1980] by John H. Lenihan Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [12/85] for $15.95 Univ IL Press hardcover [10/90] out of print/used |
 | "The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: The Western" [1984] Edited by Phil Hardy Overlook 11¾x9¼ pb [10/95] for $30.40 Overlook hardcover [5/94] for $65.00 Wm. Morrow hardcover [4/84] out of print/used |
 | "The Encyclopedia of Western Movies" [1984] by Phil Hardy with 450 illustrations in color and b&w Woodbury Press 11¾x9 hardcover [6/84] out of print/many used |
 | "The American West In Film: Critical Approaches To The Western" [1985] by Jon Tuska Univ NE Press pb [5/88] out of print/used Yale Univ Press 9½x9 hardcover [3/85] out of print/used |
 | "Western Movies: A TV & Video Guide To 4200 Genre Films" [1986] by Michael R. Pitts McFarland & Co. pb [11/97] for $25.00 McFarland & Co. hardcover [12/86] out of print/used |
 | "Thunder In The Dust: Classic Images of Western Movies" [1987] by John R. Hamilton & John Calvin Batchelor Stewart Tabori & Chang hardcover [9/87] out of print/60+ used |
 | "The Hollywood Western: 90 Years of Cowboys & Indians, Train Robbers, Sheriffs & Gunslingers, and Assorted Heroes & Desperados" [1992] by William K. Everson Carol Publng 11x8½ pb [5/92] out of print/used basis for Starz/Encore's "Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs" TV special [2000] 34-minute color/b&w DVD [9/2008] for $71.96 {sic!} full credits from IMDb |
 | "West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns" [1992] by Jane Tompkins Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [4/93] for $17.95 Oxford Univ Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [3/92] out of print/used |
 | "A Guide To Silent Westerns (Bibliographies & Indexes In The Performing Arts Series, Volume 13)" [1992] by Larry Langman
Greenwood Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/92] for $126.95 |
 | "Where God Put The West: Movie Making In The Desert, A Moab - Monument Valley Movie History" [1994] by Bette L. Stanton
Canyonlands Natural History Assn. pb [9/2004] out of print/rare Four Corners 11¼x8¾ pb [4/94] out of print/rare |
 | "Cowboy Movie Posters" [1994] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [10/94] out of print/used |
 | "Classic TV Westerns: A Pictorial History" [1994] by Ronald Jackson Citadel Press pb [7/94] out of print/used |
 | "Trail Talk: Candid Comments & Quotes By Performers & Participants of The Saturday Matinee Western Films" [1996] by Bobby J. Copeland Empire pb [5/96] for $12.50 |
 | "Wanted Dead or Alive: The American West In Popular Culture" [1996] Edited by Richard Aquila Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [7/98] for $18.95 Univ IL Press 9.3x6.3 hardcover [7/96] for $39.95 |
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"The Reel Cowboy: Essays On The Myth In Movies & Literature" [1996] by Buck Rainey McFarland & Co. 9¼x6 hardcover [8/96] out of print/used |
 | "Westerns: Making The Man In Fiction & Film" [1996] by Lee Clark Mitchell Univ Chicago Press pb [4/98] for $17.00 Univ Chicago Press hardcover [11/96] for $35.00 |
 | "The Golden Corral: A Roundup of Magnificent Western Films" [1997] by Ed Andreychuk McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [8/97] for $29.95 |
 | "The Crowded Prairie: American National Identity In The Hollywood Western" [1997] by Michael Coyne I.B.Tauris 9¼x6 pb [1/99] for $19.95 I.B.Tauris 9.4x6.3 hardcover [12/97] out of print/used |
 | "Western Gunslingers In Fact and On Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen & Outlaws" [1997] by Buck Rainey
McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [12/97] for $45.00 |
 | "More Cowboy Movie Posters" [1998] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [8/98] for $14.00 |
 | "Back In The Saddle: Essays On Western Film & Television Actors" [1998] Edited by Gary A. Yoggy McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [9/98] for $24.95 |
 | "Back In The Saddle Again: New Essays On The Western" [1998] Edited by Edward Buscombe & Roberta E. Pearson British Film Institute 9¼x6 pb [8/98] for $22.50 British Film Institute hardcover [10/98] out of print/used |
