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Western  Fiction  Anthologies

Great Tales of The American West anthology edited by Harry E. Maule  "Great Tales of The American West" [18 stories 1937]
Edited & with Introduction by Harry E. Maule

includes "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte; "Buck Fanshaw's Funeral" by Mark Twain; "The Winning of The Biscuit-Shooter" by Owen Wister; "Hearts and Crosses" by O. Henry; "A Corner In Horses" by Stewart Edward White; "Beyond The Desert" by Eugene Manlove Rhodes; "Tappan's Burro" by Zane Grey; "Last Warning" by William MacLeod Raine; "Hopalong Sits In" by Clarence E. Mulford; "Sunset" by W.C. Tuttle; "Routine Patrol" by James B. Hendryx; "A Shot In The Dark" by Henry Herbert Knibbs; "Dog Eater" by Charles M. Russell; "Court Day" by Luke Short; "Stage To Lordsburg" by Ernest Haycox; "Wine On The Desert" by Max Brand; "The Indian Well" by Walter Van Tilburg Clark; and "To Find A Place" by Robert Easton
Random House/Modern Library 7¼x4½ hardcover [1945] out of print/used
Amereon Ltd. 7x4¾ hardcover [6/45] out of print/used

Saturday Evening Post Reader of Western Stories book edited by E.N. Brandt  "The Saturday Evening Post Reader of Western Stories" [20 stories; 1960]
Edited by E.N. Brandt

Popular Library mass pb [1960] out of print/used
Curtis/Doubleday 8x5½ hardcover [1960] out of print/used
Twenty stories, including: "Outlaw Trail" by S. Omar Barker; "May The Land Be Bright" by Sigman Byrd; "Law of The Lash" by Prentiss Combs; "Stage To Yuma" by Marvin DeVries; "Fiddle-Footed" by Cliff Farrell; "The Lady From Red Gulch" by Michael Fessier; "Test By Torture" by Williams Forrest; "The Marriage of Moon Wind" by Bill Gulick; "A Widow of The Santa Ana Valley" by Bret Harte; "Dead-Man Trail" by Ernest Haycox; "The Devil In The Desert" by Paul Horgan; "Dakotahs Coming!" by Mackinlay Kantor; "How Mr. Hickok Came To Cheyenne" by Alfred Henry Lewis; "The Hasty Hanging" by Morgan Lewis; "The Fool's Heart" by Eugene Manlove Rhodes; "Smoke Over The Prairie" by Conrad Richter; "Top Hand" by Luke Short; "Guest's Gold" by Stewart Edward White; "Fast Gun" by Robert Patrick Wilmot; and "The Gift Horse" by Owen Wister

Westerns of the 40's from the Great Pulps book edited by Damon Knight  "Westerns of The 40's: Classics From The Great Pulps" [16 stories; 1977]
Edited by Damon Knight

sixteen Western tales by authors Tom W. Blackburn (2), Frank Bonham, Walt Coburn, Cliff Farrell, Bennett Foster, Murray Leinster (3), John D. MacDonald, Roy M. O'Mara (2), Tom Roan, James Shaffer, Clifford D. Simak, and Charles W. Tyler
Bobbs-Merrill Co. hardcover [10/77] out of print/used
Westward the Women anthology edited by Vicki Piekarski  "Westward The Women: An Anthology of Western Stories By Women" [1984]
Edited by Vicki Piekarski

includes stories by writers such as Mary Austin, Willa Cather,
Mari Sandoz, and Leslie Silko

Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [3/88] for $17.95
Doubleday/Knopf 8¼x5¾ hardcover [7/84] out of print/used
Wild Westerns anthologies edited by Bill Pronzini  "Wild Westerns: Stories From The Grand Old Pulps" [1986]
Edited by Bill Pronzini

Walker & Co. hardcover [12/86] out of print/used
"More Wild Westerns" [1989] Edited by Bill Pronzini
Walker & Co. hardcover [8/89] out of print/used
Best of the American West stories edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg  "The Best of The American West" [1988]
Edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg

Volume 1: stories by Loren D. Estleman, Louis L'Amour, Richard
Matheson, Luke Short & others

Berkeley pb [9/98] out of print/used
Volume 2: The Stories That Inspired Classic Western Films
NAL pb [5/90] out of print/used
NAL pb [8/88] out of print/used

