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Riders of the Purple Sage is a Western novel by Zane Grey, first published by Harper & Brothers in 1912. Considered by scholars [1] to have played a significant role in shaping the formula of the popular Western genre, the novel has been called "the most popular western novel of all time".
Western romance as a genre flourished within the structure of the pulp fiction novel, generally written simply for easy reading. [2] Cowboy romances such as these are extremely popular for their “rugged individualism…unadorned masculinity…and ultimate heroism” as William W Savage Jr. notes in his book, The Cowboy Hero: His Image in ...
Alan Brown Le May (June 3, 1899 – April 27, 1964) was an American novelist and screenplay writer.. He is most remembered for two classic Western novels, The Searchers (1954) and The Unforgiven (1957). [1]
This is a list of some notable authors in the Western fiction genre. Part of a series on: Westerns; Media; Film; Television; Literature; Visual arts; Dime novels ...
Film Date Director Country Source work Author Date Type TV Date Country 1: Annie Get Your Gun: 1950: George Sidney: USA: Annie Get Your Gun: Herbert Fields & Dorothy Fields (book), Irving Berlin (lyrics)
High Lonesome is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film written and directed by Alan Le May, [1] who also wrote the classic Western novels The Searchers, The Unforgiven, and numerous screenplays. High Lonesome was Le May's only directorial credit. The picture stars John Drew Barrymore (billed as "John Barrymore, Jr.") and features Chill Wills ...
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains is a 1902 novel by American author Owen Wister (1860–1938), set in Wyoming Territory during the 1880s. Detailing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch, the novel was a landmark in the evolution of the western genre, as distinguished from earlier short stories and pulp dime novels.
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. [1] Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century.