 | "The Six-Gun Mystique Sequel" [orig 1970, revised 1999] by John G. Cawelti Popular Press pb [2/99] for $16.95 Popular Press hardcover [1/99] for $49.95 |
 | "Riding The (Silver Screen) Range: The Ultimate Western Movie Trivia Book" [1999] by Ann Snuggs Empire Publng 7½x5½ pb [6/99] for $15.00 |
 | "The Cowboy Way: The Western Leader In Film, 1945-1995" [1999] by Ralph Lamar Turner & Robert J. Higgs Greenwood hardcover [10/99] for $64.95 |
 | "Western Movie Quotations" [1999] by Jim Kane McFarland & Co. hardcover [10/99] for $75.00 |
 | "The Western: Parables of The Western Dream" [1999] by Jeffrey M. 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 |
 | "A-Western Filmmakers: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers, Directors, Cinematographers, Composers, Actors & Actresses" [2000] by Henryk Hoffmann McFarland & Co. hardcover [1/2000] for $85.00 |
 | "Cinema Southwest: An Illustrated Guide To The Movies & Their Locations" [2000] by John A. Murray Canyonlands Natural History Assn 9½x8½ pb [7/2011] for $17.90 Northland 8x9 pb [3/2000] out of print/used |
 | "Those Wide Open Spaces" [2000] by Hank Williams subjects include Gene Autry, Sunset Carson, Hopalong Cassidy, Buster Crabbe, Jennifer Holt, Tim Holt, Anne Jefferys, Buck Jones, Lash LaRue, Virginia Mayo, and Roy Rogers – plus a chapter on "100 of the top horses that blazed across the screen every Saturday afternoon"; with more than 200 rare photographs Sweet-Water Press hardcover [5/2000] out of print/used InSync Commns 10½x7 hardcover [5/2000] out of print/used |
 | "Universal-International Westerns, 1947-1963: The Complete Filmography" [2000] by Gene Blottner McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [4/2007] for $39.95 McFarland & Co. 9x6 library hardcover [8/2000] for $65.00 |
 | "John Ford Made Westerns: Filming The Legend In The Sound Era" [2001] Edited by Gaylyn Studlar & Matthew Bernstein Indiana Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [4/2001] for $19.95 Indiana Univ Press 9½x6.4 hardcover [4/2001] for $39.95 Readers of The Purple Sage Bookstore's John Ford [1894-1973] Page |
 | "Spaghetti Westerns (Pocket Essentials)" [2001] by Howard Hughes Trafalgar Square pb [5/2001] out of print/used |
 | "The Hollywood West: Lives of Film Legends Who Shaped It" [2001] Edited by Richard Etulain & Glenda Riley Fulcrum Publg 9x6 pb [5/2001] for $12.56 |
 | "Westerns and American Culture, 1930-1955" [2001] by R. Philip Loy McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [7/2001] for $29.95 |
 | "Dakota Epic: Experiences of A Reenactor During The Filming of Dances With Wolves" [2001] by Bill Markley; drawings by Jim Hatzell
iUniverse 9x6¼ pb [10/2001] for $13.95 author's website |
 | "Westerns: Films Through History" [A.F.I. Film Readers 2001] Edited by Janet Walker Routledge 9x6 pb [10/2001] for $22.95 Routledge hardcover [10/2001] for $85.00 |
 | "The Western Genre" [2001] by John Saunders Wallflower Press 7¾x5¾ pb [10/2001] for $11.87 |
 | "Horse Opera: The Strange History of The 1930s Singing Cowboy" [2002] by Peter Stanfield Univ IL Press 9¾x6 pb [5/2002] for $16.95 Univ IL Press hardcover [5/2002] for $37.5 |
 | "Invisible Natives: Myth & Identity In The American Western" [2002] by Armando Jose Prats Cornell Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [6/2002] for $21.95 Cornell Univ Press hardcover [6/2002] for $49.95 |
 | "Singing In The Saddle: The History of The Singing Cowboy" [2002] by Douglas B. Green Vanderbilt Univ Press 10¼3x7 hardcover [10/2002] for $24.47 |
 | "Cowboy: How Hollywood Invented The Wild West" [2002] by Holly George-Warren Readers Digest 10¼x9¾ hardcover [10/2002] for $25.04 |
 | "Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great American Westerns" [2003] by Michael F. Blake covers movies "High Noon" [1952], "Shane" [1953] & "The Searchers" [1956] Taylor Trade Publng 9¾x7 pb [6/2003] for $19.95 |
 | "60 Great Cowboy Movie Posters" [2003] by Bruce Hershenson & Richard Allen self-published 11x8¾ pb [7/2003] for $10.49 |
 | "The Encyclopedia of Westerns" [2003] by Herb Fagen; Foreward by Tom Selleck; Preface by Dale Robertson Checkmark 11½x7¾ pb [8/2003] out of print/used Facts On File 11¾x8 hardcover [7/2003] out of print/used |
