I ask because last weekend I found a bunch of Louis L’Amor books for a quarter a piece because the couple was moving so they just wanted to get rid of a lot. Also, found the Lonesome Dove book (may be multiple stories in one because it’s very thick).
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Most of the Western fiction I read is only tangentially related to the genre (I read more SF/fantasy set in the West than straight Westerns), or is foreign graphic novels (Blueberry, 'nough said).
But, I can recommend one Western TV show...
Have Gun, Will Travel: most episodes were written by a nobody you've never heard of, one Gene Roddenberry. Civil War soldier gets exiled to California by his family for being an embarrassment, he becomes a vigilante for hire.
I recently saw a couple of episodes of HGWT.
I was surprised not only by the appearance of Boy, who was every Asian stereotype of the era, but by Girl, who was far closer to a modern depiction of such.
Knowing this, Roddenberry writing it makes a lot more sense.
Ackchyually their names are “Hey Boy” and “Hey Girl.”