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Jan 09, 2020 06:35AM

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The two that come to mind are
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
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All the Pretty Horses
I thought of The Last of the Mohicans but it's a stretch....
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
and
All the Pretty Horses
I thought of The Last of the Mohicans but it's a stretch....

Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon. Knowing Pynchon, though, this will not be conventional
Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks. About John Brown the abolitionist.
I thought The True History of the Kelley Gang was on the list, but I guess I'm mistaken--that's an Australian western.
Not much to choose from, it doesn't look like. There should by at least one conventional western on the list somewhere--Blood Meridian is an extremely brutal book. I think it's a great book, but it's not something you sit down to for a relaxing afternoon. If I had any say in the matter, True Grit would be on the list. I thought it was vastly entertaining, and literary as well.
Books mentioned in this topic
Mason & Dixon (other topics)Cloudsplitter (other topics)
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West (other topics)
All the Pretty Horses (other topics)
The Last of the Mohicans (other topics)