 | "Western Film Highlights: The Best of The West, 1914-2001" [2003] by Henryk Hoffmann Year-by-year account, starting in 1914, that cites favorite and award-winning films and television, events such as births & deaths, and significant achievements within the Western genre. Author was active in film studies in Poland for many years, currently teaches at a boarding school in Pennsylvania. Mcfarland & Co. 9¾x6¾ pb [9/2009] for $39.95 Mcfarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [7/2003] out of print/used |
 | "The Invention of The Western Film: A Cultural History of The Genre's First Half Century" [2003] by Scott Simmon Cambridge Univ Press 9¾x5¼ pb [8/2003] for $30.00 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2003] for $85.00 |
 | "Universal Sound Westerns, 1929-1946: The Complete Filmography" [2003] by Gene Blottner McFarland & Co. 8¾x6 pb [12/2010] for $39.95 McFarland & Co. 9½x6 hardcover [11/2003] for $75.00 |
 | "Centennial Edition of The Cowboy’s Trail Guide To Westerns" [2003] by David F. Matuszak large-format pb available directly from Pacific Sunset Publng |
 | "Shooting Cowboys and Indians: Silent Western Films, American Culture & The Birth of Hollywood" [2004] by Andrew Brodie Smith
Univ Press Colorado 9&frac13x6½ hardcover [1/2004] for $22.02 |
 | "Westerns In A Changing America, 1955-2000" [2004] by R. Philip Loy McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [6/2004] for $39.95 |
 | "The Western {Movies} Reader" [2004] Edited by Gregg Rickman & Jim Kitses Kindle Edition from Limelight Editions [2004 edition] for $13.72 Limelight Editions 9x5¾ pb [8/2004] for $8.99 |
 | "Once Upon A Time In The Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide To Spaghetti Westerns" [2004] by Howard Hughes
I.B. Tauris 9½x6¾ pb [5/2006] for $15.56 I.B. Tauris 9¾x6¾ hardcover [12/2004] out of print/used |
 | "Westerns: Aspects of A Movie Genre" [orig 1974, rev 2005] by Philip French First edition covered Western films of 1950 to 1974; second edition adds new section on Western films from 1975 to 2003 Kindle Edition from Carcanet Press [2005 edition] for $14.37 Carcanet Press 2nd edition 8½x5¼ pb [5/2005] for $34.70 Viking Adult 1st edition 9¼x6½ hardcover [5/74] out of print/used |
 | "Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across The Silver Screen" [2005] by Petrine Day Mitchum, with Audrey Pavia BowTie Press hardcover 10¼x11 [9/2005] for $26.37 |
 | "Hollywood's West: The American Frontier In Film, Television & History" [2005] Edited by Peter C. Rollins & John E. O'Connor Univ Press of KY 9x5¾ pb [11/2008] for $25.00 Univ Press of KY 9x5¾ hardcover [11/2005] for $40.00 |
 | "Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys & Europeans From Karl May To Sergio Leone" [orig 1981; rev 2006] by Christopher Frayling I.B. Tauris 9¼x7¼ pb [4/2006] out of print/used Routledge 8½x5¾ pb [2/81] out of print/used Routledge & Kegan hardcover [2/81] out of print/used see also 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore's Karl May [1842-1912] Page |
 | "The West In Early Cinema: After The Beginning, 1895-1915" [2006] by Nanna Verhoeff Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [6/2006] for $26.26 Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2006] for $80.00 |
 | "Best Western Movies: Winning Pictures, Favorite Films and Hollywood 'B' Entries" [2006] by John Howard Reid
Lulu.com 11x8¼ pb [7/2006] for $19.06 |
 | "Hollywood and The O.K. Corral: Portrayals of The Gunfight & Wyatt Earp" [2006] by Michael F. Blake McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2006] for $39.95 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Wyatt Earp [1848-1929] Page |
 | "The American Western" [2007] by Stephen McVeigh
Edinburgh Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/2007] for $26.00 Edinburgh Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2007] for $85.00 |
