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Books About Western Movies

”The Westerners: Interviews With Actors, Directors, Writers & Producers” [2009] by C. Courtney Joyner, Foreword by Miles Swarthout interviewees include Julie Adams, Harry Carey Jr., Jack Elam, Edward Faulkner, Andrew J. Fenady, Glenn Ford, Burt Kennedy, Elmore Leonard, A.C. Lyles, Virginia Mayo, Andrew V. McLaglen, Warren Oates, and Aldo Sambrell McFarland & Co. pb [10/2009] for $39.95 author’s credits at IMDb • official book site

"Stagecoach To Tombstone: The Filmgoers' Guide To Great Westerns" [2007] by Howard Hughes I.B. Tauris 9½xc6½ pb [1/2008] for $15.96 I.B. Tauris 9½x7 hardcover [10/2007] for $19.95 covers 27 classic Western movies in chronological order: "Stagecoach" [1939] by John Ford, with John Wayne; "My Darling Clementine" [1946] by John Ford, with Henry Fonda; "Red River" [1948] by Howard Hawks, with John Wayne; "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" [1949] by John Ford, with John Wayne; "High Noon" [1952] with Gary Cooper; "Shane" [1953] by George Stevens; "Johnny Guitar" [1954]; "Vera Cruz" [1954] with Gary Cooper & Burt Lancaster; "The Man From Laramie" [1955] with James Stewart; "The Searchers" [1956] by John Ford, with John Wayne; "Gunfight At The O.K. Corral" [1957] by John Sturges; "Forty Guns" [1957] by Samuel Fuller; "Ride Lonesome" [1959] by Budd Boetticher, with Randolph Scott; "Rio Bravo" [1959] by Howard Hawks, with John Wayne; "The Magnificent Seven" [1960] by John Sturges; "One-Eyed Jacks" [1961] by Marlon Brando; "Ride The High Country" [1962] by Sam Peckinpah; "The Sons of Katie Elder" [1965] by Henry Hathaway, with John Wayne; "Once Upon A Time In The West" [1968] by Sergio Leone; "Support Your Local Sheriff" [1969] by Burt Kennedy; "The Wild Bunch" [1969] by Sam Peckinpah; "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" [1969] by George Roy Hill; "McCabe & Mrs Miller" [1971] by Robert Altman; "Ulzana’s Raid" [1972] with Burt Lancaster; "The Outlaw Josey Wales" [1976] by Clint Eastwood; "Unforgiven" [1992] by Clint Eastwood; and "Tombstone" [1993]

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	"Horizons West: Directing The Western From John Ford To Clint Eastwood" [2008] by Jim Kitses examining Western directors Budd Boetticher, Clint Eastwood, John Ford [1894-1973], Sergio Leone, Anthony Mann & Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] British Film Institute 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $27.85 British Film Institute 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $85.95
	"The American Western" [2007] by Stephen McVeigh Edinburgh Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/2007] for $26.00 Edinburgh Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2007] for $85.00
	"Hollywood and The O.K. Corral: Portrayals of The Gunfight & Wyatt Earp" [2006] by Michael F. Blake McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [10/2006] for $39.95 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Wyatt Earp [1848-1929] Page
	"The West In Early Cinema: After The Beginning, 1895-1915" [2006] by Nanna Verhoeff Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [6/2006] for $26.26 Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2006] for $80.00
	"Spaghetti Westerns: Cowboys & Europeans From Karl May To Sergio Leone" [orig 1981; rev 2006] by Christopher Frayling I.B. Tauris 9¼x7¼ pb [4/2006] for $17.21
	"Hollywood's West: The American Frontier In Film, Television & History" [2005] Edited by Peter C. Rollins & John E. O'Connor Univ Press of KY 9x5¾ pb [11/2008] for $25.00 Univ Press of KY 9x5¾ hardcover [11/2005] for $40.00
	"Once Upon A Time In The Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide To Spaghetti Westerns" [2004] by Howard Hughes I.B. Tauris 9½x6¾ pb [5/2006] for $15.56 I.B. Tauris 9¾x6¾ hardcover [12/2004] out of print/used

"Hollywood Hoofbeats: Trails Blazed Across The Silver Screen" [2005] by Petrine Day Mitchum, with Audrey Pavia BowTie Press hardcover 10¼x11 [9/2005] for $26.37