Great Stories of The American West edited by Martin H. Greenberg  "Great Stories of The American West" [1994 & 1996]
Edited by Martin H. Greenberg

Volume 1: 19 stories by Loren D. Estleman, Bret Harte, John Jakes, Louis L'Amour, John D. MacDonald, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Mark Twain, Owen Wister, and others
Jove pb [3/96] out of print/many used
Dutton 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/94] out of print/many used
Volume 2: 14 stories by Dorothy M. Johnson, Elmore Leonard & others, and a novella by Ed Gorman
Berkeley pb [8/97] out of print/many used
Penguin 9½x6½ hardcover [2/96] out of print/used

New Trails Stories of The West edited by John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg  "New Trails: Twenty-Three Original Stories of The West From Western Writers of America" [1994] Edited by John Jakes & Martin H. Greenberg
stories by Loren D. Estleman, editor John Jakes, Elmer Kelton, Elmore Leonard, John D. Nesbitt, Gordon Shirreffs, and others
Domain pb [12/95] out of print/used
Doubleday hardcover [10/94] out of print/used
Mysterious West stories edited by Tony Hillerman  "The Mysterious West" [20 original stories 1994]
Edited by Tony Hillerman & Martin H. Greenberg

20 new mystery tales set in Western landscapes by Robert Campbell, Bill Crider, Susan Dunlap, Linda Grant, J.A. Jance, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Karen Kijewski, M.D. Lake, Lia Matera, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Dana Stabenow, and others
Harper mass pb [11/95] for $7.99
HarperCollins hardcover [12/94] out of stock/used
Western Chronological Treasury stories edited by Jon Tuska  "The Western Story: A Chronological Treasury, 1892 to 1994" [20 stories; 1995]
Edited by Jon Tuska

20 Western tales by B.M. Bower, Max Brand, Willa Cather, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Peter Dawson, T. T. Flynn, Zane Grey, Cynthia Haseloff, Ernest Haycox, Dorothy M. Johnson, Elmer Kelton, Louis L'Amour, T.V. Olsen, Frederic Remington, Les Savage Jr., Owen Wister, and others
Univ NE Press 8¾x5¾ pb [11/99] for $11.70
Univ NE Press 9½x6½ hardcover [9/95] out of print/used

Big Book of Western Action Stories edited by Jon Tuska  "The Big Book of Western Action Stories" [26 stories; 1995] Edited by Jon Tuska
26 Western tales by authors including Frank Bonham, Max Brand, Ed Gorman, Ernest Haycox, Ryerson Johnson, Les Savage Jr., and Luke Short
Diane Publng pb [11/99] out of print/used
Castle Books 9x6 hardcover [3/2001] out of print/used
Barricade Books 9x6 hardcover [9/95] out of print/used
Star Western Treasury book edited by Jon Tuska  "Star Western: A Treasury of 22 Classic Western Stories From The Golden Age of Pulp Fiction" [1995] Edited by Jon Tuska
22 Western tales from Star Western Magazine by authors including Frank Bonham, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, Peter Dawson, T.T. Flynn, Ernest Haycox, W. Ryerson Johnson, Day Keene, Alan LeMay, Ray Nafziger, and Luke Short
Gramercy 9x6 hardcover [10/95] out of print/used
Shadow of the Lariat Western stories edited by Jon Tuska  "Shadow of The Lariat: A Treasury of The Frontier" [22 stories 1995]
Edited by Jon Tuska

22 Western tales by Frank Bonham, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, Barry Cord, Steve Frazee, Jonathan Hurff Glidden, Zane Grey, Ernest Haycox, Will Henry, Alan LeMay, Wayne Overholser, Lauran Paine, Lewis B. Patten, Les Savage, Luke Short, and others
Main Street 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2006] out of print/many used
Carroll & Graf hardcover [12/95] out of print/used
Morrow Anthology Western Short Stories edited by Jon Tuska & Vicki Piekarski  "The Morrow Anthology of Great Western Short Stories" [28 stories 1997]
Edited by Jon Tuska & Vicki Piekarski

