The "Native Americans" section also includes novels about Indian wars and about European and African Americans who lived with various tribes. Some of the most dramatic events in the history of the Old West included the 1849 California Gold Rush, the 1835 Texas Revolution, and the 1845 U.S-Mexican War which resulted in a broad swathe of the Southwest being transferred from Mexico to the U.S.Ĭategories overlap, so if you don't find what you're looking for in one category, try another. Native American authors have been among the most distinguished contributors to Western literature. Native Americans have been portrayed with more sympathy in recent decades and, increasingly, as complex individuals who are neither vilified nor idealized. Classic "Westerns" by writers like Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour in the early to mid-twentieth century generally retained this romanticized approach, but most modern writers present a more realistic view of Western history. The vast literature of the American Old West evolved from dime novels of the late 1800s which portrayed life on the frontier as an idealized clash pitting virtuous cowboys and lawmen against "savage" Indians or outlaw gunfighters. The Southwest, Texas and the Texas Revolution Ranchers, Gunslingers, Lawmen and OutlawsĬalifornia, the Gold Rush, and Western Mining Towns Old West Novels: Historical Novels of the American Old Westįor news on the latest additions to this website, see the blog.
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