	"Westerns In A Changing America, 1955-2000" [2004] by R. Philip Loy McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [6/2004] for $39.95
	"Code of Honor: The Making of Three Great American Westerns" [2003] by Michael F. Blake covers movies "High Noon" [1952], "Shane" [1953] & "The Searchers" [1956] Taylor Trade Publng 9¾x7 pb [6/2003] for $19.95
	"Shooting Cowboys and Indians: Silent Western Films, American Culture & The Birth of Hollywood" [2004] by Andrew Brodie Smith Univ Press of CO 9&frac13x6½ hardcover [1/2004] for $22.02
	"Centennial Edition of The Cowboy’s Trail Guide To Westerns" [2003] by David F. Matuszak large-format pb available directly from Pacific Sunset Publng
	"The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930" [2003] by Buck Rainey McFarland & Co. 11x8½ pb [11/2003] for $45.00
	”Kid Kowboys: Juveniles In Western Films” [2003] by Bob Nareau featuring more than 70 juvenile actors, including Lee Aaker, Armida, Buzz Barton, Noah Beery Jr., Bobby Blake, Bill Cody Jr, Junior Coghlan, Tommy Cook, Frankie Darro, Sugar Dawn, Johnny Duncan, Billy & Gary Gray, Buzz Henry, Tim Holt, Dick Jones, Mary Lee, Harry & Sammy McKim, Mickey Rooney, Betsy King Ross, Dean Stockwell, and Jane Withers Empire Publng 11X8&FRAC12 pb [8/2003] for $20.00
	"The Invention of The Western Film: A Cultural History of The Genre's First Half Century" [2003] by Scott Simmon Cambridge Univ Press 9¾x5¼ pb [8/2003] for $30.00 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2003] for $85.00
	"The Encyclopedia of Westerns" [2003] by Herb Fagen; Foreward by Tom Selleck; Preface by Dale Robertson Checkmark 11½x7¾ pb [8/2003] for $16.47 Facts On File 11¾x8 hardcover [7/2003] for $75.00
	"Cowboy: How Hollywood Invented The Wild West" [2002] by Holly George-Warren Readers Digest 10¼x9¾ hardcover [10/2002] for $25.04
	"Singing In The Saddle: The History of The Singing Cowboy" [2002] by Douglas B. Green Vanderbilt Univ Press 10.3x7 hardcover [10/2002] for $24.47
	"Invisible Natives: Myth & Identity In The American Western" [2002] by Armando Jose Prats Cornell Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [6/2002] for $21.95 Cornell Univ Press hardcover [6/2002] for $49.95
	"Horse Opera: The Strange History of The 1930s Singing Cowboy" [2002] by Peter Stanfield Univ IL Press 9¾x6 pb [5/2002] for $16.95 Univ IL Press hardcover [5/2002] for $37.5
	"Ladies of The Western: Interviews With Fifty-One More Actresses From The Silent Era To The Television Westerns of The 1950s & The 1960s" [2002] by Michael G. Fitzgerald & Boyd Magers McFarland & Co. 10.4x7 hardcover [1/2002] for $36.50
	"The Western Genre" [2001] by John Saunders Wallflower Press 7¾x5¾ pb [10/2001] for $11.87
	"Westerns: Films Through History" [A.F.I. Film Readers 2001] Edited by Janet Walker Routledge 9x6 pb [10/2001] for $22.95 Routledge hardcover [10/2001] for $85.00
	"Dakota Epic: Experiences of A Reenactor During The Filming of Dances With Wolves" [2001] by Bill Markley; drawings by Jim Hatzell iUniverse 9x6¼ pb [10/2001] for $13.95 author's website
	"Westerns and American Culture, 1930-1955" [2001] by R. Philip Loy McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [7/2001] for $29.95
	"The Hollywood West: Lives of Film Legends Who Shaped It" [2001] Edited by Richard Etulain & Glenda Riley Fulcrum Publg 9x6 pb [5/2001] for $12.56
	"Spaghetti Westerns" [2001] by Howard Hughes Trafalgar Square pb [5/2001] for $6.95
	"John Ford Made Westerns: Filming The Legend In The Sound Era" [2001] Edited by Gaylyn Studlar & Matthew Bernstein Indiana Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [4/2001] for $19.95 Indiana Univ Press 9½x6.4 hardcover [4/2001] for $39.95 Readers of The Purple Sage's John Ford [1894-1973] Page
	"Reel Cowboys: Western Movie Stars Who Thrilled Young Fans & Helped Them Grow Up Decent & Strong" [2000] by Bill O'Neal Eakin Publns hardcover [4/2000] for $11.87
	"Cinema Southwest: An Illustrated Guide To The Movies & Their Locations" [2000] by John A. Murray Northland 8x9 pb [3/2000] out of print/used
	"A-Western Filmmakers: A Biographical Dictionary of Writers, Directors, Cinematographers, Composers, Actors & Actresses" [2000] by Henryk Hoffmann McFarland & Co. hardcover [1/2000] for $85.00
	"The Western: Parables of The Western Dream" [1999] by Jeffrey M. Wallmann, Foreword by Richard S. Wheeler The first comprehensive historical survey of the Western in all of its manifestations, from the earliest Indian captivity narratives and pioneer biographies to contemporary Western novels, short stories, films & television series. Texas Tech Univ Press hardcover [10/99] for $29.95
	"B-Western Boot Hill: A Final Tribute To The Cowboys & Cowgirls Who Rode The Saturday Matinee Movie Range" [1999] by Bobby Copeland Empire 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $16.99
	"Westerns Women: Interviews With 50 Leading Ladies of Movie & Television Westerns From The 1930s To The 1960s" [1999] by Boyd Magers & Michael G. Fitzgerald McFarland & Co. hardcover [10/99] for $36.50
	"Western Movie Quotations" [1999] by Jim Kane McFarland & Co. hardcover [10/99] for $75.00
	"The Cowboy Way: The Western Leader In Film 1945-1995" [1999] by Ralph Lamar Turner & Robert J. Higgs Greenwood hardcover [10/99] for $64.95
	"Riding The (Silver Screen) Range: The Ultimate Western Movie Trivia Book" [1999] by Ann Snuggs Empire Publng 7½x5½ pb [6/99] for $15.00
	"The Six-Gun Mystique Sequel" [orig 1970, revised 1999] by John G. Cawelti Popular Press pb [2/99] for $16.95 Popular Press hardcover [1/99] for $49.95
	"Back In The Saddle Again: New Essays On The Western" [1998] Edited by Edward Buscombe & Roberta E. Pearson British Film Institute 9¼x6 pb [8/98] for $22.50 British Film Institute hardcover [10/98] out of print/used
	"Back In The Saddle: Essays On Western Film & Television Actors" [1998] Edited by Gary A. Yoggy McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [9/98] for $24.95
	"Western Gunslingers In Fact and On Film: Hollywood's Famous Lawmen & Outlaws" [1997] by Buck Rainey McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [12/97] for $45.00
	"The Crowded Prairie: American National Identity In The Hollywood Western" [1997] by Michael Coyne I.B.Tauris 9¼x6 pb [1/99] for $19.95 I.B.Tauris 9.4x6.3 hardcover [12/97] out of print/used
	"The Golden Corral: A Roundup of Magnificent Western Films" [1997] by Ed Andreychuk McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [8/97] for $29.95
	"Westerns: Making The Man In Fiction & Film" [1996] by Lee Clark Mitchell Univ Chicago Press pb [4/98] for $17.00 Univ Chicago Press hardcover [11/96] for $35.00