28 Western tales by B.W. Bower, Max Brand, Jane Candia Coleman, Zane Grey, Cynthia Haseloff, Ernest Haycox, Alan LeMay, Honore Willsie Morrow, Conrad Richter, Vingie E. Roe, and others
Wm. Morrow 9½x6½ hardcover [3/97] out of stock/many used
Portable Western Reader stories edited by William Kittredge  "The Portable Western Reader" [1997] Edited by William Kittredge
over 70 Western tales, from authors Sherman Alexie, W.H. Auden, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Gretel Ehrlich, Louise Erdrich, Allen Ginsberg!, John Graves, Catherine McClellan, Larry McMurtry, Czeslaw Milosz, Mari Sandoz, John Steinbeck, Walt Whitman, and many more
Penguin 7¾x5 pb [7/97] for $14.40
The American West in Fiction book edited by Jon Tuska  "The American West In Fiction: The Greatest Tales From The Masters of Western Fiction"
[1982 & 1999] Edited and with Introduction & Prefaces by Jon Tuska

includes 20 stories, by James Warner Bellah, Max Brand, Willa Cather, Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Stephen Crane, Max Evans, Zane Grey, Bret Harte, Ernest Haycox, Dorothy M. Johnson, Elmer Kelton, Louis L'Amour, John Neihardt, Luke Short, Mark Twain ("Jack Slade, Desperado", 1872), Owen Wister, 4 others
Bristol Park Books 8¼x5½ pb [10/99] out of print/used
Signet mass pb [5/82] out of print/used
Univ Nebraska Press 8¾x5½ pb [9/88] out of print/used
Univ Nebraska Press hardcover [9/88] out of print/used
Tin Star stories edited by Robert J. Randisi  
"Tin Star" [12 stories; 2000]
Edited by Robert J. Randisi

12 Western tales by Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, Elmer Kelton, Frank Roderus, and others
Berkley mass pb [4/2000] out of print/many used
Century of Great Western Stories anthology edited by John Jakes  "A Century of Great Western Stories: An Anthology of Western Fiction" [2000]
Edited & with Introduction by John Jakes

30 Western stories from the XXth Century by authors including John M. Cunningham ("The Tin Star" aka "High Noon"), Loren D. Estleman, Zane Grey, Ernest Haycox, editor Jakes, Elmer Kelton, Louis L'Amour, Jack London, Jack Schaffer, Thomas Thompson, and Owen Wister
Forge Books 9¼x6 pb [6/2001] for $16.05
Forge Books 9x6 hardcover [4/2000] out of print/used
Still Wild Western stories edited by Larry McMurtry  "Still Wild: Short Fiction of The American West, 1950 To Present" [20 stories 2000]
Edited by Larry McMurtry [1936-2021]

20 Western tales by Max Apple, Rick Bass, Jon Billman, Robert Boswell, Raymond Carver, Louise Erdrich, Richard Ford, William H. Gass, Dagoberto Gilb, Ron Hansen, William Hauptman, Dave Hickey, Jack Kerouac ("The Mexican Girl"), Tom McGuane, Diana Ossana, Mark Jude Poirier, Annie Proulx (the haunting "Brokeback Mountain"), Leslie Marmon Silko, Wallace Stegner & Dao Strom
S&S 8x5¼ pb [6/2001] for $14.00
S&S 8¾x5¾ hardcover [7/2000] out of print/used

Spur Award-Winning Tales of The American West stories edited by Richard S. Wheeler  "Tales of The American West: The Best of Spur Award-Winning Authors"
[15 stories; 2000] Edited by Richard S. Wheeler

15 Western tales by Judy Alter, Win Blevins, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, R.C. House, Elmer Kelton, Richard Matheson, Harry W. Paige, Joyce Gibson Royce, Frank Roderus, Jory Sherman, Gary Svee, Glendon Swarthout, Sandra Whiting & Jeanne Williams
Signet pb [6/2001] for $5.99
NAL 7½x5½ hardcover [9/2000] for $14.00
20 New Western Stories edited by Loren D. Estleman  "American West: Twenty New Stories From The Western Writers of America" [2000]
Edited & with Introduction by Loren D. Estleman

stories by Mike Blakely, Johnny D. Boggs, Lenore Carroll, Don Coldsmith, Lee Eickhoff, editor Estleman, Max Evans, Riley Froh, Janet E. Graebner, Ken Hodgson, Elmer Kelton, JoAnn Levy, Judy Magnuson Lilly, Deborah Morgan, Patti Sherlock, Jory Sherman, Troy D. Smith, Lori Van Pelt, Richard S. Wheeler & Sally Zanjani
Kindle Edition from Forge Books [4/2010] for $9.99
Forge Books 9x6 pb [12/2001] for $15.59
Forge Books 9½x6½ hardcover [12/2000] out of print/many used