 | "Stagecoach To Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide To Great Westerns" [2007] by Howard Hughes I.B. Tauris 9½xc6½ pb [1/2008] for $15.96 I.B. Tauris 9½x7 hardcover [10/2007] for $19.95 covers 27 classic Western movies in chronological order: "Stagecoach" [1939] by John Ford, with John Wayne; "My Darling Clementine" [1946] by John Ford, with Henry Fonda; "Red River" [1948] by Howard Hawks, with John Wayne; "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" [1949] by John Ford, with John Wayne; "High Noon" [1952] with Gary Cooper; "Shane" [1953] by George Stevens; "Johnny Guitar" [1954]; "Vera Cruz" [1954] with Gary Cooper & Burt Lancaster; "The Man From Laramie" [1955] with James Stewart; "The Searchers" [1956] by John Ford, with John Wayne; "Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" [1957] by John Sturges; "Forty Guns" [1957] by Samuel Fuller; "Ride Lonesome" [1959] by Budd Boetticher, with Randolph Scott; "Rio Bravo" [1959] by Howard Hawks, |
| with John Wayne; "The Magnificent Seven" [1960] by John Sturges; "One-Eyed Jacks" [1961] by Marlon Brando; "Ride The High Country" [1962] by Sam Peckinpah; "The Sons of Katie Elder" [1965] by Henry Hathaway, with John Wayne; "Once Upon A Time In The West" [1968] by Sergio Leone; "Support Your Local Sheriff" [1969] by Burt Kennedy; "The Wild Bunch" [1969] by Sam Peckinpah; "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" [1969] by George Roy Hill; "McCabe & Mrs Miller" [1971] by Robert Altman; "Ulzana’s Raid" [1972] with Burt Lancaster; "The Outlaw Josey Wales" [1976] by Clint Eastwood; "Unforgiven" [1992] by Clint Eastwood; and "Tombstone" [1993] |
 | "Horizons West: Directing The Western From John Ford To Clint Eastwood" [2008] by Jim Kitses examines Western directors Budd Boetticher, Clint Eastwood, John Ford [1894-1973], Sergio Leone, Anthony Mann & Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] British Film Institute 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $27.85 British Film Institute 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $85.95 |
 | "50 Years of The Television Western: A Pictorial History" [2008] by Ronald Jackson & Doug Abbott CAVEAT: Amazon reviewers note that the book contains way too many factual errors, but that the photos are nice – your call AuthorHouse 11x8½ pb [4/2008] for $69.76 |
 | "The Western" [2008] by David Carter
Oldcastle Books 7½x5½ pb [4/2008] for $16.95 |
 | "Reel Cowboys of The Santa Susanas" [2008] by Jerry England Visit Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley and ride the trails of the gone, but not forgotten Iverson Movie Ranch, Brandeis Movie Ranch, Bell Moving Picture Ranch, Corriganville Movie Ranch, Spahn Ranch, and Burro Flats ECHO Press 10¾x8¼ pb [6/2008] for $21.50 |
 | "Savages and Saints: The Changing Image of American Indians In Westerns" [2008] by Bob Herzberg
McFarland & Co. 10x7 hardcover [7/2008] for $55.00 see also 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore's Native American Film Festival Page |
 | "True West: An Illustrated Guide To The Heyday of The Western" [2008] by Michael Barson, Foreword by Robert B. Parker Texas Christian Univ Press 11x8&frac pb [10/2008] for $19.77 |
 | "Those Great Western Movie Locations" [2008] by Tinsley E. Yarbrough Tumbleweed Press 11x8½ hardcover [10/2008] for $45.00 |
 | "10,000 Ways To Die: A Director's Take On The Spaghetti Western" [2009] by Alex Cox Oldcastle Books 9¼x6¼ pb [9/2009] for $17.79 |
 | ”The Westerners: Interviews With Actors, Directors, Writers & Producers” [2009] by C. Courtney Joyner, Foreword by Miles Swarthout interviewees include Julie Adams, Harry Carey Jr., Jack Elam, Edward Faulkner, Andrew J. Fenady, Glenn Ford, Burt Kennedy, Elmore Leonard, A.C. Lyles, Virginia Mayo, Andrew V. McLaglen, Warren Oates, and Aldo Sambrell McFarland & Co. pb [10/2009] for $39.95 author’s credits at IMDb • official book site |
 | "Louis L'Amour On Film and Television" [2009] by Ed Andreychuk McFarland & Co. 9¾x7 pb [12/2009] for $49.95 see also 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Louis L'Amour [1908-88] Page |
 | "Spaghetti Westerns" [2010] by Howard Hughes Oldcastle Books pb [4/2010] for $18.68 |
 | "100 Greatest Western Movies of All Time: Including Five You'Ve Never Heard Of" [2011] from The Editors of American Cowboy Magazine, Foreword by Douglas Brode
Kindle Edition from TwoDot Books [6/2011] for $13.50 TwoDot Books 7¼x7¼ hardcover [6/2011] for $15.34 Globe Pequot Press hardcover [6/2011] out of print/many used Globe Pequot Press hardcover [6/2011] out of print/many used |
