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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I guess it’s not technically a Western, but it originated many of these tropes (and like, most tropes we associate with “the novel”, today) - Don Quixote by Cervantes.
It’s excellent, especially given that it is almost as old as Shakespeare, lol!
The original was so popular that there was huge demand for a sequel.
Cervantes was taking his time and a fake got written, which sold quite well.
Eventually Cervantes finished his (genuine) sequel. In the book Quixote meeds his counterfeit and deals with him. It is pretty funny if you know the context.