Readers of the Purple Sage Bookstore

Western  Authors


Writing the Southwest   "Writing the Southwest" [1995]
Produced & edited by David King Dunaway

Plume 8x5.3 pb [10/95] out of print/used
13-episode radio series on audio cassette
order thru Univ NM Press

project website


separate  Western  fiction  page


Zane  Grey  Pages
Bio/Profile & Major Novels | Other Books
Silent Movies | Sound Movies & TV | Audio Tapes & eBooks

Edward Abbey [1927-89] Page

Loren D. Estleman Westerns Page

Tony Hillerman Page

mystery author J.A. Jance + Sheriff Brady mysteries

Louis L'Amour [1908-1988] Page

Charles F. Lummis [1859-1928] Page

Larry McMurtry Page

Clarence E. Mulford + Hopalong Cassidy Page



Other Western Authors

Max Elliot Anderson: Western novels for preteens & teens

Rudolfo Anaya Page

Mary Hunter Austin [1868-1934]
booksWikipediaO.V.H. site

Texas Bix Bender: books

W.R. Benton: browse booksofficial website

D.J. Bishop: browse booksofficial website

cowboy poet-humorist Baxter Black of Benson, AZ
browse booksofficial website

James Carlos Blake of Arizona: browse books

Mike Blakely: booksofficial websitemusic CDs

Win Blevins: booksofficial website

Stephen & Janet Bly of Idaho
Stephen's booksJanet's booksofficial website

Johnny D. Boggs of Santa Fe, NM: browse booksofficial website

Peter Bowen + Gabriel Du Pre mysteries: all books

B.M. Bowers: books & audio & ebooks

Max Brand: booksofficial websitevideoscredits on IMDb

Peter Brandvold: booksofficial website

Matt Braun: booksofficial website

Allen P. Bristow: browse books

Whispering Smith   "Whispering Smith: His Life & Misadventures" [2007]  
by Allen P. Bristow

Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [7/2007] for $16.47
publisher book page
Playing God   "Playing God" [2005]
by Allen P. Bristow

VirtualBookworm 8x5 pb [7/2005] for $14.95
publisher bookpage
Pinkerton Eye   "The Pinkerton Eye" [2001]
by Allen P. Bristow

AuthorHouse 8¼x5 pb [8/2001] for $19.95
publisher bookpage & excerpt

Dee Brown [1908-2002]
all books • "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" paperback | hardcover

Margaret Coel + Wind River Arapaho mysteries
all booksofficial website

Ralph Compton [1934-99}
all books | Sundown Riders series | Gunfighter series
official websiteWikipedia

Will Cook: books & audio

Mesa Dean {Albuquerque author Melody Groves}: browse books

Bernard DeVoto [1897-1955]: browse books

Bernard Devoto's West  
"Devoto's West: History, Conservation & The Public Good"
[2005] by Bernard Devoto, edited by Edward K. Muller

Swallow Press pb [4/2005] for $12.89
Swallow Press hardcover [4/2005] for $44.95
DeVoto bio by Stegner   "The Uneasy Chair: A Biography of Bernard DeVoto" [2001]
by Wallace Stegner

Univ of NE Press 9x6 pb [3/2001] for $15.72

J. Frank Dobie: browse books

Ivan Doig: browse booksbrowse audio

James D. Doss + Ute Indian cop Charlie Moon mysteries: all books

Max Evans of Albuquerque, NM
browse booksexplore videos/DVDsIMDb listingWikipedia

official Max Evans website

Clay Fisher / Will Henry {Heck Allen}
booksvideosarticlecredits on IMDb

Vardis Fisher [1895-1968]: bookscredits on IMDb

New Mexico historian Nasario Garcia: booksofficial website

Fred Gipson: all books
+ "Old Yeller" (1957 movie): videos/DVDsbooks

James J. Griffin + Texas Ranger Jim Blawcyzk series
all booksofficial websiteWikipedia