 | "Western Movie Photographs and Autographs" [2012] by Ken Owens
A comprehensive guide that presents over 2000 Western movie star's photos and signatures from the 1920s to the 1970s, with every star identified; also includes values for all those signed images. Schiffer Publng 11x8½ hardcover [1/2012] for $35.83 |
 | "Ride, Boldly Ride: The Evolution of The American Western" [2012] by Mary Lea Bandy & Kevin Stoehr, Foreword by Clint Eastwood Kindle Edition from Univ California Press [10/2012] for $31.96 Univ California Press 8¾x6 hardcover [10/2012] for $35.36 |
 | "The Old West In Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood" [2012] by Jeremy Agnew McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [11/2012] for $38.00 |
Books About Cowboy (and Cowgirl) Stars
 | "Winners of The West: The Sagebrush Heroes of The Silent Screen" [1971] by Kalton C. Lahue A.S. Barnes hardcover [1971] out of print/used |
 | "Riders of The Range: The Sagebrush Heroes of The Sound Screen" [1973] by Kalton C. Lahue A.S. Barnes 9x6½ hardcover [1973] out of print/used Castle 10x6¾ hardcover [1973] out of print/used |
 | "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 |
 | "The Great Cowboy Stars of Movies & Television" [1979] by Lee O. Miller, Introduction by Joel McCrae Crown/Arlington House hardcover [11/79] out of print/used |
 | "Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" [1984] by David Rothel Empire 11x8¾ pb [6/2001] for $25.00 Scarecrow hardcover [6/84] out of print/used |
 | "Heroes of The Range: Yesteryear's Saturday Matinee Movie Cowboys" [1987] by Buck Rainey World of Yesterday pb [6/87] out of print/used Scarecrow Press hardcover [4/87] out of print/used |
 | "Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1988] by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III Empire hardcover [5/88] out of stock/used sequel "More Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1993] by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III Empire hardcover [1/93] for $18.00 |
 | "B-Western Actors Encyclopedia: Facts, Photos & Filmographies For More Than 250 Familiar Faces" [1989] by Ted Holland
McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [11/97] for $30.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [1/89] out of print/used |
 | "Sweethearts of The Sage: Biographies & Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing In Western Movies" [1992] by Buck Rainey
McFarland & Co. 11½x9 hardcover [8/92] out of print/used |
 | "Westerns Women: Interviews With 50 Leading Ladies of Movie & Television Westerns From The 1930s To The 1960s" [1999] by Boyd Magers & Michael G. Fitzgerald McFarland & Co. hardcover [10/99] for $36.50 |
 | "B-Western Boot Hill: A Final Tribute To The Cowboys & Cowgirls Who Rode The Saturday Matinee Movie Range" [1999] by Bobby Copeland Empire 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $16.99 |
 | "Reel Cowboys: Western Movie Stars Who Thrilled Young Fans & Helped Them Grow Up Decent & Strong" [2000] by Bill O'Neal Eakin Publns hardcover [4/2000] for $11.87 |
 | "Ladies of The Western: Interviews With Fifty-One More Actresses From The Silent Era To The Television Westerns of The 1950s & The 1960s" [2002] by Michael G. Fitzgerald & Boyd Magers McFarland & Co. 10.4x7 hardcover [1/2002] for $36.50 |
 | ”Kid Kowboys: Juveniles In Western Films” [2003] by Bob Nareau featuring more than 70 juvenile actors, including Lee Aaker, Armida, Buzz Barton, Noah Beery Jr., Bobby Blake, Bill Cody Jr, Junior Coghlan, Tommy Cook, Frankie Darro, Sugar Dawn, Johnny Duncan, Billy & Gary Gray, Buzz Henry, Tim Holt, Dick Jones, Mary Lee, Harry & Sammy McKim, Mickey Rooney, Betsy King Ross, Dean Stockwell, and Jane Withers Empire Publng 11x8½ pb [8/2003] for $20.00 |
 | "The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930" [2003] by Buck Rainey McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [11/2003] for $45.00 |
 | "Shooting Stars of The Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946 - Present" [2009] by Douglas Brode, Foreword by Fess Parker Univ TX Press 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $27.39 |
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