"Stories of The Golden West: A Western Trio" series [2000-2006]
Edited by Jon Tuska
Stories of The Golden West Book 1 edited by Jon Tuska  
Stories of The Golden West Book 4 edited by Jon Tuska  
Stories of The Golden West Book 5 edited by Jon Tuska  
Book One [2000]: includes novellas "Riders of The Storm" by Robert J. Horton, "The Texas Hellion" by Walt Coburn & "The Cayuse" by Cherry Wilson
Five Star 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2000] for $21.95
Book Two [2001]: includes 3 novellas by Robert J. Horton, Walt Coburn & Cherry Wilson
Five Star 8¾x5¾ hardcover [5/2001] for $22.95
Book Three [2002]: includes novellas "Tappan’s Burro" by Zane Grey, "Jargan" by Max Brand & "The Trail To Crazy Man" by Louis L'Amour (rewritten later as "Crossfire Trail")
Leisure Books mass pb [4/2003] for $5.99
Five Star 9x6 hardcover [5/2002] out of print/used
Thorndike Largeprint 8¾x6 hardcover [6/2002] out of print/used
Book Four [2003]: includes novellas "Rocky Rhodes of Roaring Camp" by W.C. Tuttle, "Riders of The Crimson Trail" by Jack Natteford & "Outlaw Guns" by Cliff Farrell
Five Star 8½x6½ hardcover [2/2003] out of print/used
Ulverscroft Large Print 9½x6 hardcover [11/2005] for $27.99
Book Five [2004]: includes "Showdown On The Hogback" by Louis L'Amour, "Cañon Walls" by Zane Grey & "Black Sheep" by Max Brand
Five Star 8½x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $25.95
Book Six [2005]: includes novellas "Thirsty Acres" by L.P. Holmes, "Hell for Sale" by Tom W. Blackburn & "Proud Rider," a two-part serial by Harvey Fergusson
Five Star hardcover [4/2005] for $25.95
Book Seven [2006]: includes novellas "Riders of The Dawn" by Louis L'Amour, "From Missouri" by Zane Grey & "Over The Northern Border" by Max Brand
Five Star 8½x6 hardcover [5/2006] for $17.13

Best Little Stories of the Wild West collection by C. Brian Kelly  "Best Little Stories From The Wild West" [2002] by C. Brian Kelly
Fictionalized accounts featuring Butch Cassidy & The Wild Bunch, the Dalton Gang, explorer-botanist David Douglas, explorer Meriwether Lewis, surveyor Stephen Long, Teddy Roosevelt, little-known lawman Thomas J. Smith of Abilene, the San Francisco earthquake, Tombstone in Arizona, the Trans-continental Railroad, and many others, with "Fascinating Women of The West" by Ingrid Smyer-Kelly
Kindle Edition from Cumberland House [2002 edition] for $6.36
Cumberland House 8½x5¾ pb [8/2002] out of print/50+ used
'Stagecoach' anthology edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg  "Stagecoach" anthology [2003]
Edited by Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

eight new and classic tales by authors Judy Alter, Don Coldsmith, Robert Conley, Loren D. Estleman, editor Gorman, Louis L'Amour ('Bluff Creek Station'), Robert J. Randisi, and Richard S. Wheeler
Berkley Books mass pb [8/2003] out of print/used
Truth at Gunpoint Western Stories collection by Ray Hogan  "Truth At Gunpoint: Western Stories" [2004] by Ray Hogan
Foreword and twelve short stories
Leisure Books mass pb [3/2006] out of print/many used
Five Star First Edition 8½x6 hardcover [4/2004] for $24.26
Classic Cowboy Stories edited by Michael McCoy  "Classic Cowboy Stories: 18 Extraordinary Tales of The Old West" [2004]
Edited by Michael McCoy

includes stories by Andy Adams, Isabella L. Bird, Zane Grey, O. Henry, Emerson Hough, Nat Love, Clarence Mulford, Bill Nye, Wm. MacLeod Raine, Frederic Remington, Theodore Roosevelt, Charlie Siringo, Mark Twain & Owen Wister
Kindle Edition from Lyons Press [6/2004 edition] for $6.15
Lyons Press mass pb [6/2004] for $9.67
M.J.F. Books hardcover [6/2004] out of print/many used

