Readers of the Purple Sage Bookstore
Western Authors
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"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 |
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"Western American Novelists: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Dan Cushman, H.L. Davis, Vardis Fisher, A.B. Guthrie Jr., William Humphrey & Dorothy M. Johnson" [1995] Compiled by Martin Kich Routledge/Garland 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/95] for $95.00 |
Zane Grey Pages
Bio/Profile & Major Novels |
Other Books
Silent Movies |
Sound Movies & TV |
Audio Tapes & eBooks
Other Western Authors
Max Elliot Anderson: Western novels for preteens & teens
Mary Hunter Austin [1868-1934]
books •
Wikipedia •
O.V.H. site
Texas Bix Bender: books
W.R. Benton: browse books • official website
D.J. Bishop: browse books • official website
cowboy poet-humorist Baxter Black of Benson, AZ
browse books •
official website
James Carlos Blake of Arizona: browse books
Mike Blakely: books • official website • music CDs
Win Blevins: books • official website
Stephen & Janet Bly of Idaho
Stephen's books • Janet's books •
official website
Johnny D. Boggs of Santa Fe, NM: browse books • official website
Peter Bowen + Gabriel Du Pre mysteries: all books
B.M. Bower
Bertha Muzzy Sinclair [1871-1940] was the first woman to make a career of writing popular westerns.
Under the pseudonym B.M. Bower, she published more than sixty novels from 1904 to 1941
browse books •
credits on IMDb [1912-39] •
Wikipedia
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"Classic Westerns: 26 Books by B.M. Bower" for Kindle [2008]
Kindle Edition from B&R Samizdat Express [8/2008] for $0.99 "in a single file, with active table of contents"; includes "Cabin Fever" [1918], "Casey Ryan" [1921], "Chip of The Flying U" [1906], "Cow-Country" [1921], "Flying-U Ranch" [1914], "The Flying-U's Last Stand" [1915], "Good Indian" [1912], "The Gringos" [1913], "The Happy Family" [1910], "Her Prairie Knight" [1909], "The Heritage of The Sioux" [1916], "Jean of The Lazy-A" [1915], "Lonesome Land" [1912], "The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories" [1909], "The Long Shadow" [1909], "The Lookout Man" [1917], "The Lure of The Dim Trails" [1907], "The Phantom Herd" [1916], "The Quirt" [1920], "The Range Dwellers" [1907], "Rowdy of The Cross-L" [1907], "Sky Rider" [1918], "Starr of The Desert" [1917], "The Thunder Bird" [1919], "The Trail of The White Mule" [1922], and "The Uphill Climb" [1913] |
Peter Brandvold: books • official website
Matt Braun: books • official website
Allen P. Bristow: browse books
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"Whispering Smith: His Life & Misadventures" [2007] by Allen P. Bristow Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [7/2007] for $16.47 publisher book page |
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"Playing God" [2005] by Allen P. Bristow VirtualBookworm 8x5 pb [7/2005] for $14.95 publisher bookpage |
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"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 books •
official website
Ralph Compton [1934-99]
all books |
Sundown Riders series |
Gunfighter series
official website •
Wikipedia
Will Cook: books & audio
Mesa Dean {Albuquerque author Melody Groves}: browse books
Bernard DeVoto [1897-1955]: browse books
Bernard Devoto Papers at Stanford University
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"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 |
 | "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 books • browse audio
James D. Doss + Ute Indian cop Charlie Moon mysteries: all books
Robert Easton: browse books
 | "To Find A Place: Western Stories" [1999] by Robert Easton Five Star Trade 8½x5½ pb [10/2003] for $13.95 |
Loren D. Estleman Westerns Page
Clay Fisher / Will Henry {Heck Allen}
books • videos •
article •
credits on IMDb
Vardis Fisher [1895-1968]: books • credits on IMDb
New Mexico historian Nasario Garcia: books • official website
Fred Gipson:
all books •
credits on IMDb
+ "Old Yeller" [1956 book, 1957 Disney movie]: videos/DVDs • books •
credits on IMDb
+ sequel "Savage Sam" [1963 movie]:
credits on IMDb
Old Yeller Day [est. 1999] in October in Mason, TX
James J. Griffin + The Texas Rangers series
all books •
official website •
Wikipedia
A.B. Guthrie, Jr. [1901-91]: books • papers at Yale
Micah S. Hackler + Sheriff Lansing mysteries: all books
J.J. Haefner: browse books • official website
Jean Hager + Cherokee cops mysteries: browse books
Jamie Harrison + Sheriff Jules Clement mysteries: all books
Ernest Haycox [1899-1950]
books • videos/DVDs •
credits on IMDb
O. Henry [1862-1910] Pages
Cisco Kid Page
Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
Steve Hockensmith + Holmes On The Range series
Cowboy 'Big Red' Amlingmeyer has been reading Sherlock Holmes tales to his brother 'Old Red' around the
campfire and the two detective-wannabes eagerly dive into unsolved killings using the methods of their British hero;
light-heartedly combines the features of Sherlock Holmes and dime westerns, with much humor - Western style.
