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Best novels written about the american west, 1960present. He wrote several wester short stories and handful of western novels, notably hombre made into a movie starring paul newman valdez is coming made into a movie starring burt lancaster those are in a similar vein as 3. Those books fiction and nonfiction that embody the spirit of the old west, the heroism. This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the spur award for best western novel.
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