Riot At Bucksnort stories by Robert E. Howard  "The Riot At Bucksnort and Other Western Tales" [2005]
by Robert E. Howard, edited by David Gentzel

Univ NE Press 8x5½ pb [4/2005] for $10.17
Univ NE Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [4/2005] for $23.10

Spirit of America's Robert E. Howard [1906-36] Page

End of The Trail stories by Robert E. Howard  "The End of The Trail: Western Stories" [2005]
by Robert E. Howard, edited by Rusty Burke

Univ NE Press 8x5½ pb [4/2005] for $12.21
Univ NE Press 8x5½ hardcover [4/2005] for $23.10

Spirit of America's Robert E. Howard [1906-36] Page

Bull by the Tale stories by John Duncklee  "Bull By The Tale" [stories 2006]
by John Duncklee

UNM Press 7¾x5½ pb [10/2006] for $17.95
Greatest Cowboy Stories Ever Told anthology edited by Stephen Vincent Brennan  "The Greatest Cowboy Stories Ever Told: Enduring Tales of The Western Frontier"
[2006] Edited by Stephen Brennan

Twenty-three exciting stories from Max Brand, Edgar Beecher Bronson, Ned Buntline, Stephen Crane, John Graves, Zane Grey, Bret Harte, O. Henry, Louis L'Amour, Karl May, Tom McGuane, Larry McMurtry, Frederic Remington, Mark Twain, Owen Wister, and others
Lyons Press 9x6 pb [12/2006] for $10.17
Cowboy Stories anthology illustrated by Barry Moser  "Cowboy Stories" [for YA; 2007] Illustrated by Barry Moser
Twenty-two stunning black-and-white engravings by Moser accompany the 20 stories & novel excerpts by Judy Blum, Max Brand, Stephen Crane, J. Frank Dobie, O. Henry, Dorothy M. Johnson, Elmer Kelton, Louis L'Amour, Elmore Leonard, Larry McMurtry, Annie Proulx, Jack Schaefer, Luke Short, Owen Wister, and others
Chronicle Books 9x7 hardcover [7/2007] out of print/many used
Hell's Hoofprints, Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent book edited by Gene Christie  "Hell's Hoofprints: The Complete Western Trails Tales of Lester Dent" [18 pieces 2009]
Edited by Gene Christie, Introduction by Will Murray

Black Dog Books 9x6 pb [3/2009] for $24.95

Spirit of America Bookstore's Lester Dent [1904-59] Page

Ghost Towns anthology edited by Martin Greenberg & Russell Davis  "Ghost Towns: Stories by Louis L'Amour, Elmer Kelton & William W. Johnstone"
[15 stories 2010] Edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis

fifteen stories written by Johnny D. Boggs, Bill Brooks, Margaret Coel, Loren D. Estleman, James A. Fischer, Steve Hockensmith, William W. Johnstone (with J.A. Johnstone), Elmer Kelton, Louis L'Amour, Jeff Mariotte, Deborah Morgan, Candy Moulton, Larry D. Sweazy, Lori Van Pelt, and Sandy Whiting
Kindle Edition from Pinnacle Books [7/2010] for $4.63
Pinnacle Books mass pb [7/2010] for $6.99
The Traditional West short story anthology by Western Fictioneers  "The Traditional West: A Western Fictioneers Anthology" [24 stories 2011]
24 Western short stories by authors Steven Clark, Phil Dunlap, Edward A. Grainger, James J. Griffin, Jerry Guin, C. Courtney Joyner, Jackson Lowry, Larry Jay Martin, Matthew P. Mayo, Rod Miller, Clay More, Ross Morton, Kerry Newcomb, Scott D. Parker, Pete Peterson, Cheryl Pierson, Kit Prate, Robert J. Randisi, James Reasoner, L.J. Washburn {Reasoner}, Dusty Richards, Troy D. Smith, Larry D. Sweazy, and Chuck Tyrell
Kindle Edition from Western Fictioneers [7/2011] for $4.99
CreateSpace 9x6 pb [8/2011] for $16.00
Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Tales anthology  "Western Fictioneers Presents: Peacemaker Tales" [17 stories 2013]
Western Fictioneers [est. 2010] established the Peacemaker Award for Best Short Story; this anthology contains the winners and nominees for the first three years — contestants include: Johnny D. Boggs, C.K. Crigger, Wayne Dundee (2), James J. Griffin, Courtney Joyner (2), Larry J. Martin, Matthew Mayo, Rod Miller, Pete Peterson, Cheryl Pierson, Lucia St. Clair Robson, Troy D. Smith (3), and L.J. Washburn
Kindle Edition from Western Fictioneers [8/2013] for $3.99
Western Fictioneers 8x5¼ pb [9/2013] for $13.99