browse books •
official website •
Wikipedia
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"Holmes On The Range" [2006]
Working for the winter at the mysterious Bar-VR ranch, the Amlingmeyer brothers find a fellow cowhand shot in the head and another dead by trampling – but nobody can remember a recent stampede. Minotaur Books 8x5½ pb [2/2007] for $11.16 St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6½ hardcover [2/2006] for $18.36 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [3/2006] for $26.59 |
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"On The Wrong Track: A Holmes On The Range Mystery" [2007]
Tired of the cowboy life, the Amlingmeyer brothers take a job as guards for the Pacific Express, and soon are contending with a gang of outlaws, a seductive sufragette, a shady Chinaman, a drunken railroad detective, the King of The Hoboes – and the severed head of the baggage man. Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ pb [1/2008] for $11.01 St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2007] for $23.95 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [3/2007] for $26.59 |
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"The Black Dove: A Holmes On The Range Mystery" [2008]
Adrift in 1893 San Francisco, the Amlingmeyer brothers learn of the murder of a railroad man and follow the trail into mysterious and dangerous Chinatown. Minotaur Books 8¼x5½ pb [5/2009] for $11.21 
St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2008] for $18.68 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [2/2008] for $25.54 |
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"The Crack In The Lens: A Holmes On The Range Mystery" [2009] 
Pockets full of money, the Amlingmeyer brothers hardly know what to do with themselves; Old Red talks his brother into returning to Texas to investigate a five-year-old murder – that of Old Red's sweetie, the hooker Gertrude. St. Martin's Minotaur 9¼x6 hardcover [DUE July 2009] for $16.49 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [DUE July 2009] for $23.09 |
Stanley Hoig: books
Emerson Hough [1857-1923]: books • etexts at Project Gutenberg
Lance Howard {Howard Hopkins}: books • author website
cowboy author-artist Will James [1892-1942]
books •
credits at IMDb •
Wikipedia
mystery author J.A. Jance
Sheriff Joanna Brady mysteries
Richard D. Jensen: books • official website
Dorothy M. Johnston: books • credits on IMDb
Terry C. Johnston [1947-2001]: books • official website
William W. Johnstone [1938-2004]: browse books • official website
Kirby Jonas: books • official website
Elmer Kelton: books • official 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]
books •
Broadway credits •
credits on IMDb
Louis L'Amour [1908-1988] Page
Brian Andrew Laird
+ Tucson, AZ journalist Nate Bowman mysteries:
all books
Western historian David Lavender: books
Elmore Leonard
Westerns •
browse all books •
official website •
credits on IMDb
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"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
Charles F. Lummis [1859-1928] Page
Giles A. Lutz [1910-82]
browse books [out of print/used] plus one audio
Cormac McCarthy
books •
C.M. Society •
DC's unofficial site • credits on IMDb
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Johnston McCulley [1883-1958]
all books & ebooks • credits on IMDb + Zorro:
book series •
VHS •
DVD
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Michael McGarrity Page
NM Police Chief Kevin Kerney mysteries
all books •
official website
D.R. Meredith: all books + "The Sheriff..." mysteries: series books
Clarence E. Mulford [1883-1956]
Hopalong Cassidy Page
P.G. Nagle of Albuquerque, NM: browse books • official website
Nelson C. Nye [1907-97]: browse books • official website
Theodore V. Olsen: all books
Frank O'Rourke [1916-89]
'King of The Westerns' {circa 1968}
all books •
videos/DVDs •
credits 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 $5.99 •
movie [Aug 2003] site • videos/DVDs
J.R. {Judith) Parker: books • official website
Richard Parrish + Joshua Rabb of Tucson, AZ: series books
Abe Peña of New Mexico: books • official website
Lee Pitts of Morro Bay, CA: books
ex-Arizona Ranger Wm. MacLeod Raine: books & ebooks
cowboy humorist Slim Randles of Albuquerque, NM
browse books •
official website
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"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
books •
credits on IMDb •
Wikipedia
Lucia St. Clair Robson: browse books • official website
Frank Roderus: browse books
Mari Sandoz [1896-1966]
browse books •
IMDb listing •
Wikipedia
Mari Sandoz Heritage Society [est. 1971]
Walter Satterthwait + Santa Fe NM P.I. Joshua Croft
series books • official website
Les Savage, Jr. [1922-58]: books • credits on IMDb
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"The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr." [11 stories 1991] Edited by Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg Swallow Press 9x5¾ hardcover [11/91] out of print/used |
Thomas Savage [1915-2003]: books • publisher page
Jack Schaefer [1907-91]
books •
videos •
Aristos fansite •
credits on IMDb
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"Shane" novel [1954] by Jack Schaefer
Bantam Starfire pb [10/83] for $5.99 DH Audio UNABR [1/92] out of stock/used hardcover edition illustrated by J. McCormick Houghton Mifflin YA hardcover [1/92] out of print/many used |
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"Shane" feature film [Paramount April 1953]
Directed by George Stevens, screenplay by A.B. Guthrie Jr. from the Jack Schaefer story; starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon DeWilde, Jack Palance & Ben Johnson; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Supporting Actor (JP & BDW), won for Best Cinematography; listed at National Film Registry 1993 Paramount color DVD [8/2000] for $22.49 Hungry Minds color VHS [4/98] for $9.95 full credits from IMDb "Shane" posters at AllPosters [dot] com |
Jory Sherman: books • official website
Gordon D. Shirreffs [1914-1996]
books •
JC's excellent fansite
Luke Short: books
historian Marc Simmons of New Mexico: books • official website
cowboy author John L. Sinclair [1902-93]: browse books
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"A Cowboy Writer In New Mexico: The Memoirs of John L. Sinclair" [1996] Univ NM Press 8x5½ pb [7/96] out of print/used |
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"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 books •
credits on IMDb •
Wikipedia
Charlie Steel: browse books • official website
Wallace Stegner: browse books • browse audio • 1997 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 books •
videos/DVDs •
credits on IMDb •
witty quotations
Jonas Ward: books • credits on IMDb
Frank Waters [1902-95] of Arroyo Seco, NM
books • "Man Who Killed the Deer" [1942] •
F.W. Foundation
Robert Westbrook: all books •
official website
+ Howard Moon Deer mysteries:
webpage
Magic Dragon Ultimate Western Authors Web Guide
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