No Country for Old Men431 reviews Cormac McCarthy Knopf, 2005 One hell of a book + A Great Read Despite Its Problems + No Man's Land + Well written with disturbingly unique character             Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West134 reviews Hampton Sides Doubleday, 2006 great choice for history buffs & western fans + Excellent + Blood and Thunder recommended for non-history buffs + Great Book + An amazing epic of American History             Desert Solitaire122 reviews Edward Abbey Ballantine Books, 1985 Not just desert love + I now understand why this is considered a "Nature Classic". + Must reading + Fantastic Book             Close Range : Wyoming Stories150 reviews Annie Proulx Scribner, 2000 Lasting Impressions + a sparse masterpiece + Brokeback means broken heart + I really like Proulx's prose + Proulx's prose is a great engine with horses to spare!             True Grit14 reviews Charles Portis Overlook Press, 2002 Fast forward past the movie and grab the book! + Charles Portis is Up There with A.B. Guthrie and Larry McMurtry + Don't judge a book by its cover + The book is better than the movie. + Gutsy western classic             Across the High Lonesome9 reviews James McNay Brumfield Tres Picos Press, 2006 Sexist and silly, but entertaining + A wonderful trip to the high country! If you take this book with a grain of salt (or maybe a whole teaspoon of salt), you can enjoy it. I had to overlook some really awkward sentences and some unlikely sexual events, but I did find it to be a page turner. The scenery was well described and I liked reading about life as a packer, ...             Lonesome Dove390 reviews Larry McMurtry Pocket, 1988 IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS ONE, YOU ARE MISSING A READING TREAT! + Enduring novel and an enjoyable read + Lonesome Dove + Best Westerns             Telegraph Days: A Novel62 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2006 Pure Entertainment! + Living the passing of the Old West If you want an accurate historical account of the west than this is probably not the book for you. However, if you desire a decidedly fictional account of the events of the west and a wonderful heroine, Nellie Courtwright, then you should find Telegraph Days a joy to read. Pure entertainment! ...             Brave Cowboy17 reviews Edward Abbey Harper Perennial, 1992 superfantastic + A Voice From The Past - Still Worth Reading + Brave Author, Great Publisher + Abbey's free-spirited, fugitive, and very mythic cowboy. . .             One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd266 reviews Jim Fergus St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 One Thousand White Women + Fantastic story + Great book once you get into it! It was difficult to believe that this was fiction. The characters became very real and identifiable. The story, although initially unbelieveable subject matter became real and emotional. Great story with great character development.             Across the High Lonesome9 reviews James McNay Brumfield Tres Picos Press, 2006 Sexist and silly, but entertaining + A wonderful trip to the high country! If you take this book with a grain of salt (or maybe a whole teaspoon of salt), you can enjoy it. I had to overlook some really awkward sentences and some unlikely sexual events, but I did find it to be a page turner. The scenery was well described and I liked reading about life as a packer, ...             Telegraph Days: A Novel62 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2006 Pure Entertainment! + Living the passing of the Old West If you want an accurate historical account of the west than this is probably not the book for you. However, if you desire a decidedly fictional account of the events of the west and a wonderful heroine, Nellie Courtwright, then you should find Telegraph Days a joy to read. Pure entertainment! ...             One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd266 reviews Jim Fergus St. Martin's Griffin, 1999 One Thousand White Women + Fantastic story + Great book once you get into it! It was difficult to believe that this was fiction. The characters became very real and identifiable. The story, although initially unbelieveable subject matter became real and emotional. Great story with great character development.             Brave Cowboy17 reviews Edward Abbey Harper Perennial, 1992 superfantastic + A Voice From The Past - Still Worth Reading + Brave Author, Great Publisher + Abbey's free-spirited, fugitive, and very mythic cowboy. . .             No Country for Old Men431 reviews Cormac McCarthy Knopf, 2005 One hell of a book + A Great Read Despite Its Problems + No Man's Land + Well written with disturbingly unique character             Close Range : Wyoming Stories150 reviews Annie Proulx Scribner, 2000 Lasting Impressions + a sparse masterpiece + Brokeback means broken heart + I really like Proulx's prose + Proulx's prose is a great engine with horses to spare!             Desert Solitaire122 reviews Edward Abbey Ballantine Books, 1985 Not just desert love + I now understand why this is considered a "Nature Classic". + Must reading + Fantastic Book             True Grit14 reviews Charles Portis Overlook Press, 2002 Fast forward past the movie and grab the book! + Charles Portis is Up There with A.B. Guthrie and Larry McMurtry + Don't judge a book by its cover + The book is better than the movie. + Gutsy western classic             Blood and Thunder: An Epic of the American West134 reviews Hampton Sides Doubleday, 2006 great choice for history buffs & western fans + Excellent + Blood and Thunder recommended for non-history buffs + Great Book + An amazing epic of American History             Lonesome Dove390 reviews Larry McMurtry Pocket, 1988 IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THIS ONE, YOU ARE MISSING A READING TREAT! + Enduring novel and an enjoyable read + Lonesome Dove + Best Westerns