"The Reel Cowboy: Essays On The Myth In Movies & Literature"
[1996] by Buck Rainey
McFarland & Co. 9¼x6 hardcover [8/96] out of print/used

	"Wanted Dead or Alive: The American West In Popular Culture" [1996] Edited by Richard Aquila Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [7/98] for $18.95 Univ IL Press 9.3x6.3 hardcover [7/96] for $39.95
	"Trail Talk: Candid Comments & Quotes By Performers & Participants of The Saturday Matinee Western Films" [1996] by Bobby J. Copeland Empire pb [5/96] for $12.50
	"Where God Put The West: Movie Making In The Desert, A Moab - Monument Valley Movie History" [1994] by Bette L. Stanton Canyonlands Natural History Assn. pb [9/2004] out of print/rare Four Corners 11¼x8¾ pb [4/94] out of print/rare
	"A Guide To Silent Westerns (Bibliographies & Indexes In The Performing Arts Series, Volume 13)" [1992] by Larry Langman Greenwood Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/92] for $126.95
	"Sweethearts of The Sage: Biographies & Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing In Western Movies" [1992] by Buck Rainey McFarland & Co. 11½x9 hardcover [8/92] out of print/used
	"West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns" [1992] by Jane Tompkins Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [4/93] for $17.95 Oxford Univ Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [3/92] out of print/used
	"The Hollywood Western: 90 Years of Cowboys & Indians, Train Robbers, Sheriffs & Gunslingers, and Assorted Heroes & Desperados" [1992] by William K. Everson Carol Publng 11x8½ pb [5/92] out of print/used basis for Starz/Encore's "Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs" TV special [2000] 34-minute color/b&w DVD [9/2008] for $71.99 full credits from IMDb
	"B-Western Actors Encyclopedia: Facts, Photos & Filmographies For More Than 250 Familiar Faces" [1989] by Ted Holland McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [11/97] for $30.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6½ hardcover [1/89] out of print/used
	"Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1988] by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III Empire hardcover [5/88] out of stock/used "More Cowboy Shooting Stars" [1993] by John A. Rutherford & Richard B. Smith III Empire hardcover [1/93] for $18.00

