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PrintBest Of The West 2012: 12 Books About The West
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A crackling fire, a comfy couch, and a great book about cowboys, Indians, and the gorgeous chunk of the country where their exciting stories play out — we can’t think of a better way to spend a lazy afternoon. For your page-turning pleasure, here are some of our readers’ favorite western tomes.
1. Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
2. The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner
3. O Pioneers!, Willa Cather
4. Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey
5. The Call of the Wild, Jack London
6. Roughing It, Mark Twain
7. How the West Was Won, Louis L’Amour
8. All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
9. The Winning of the West, Theodore Roosevelt
10. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown
11. The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains, Owen Wister
12. House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday
