Larry McMurtry, the famed Texas novelist, screenwriter and bookseller, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Lonesome Dove," at his bookstore, Booked Up No. 1. The Wild West provides the backdrop for ...

Western fiction is an American genre. Taking place on the American frontier, in the late 1800s to early 1900s, these stories feature cowboys, outlaws and settlers as main characters. Opinions differ ...

Among the most iconic genres to ever grace the small screen, Western shows have always been a vital form of entertainment on television and have created some of the most legendary figures for fans.

The Western genre has been around for just about as long as film has been being made. The first official Western movie that could be considered, The Great Train Robbery (1903), lured audiences when ...