Call of The Wild West anthology in Kindle format  "The Call of The Wild West: Ultimate Western Collection - 175+ Novels & Short Stories In One Volume" [2017]
Kindle Edition from e-artnow [7/2017] for 99¢ !!
contents include works by: Andy Adams (Log of A Cowboy); R.M. Ballantyne (Golden Dream + Ungava); Rex Beach (Iron Trail); B.M. Bower (Flying U series + Lure of The Dim Trails + Cabin Fever + The Long Shadow); Max Brand (Dan Barry series + Ronicky Doone trilogy + Riders of The Silences + Black Jack + Bull Hunter); Willa Cather (O Pioneers! + My Ántonia); Robert W. Chambers (Hidden Children); Dane Coolidge (Desert Trail); James Fenimore Cooper (Leather-stocking series); Stephen Crane (Blue Hotel + The Bride Comes To Yellow Sky); James Oliver Curwood (The Country Beyond + Wolf Hunters + The Valley of Silent Men); J. Allan Dunn (Rimrock Trail); Jackson Gregory (Short Cut); Zane Grey (Riders of The Purple Sage Saga + Ohio River Trilogy + Last of The Plains-men + Border Legion + Lone Star Ranger + Man of The Forest + Wyoming: A Story of The Outdoor West + Rustlers of Pecos County); Bret Harte (The Luck of Roaring Camp + Outcasts of Poker Flat + In A Hollow of The Hills + The Three Partners + Tennessee's Partner); James B. Hendryx (Gun-Brand); O. Henry (Heart of The West); Grace Livingston Hill (Girl From Montana); Emerson Hough (Covered Wagon); Robert E. Howard (Breckinridge Elkins series + Pike Bearfield series); Washington Irving (Astoria); William Otis Lillibridge (Where The Trail Divides); Jack London (Call of The Wild + White Fang + Gold Hunters + Smoke Bellew stories); Clarence E. Mulford (Hopalong Cassidy series + Buck Peters, Ranchman); William M. Raine (Bucky O'Connor + The Sheriff's Son + Tangled Trails); Charles Alden Seltzer ('Drag' Harlan + Two-Gun Man + Boss of The Lazy Y + Trail Horde); Charles Siringo (A Texas Cow Boy); Frank H. Spearman (Whispering Smith); Mark Twain (Roughing It); William P. White (Rider of Golden Bar); and Owen Wister (The Virginian)

"Dime Western Stories Magazine" [1932-54] covers
"Max Brand's Western Magazine" [1949-54] covers
"Range Rider Western Stories Magazine" [1937-53] covers
"Real Western Stories Magazine" [1935-60] covers
"Spicy Western Stories Magazine" [1936-48] covers
"Star Western Stories Magazine" covers
"Thrilling Western Stories Magazine" [1934-53] covers
"True Western Stories Magazine" [1925-26] / "Far West Stories Magazine" [1926-1932] covers
"Western Short Stories Magazine" [1936-57] covers
"Western Story Magazine" covers
"Wild West Weekly Magazine" [1902-43] covers
"Zane Grey's Western Magazine" [1946-54 & 1969-74] covers

Western Fiction Review [online + free ezine] = site suspended (2013)

Best of the West stories audio  
"Best of The West: Classic Stories From The American Frontier" [2003]
Volume 1: New Millenium UNABR audio [8/2003] 4 tapes for $19.00
Volume 2: New Millenium UNABR audio [8/2003] 4 tapes - out of prodn/used
Volume 3: New Millenium UNABR audio [8/2003] for $19.75