"Thunder In The Dust: Classic Images of Western Movies" [1987]
by John R. Hamilton
Stewart Tabori & Chang hardcover [9/87] out of print/used

"Heroes of The Range: Yesteryear's Saturday Matinee Movie Cowboys" [1987]
by Buck Rainey
World of Yesterday pb [6/87] out of print/used
Scarecrow Press hardcover [4/87] out of print/used

	"Western Movies: A TV & Video Guide To 4200 Genre Films" [1986] by Michael R. Pitts McFarland & Co. pb [11/97] for $25.00 McFarland & Co. hardcover [12/86] out of print/used
	"The American West In Film: Critical Approaches To The Western" [1985] by Jon Tuska Univ NE Press pb [5/88] out of print/used Yale Univ Press 9½x9 hardcover [3/85] out of print/used "Filming of the West" [1976] by Jon Tuska Doubleday hardcover [1976] out of print/used
	"Those Great Cowboy Sidekicks" [1984] by David Rothel Empire 11x8¾ pb [6/2001] for $25.00 Scarecrow hardcover [6/84] out of print/used
	"The Overlook Film Encyclopedia: The Western" [1984] Edited by Phil Hardy Overlook 11¾x9¼ pb [10/95] for $30.40 Overlook hardcover [5/94] for $65.00 Wm. Morrow hardcover [4/84] out of print/used
	"Showdown: Confronting Modern America In The Western Film" [1980] by John H. Lenihan Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [12/85] for $15.95 Univ IL Press hardcover [10/90] out of print/used
	"The Great Cowboy Stars of Movies & Television" [1979] by Lee O. Miller, Introduction by Joel McCrae Crown/Arlington House hardcover [11/79] out of print/used
	"Shoot-Em-Ups: The Complete Reference Guide To Westerns of The Sound Era" [1978] by Les Adams & Buck Rainey Scarecrow Press hardcover [2/86] out of print/used Arlington House hardcover [1978] out of print/used "The Shoot-Em-Ups Ride Again: A Supplement To Shoot-Em-Ups" [1991] by Buck Rainey Scarecrow Press 11½x8½ hardcover [1/91] for $70.50
	"The Great Western Pictures" [1976] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow hardcover [12/76] out of print/used "The Great Western Pictures II" [1988] by James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Scarecrow hardcover [7/88] for $55.00
	"The Cowboy: Six Shooters, Songs & Sex" [1976] Edited by Charles W. Harris & Buck Rainey Univ OK Press 9¼x6¼ pb [9/2001] for $14.95 Univ OK Press pb [1976] out of print/used
	"Sixguns and Society: A Structural Study of The Western" [1975] by Will Wright Univ CA Press 8¾x6 pb [9/77] for $17.96 Univ CA Press hardcover [12/75] out of print/used
	"The Hollywood Posse: The Story of A Gallant Band of Horsemen Who Made Movie History" [1975] by Diana Serra Cary Univ OK Press 9x6 pb [4/96] for $21.95 Houghton Mifflin hardcover [10/75] out of print/used
	"The Western, From Silents To The Seventies" [1973] by George N. Fenin & William K. Everson Penguin 8¼x7¼ pb [3/77] out of print/used Viking Press 8¾x7½ hardcover [9/73] out of print/used "The Western: From Silents To Cinerama" [1962] by George N. Fenin & William K. Everson Kessinger Publng 9½x7½ pb [8/2007] for $25.80 Orion Press hardcover [1962] out of print/used

"Riders of The Range: The Sagebrush Heroes of The Sound Screen" [1973]
by Kalton C. Lahue
A.S. Barnes hardcover [1973] out of print/used
Castle hardcover [1973] out of print/used

"Winners of The West: The Sagebrush Heroes of The Silent Screen" [1971]
by Kalton C. Lahue
A.S. Barnes hardcover [1971] out of print/used

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