Whaddya mean, not that kind of Western?
Posted by TFG on November 8th, 2007
A little while ago, Rachel requested suggestions for four books which defined Western culture.
Mine are:
1. Lonesome Dove
2. All of Zane Grey
3. Lonesome Dove, again
4. beer
I recommend working in some J. Frank Dobie during Nos. 3 & 4 — after all, you know what’s gonna happen, you won’t miss anything. If you need a background music list, drop me a line, but start off with Marty Robbins, the original Gangsta Rapper.
November 9th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Owen Wister’s “The Virginian,” “Haunted Mesa” - the “modern” Archer trilogy by Larry McMurtry (Last Picture Show &c.)
Maybe Mark Twain’s canon?
November 9th, 2007 at 10:39 am
Shane
Little House on the Prairie
L.A. Confidential
November 9th, 2007 at 11:12 am
1. Any Louis L’Amour.
2. Any Jack London short stories
3. Fredric Remington and Charles M. Russell
4. Riders of the Purple Sage
November 9th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Rudolfo Anaya, his modern “romance” Albuquerque trilogy (5 books).
Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Almanac of the Dead” is a great one, up with Lonesome Dove in breadth and scope.
November 14th, 2007 at 12:59 am
Try some Cormack McCarthy from Blood Merdian and onward