Best Reads (And They Aren't All Westerns)
Western writers share the books that most influenced their lives and craft.
Categories: Book Reviews
By: TW Editors 07/01/2007
Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry
Not enough can be said about the narrative, the characters and the authenticity of this great Western novel.
The Long Valley
John Steinbeck
Steinbeck’s stories of the Salinas Valley are wonderfully wrought and filled with characters and moments that are timeless.
Give Your Heart to the Hawks
Winfred Blevins
This story shares the perspective of a movie reviewer for the Los Angeles-Herald Examiner who moves to the mountains of the West and writes a lively, passionate history of America’s Mountain Men.
The Seven Storey Mountain
Thomas Merton
The autobiography of a journey, from the secular to the spiritual, as Merton chooses the life of a Trappist monk.
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