A.B. Guthrie, Jr. [1901-1991]: bookspapers at Yale

Micah S. Hackler + Sheriff Lansing mysteries: all books

J.J. Haefner: browse booksofficial website

Jean Hager + Cherokee cops mysteries: browse books

Mel Hague

Jamie Harrison + Sheriff Jules Clement mysteries: all books

Ernest Haycox [1899-1950]
booksvideos/DVDscredits on IMDb

O. Henry Pages + Cisco Kid Page

Stanley Hoig: books

Emerson Hough [1857-1923]: booksetexts at Project Gutenberg

Lance Howard {Howard Hopkins}: booksauthor website

cowboy author-artist Will James [1892-1942]
bookscredits at IMDbWikipedia

Dorothy M. Johnston: bookscredits on IMDb

Terry C. Johnston [1947-2001]: booksofficial website

Kirby Jonas: booksofficial website

Elmer Kelton: booksofficial website

Bob Kinford of Van Horn, TX
books {as Bob}books {as Robert}official website

William Kittredge: fiction & non-fiction

Peter B. Kyne [1880-1957]
booksBroadway creditscredits on IMDb

Brian Andrew Laird
+ Tucson, AZ journalist Nate Bowman mysteries: all books

Walt Lange, Word Slinger

Western historian David Lavender: books

Elmore Leonard
Westernsbrowse all booksofficial websitecredits on IMDb

Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard  
"The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard" [2004]
Wm. Morrow hardcover [10/2004] for $19.01
Harper UNABR audio CD [10/2004] for $20.37

Milton Lott [1916-96]: browse books

Giles A. Lutz [1910-82]
browse books [out of print/used] plus one audio

Cormac McCarthy
booksC.M. SocietyDC's unofficial sitecredits on IMDb

Dell 'Zorro' comic cover        Johnston McCulley [1883-1958]
all books & ebookscredits on IMDb

+ Zorro: book seriesVHSDVD
official Zorro websiteJW's fansite

'Zorro' comics covers at Comic Book Archive

Michael McGarrity + NM Police Chief Kevin Kerney mysteries
all booksofficial website

D.R. Meredith: all books + "The Sheriff..." mysteries: series books

P.G. Nagle of Albuquerque, NM: browse booksofficial website

Nelson C. Nye [1907-97]: browse booksofficial website

Theodore V. Olsen: all books

Frank O'Rourke 'King of the Westerns' {circa 1968} [1916-89]
all booksvideos/DVDscredits on IMDb

Stephen Overholser {son of Wayne}: all books

Wayne D. Overholser [1907-96]: all books

Jake Page + blind sculptor Mo Bowdre of Santa Fe, NM: all books

Lauran Paine: all books
+ "Open Range Men": pb [9/2003] for $5.99movie [Aug 2003] sitevideos/DVDs

J.R. {Judith) Parker: booksofficial website

Richard Parrish + Joshua Rabb of Tucson, AZ: series books

Abe Peña of New Mexico: booksofficial website

Lee Pitts of Morro Bay, CA: books

ex-Arizona Ranger Wm. MacLeod Raine: books & ebooks

cowboy humorist Slim Randles of Albuquerque, NM
browse booksofficial website

Sun Dog Days  
"Sun Dog Days" [2006] by Slim Randles
"... filled with quick wit and earthy insight." — Max Evans
Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [3/2007] for $12.89
Univ NM Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [3/2006] for $18.96

Eugene Manlove Rhodes [1869-1934] of New Mexico
booksexplore videos/DVDscredits on IMDb

Lucia St. Clair Robson: browse booksofficial website

Mari Sandoz [1896-1966]
browse booksIMDb listingWikipedia

Mari Sandoz Heritage Society [est. 1971]

Walter Satterthwait + Santa Fe NM P.I. Joshua Croft
series booksofficial website

Thomas Savage [1915-2003]: bookspublisher page

Jack Schaefer [1907-91]
booksvideosAristos fansitecredits on IMDb

Jory Sherman: booksofficial website

Gordon D. Shirreffs [1914-1996]
booksJC's excellent fansite

Luke Short: books

historian Marc Simmons of New Mexico: booksofficial website

cowboy author John L. Sinclair [1902-93]: browse books

A Cowboy Writer In New Mexico  
"A Cowboy Writer In New Mexico: The Memoirs of John L. Sinclair" [1996]
Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [7/96] out of print/used
Cowboy Riding Country   "Cowboy Riding Country" [1982]
by John L. Sinclair, illustrated by Edmond Delavy

Memories of working on the range near Roswell, NM and of cowboy life in Lincoln County, NM up thru World War II.
Univ NM Press harcover [1982] out of print/used

Frank H. Spearman [1859-1937]
browse bookscredits on IMDbWikipedia

Charlie Steel: browse booksofficial website

Wallace Stegner: browse booksbrowse audio1997 bio

Aimee & David Thurlo
official website + Navajo cop Ella Clah mysteries: series books

Doyle Trent: browse books [out of print/used]

Western historian Frederick Jackson Turner: browse books

Mark Twain {the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens [1835-1910]}
browse booksvideos/DVDscredits on IMDbwitty quotations

Jonas Ward: bookscredits on IMDb

Frank Waters [1902-95] of Arroyo Seco, NM
books"Man Who Killed the Deer" [1942]F.W. Foundation

Robert Westbrook: all booksofficial website
+ Howard Moon Deer mysteries: webpage



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