Western  Romance  Novels
browse Western romance fiction {returns 30,000 titles} at Amazon
Petticoats & Pistols Western romance authors co-op website [est. 2007]

"Westward Chronicles" Romance Trilogy by Tracie Peterson

Shelter of Hope Western romance novel by Tracie Peterson  

A Veiled Reflection Western romance novel by Tracie Peterson  

"A Shelter of Hope" bestseller [1998]
When the mysterious Simone applies for a position as a Harvey Girl at the popular Harvey House way-stops along the frontier lines of the Santa Fe Railroad, handsome Jeffery suspects that she may harbor a disturbing secret.
Kindle Edition from Bethany House [2005 edition] for $5.89
Bethany House Publrs 8½x5½ pb [8/98] out of print/60+ used
Bethany House Publrs 8¼x5½ hardcover [8/98] out of print/used
"Hidden In A Whisper" [1999]
Rachel is promoted to house manager at the new Harvey House in New Mexico, and then finds out that she must work with Braeden Parker, a figure from her shattered past . . .
Kindle Edition from Bethany House [2005 edition] for $5.99
Bethany House Publrs 8½x6 pb [5/99] out of print/40+ used
Bethany House Publrs 8¼x5½ hardcover [1999] out of print/used
"A Veiled Reflection" [2002]
Adventurous Judith talks her timid twin sister Jillian into taking over her job at Harvey House so that Judith can marry the man of her dreams; this is not so easy, given the strict rules at Harvey House, a handsome doctor with a secret, and an orphan Navajo Indian child . . .
Kindle Edition from Bethany House [2005 edition] for $5.99
Bethany House Publrs 8½x5½ pb [8/2005] out of print/40+ used
Five Star Christian 9x6 hardcover [5/2002] out of print/used

3-book Kindle Edition bundle
Kindle Edition bundle from Bethany House Publrs [3/2017] 3 books for $17.87

The Owen Family Saga
browse Martha Ward Store at Amazonauthor website • no entry at Wikipedia

Shenandoah Western romance novel by Marsha Ward  "The Man From Shenandoah" [#1 = 2003] by Marsha Ward
Young Carl Owen returns to the Shenandoah Valley from the Civil War to find the family farm destroyed and the family preparing to move to Colorado Territory. Crossing the continent entails battles with murderous thug Berto Acosta, a band of outlaws, a prairie fire, blizzards, a trackless waterless desert - and against his own brother for the hand of feisty Ellen Bates.
Kindle Edition from WestWard Books [5/2011] for 99¢ {sic}
Writers Club Press 9x6 pb [1/2003] out of print/used
'Ride To Raton' Western romance novel by Marsha Ward  "Ride To Raton" [#2 = 2003] by Marsha Ward
After being jilted by his fianceé, James Owen sets out looking for a new life; he meets beautiful young Amparo Garcés, who has come from Santa Fe to Colorado to marry a stranger. Through a twist of fate, James & Amparo must set out on a hazardous horseback trek over Raton Pass to Santa Fe, 'battling their personal demons, a challenging language barrier, and winter's raging storms'.
Kindle Edition from WestWard Books [5/2011] for $2.99
iUniverse 9x6 pb [11/2003] for $15.95

The McQuaid Brothers trilogy, 1998-99
book 1book 2book 3

Janet Dailey: browse all books
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Western Romance author E.E. Burke
browse author's books at Amazon author's official homepage  she is on Facebook

Bride Train Series Western Romance stories in Kindle format by E.E. Burke  "The Bride Train Series Collection" for Kindle [2016-2017] by E.E. Burke
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [9/2017] 5 novellas for $4.99
"Valentine's Rose" [#1 = 3/2016]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2016] for $2.99
Amazon Digital Services 8x5 pb [3/2016] for $7.00
"Patrick's Charm" [#2 = 4/2016]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2016] for $2.99
Amazon Digital Services 8x5 pb [4/2016] for $7.99
"Tempting Prudence" [#3 = 8/2016]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2016] for $2.99
Amazon Digital Services 8x5 pb [9/2016] for $7.99
"Seducing Susannah" [#4 = 3/2017]
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2017] for $2.99
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