The Western fiction authors on this list are some of the best Western novelists and their works rank among the best Western novels. Western fiction peaked during the 1960s, but can still be found to this day. Photos by David Muench - Stunning images from around the United States, captured by acclaimed 'Arizona Highways' photographer David Muench and described by Louis L'Amour in fact-filled prose conveying the energy, the challenge, and the legacy of the American frontier. Many consider the golden age of the Historic West to have occurred for only three decades, from the end of the American Civil War to the beginning of the 20th century. It wasn't until later, the 1850s and beyond, that Westerns began to take place west of the Mississippi River. The earliest Westerns took place in the Appalachian mountains, as that was once considered the great Western unknown. Here is a very special Louis LAmour book, a book to be treasured by his many fans and by a whole new audience of readers, for Frontier is an eye-opening. When it comes to great Western novels, remember that "the frontier" is a relative term. Westerns in the older vein, they were eclipsed by the so-called classic. Western book authors and famous Western authors are among some of the best and most popular writers of all time. Although Zane Grey and Louis LAmour continued to turn out immensely popular. If cowboys, Indians (Native Americans), gold miners, and outlaws are your favorite types of characters, then you're a western fiction fan.
It kicks off a series of nine paperbacks, including a two-part volume of Adventure Stories and a two-part volume of Crime Stories, which brings all of L’Amour’s short fiction to his millions of readers around the world. A list of Western fiction authors with writers who specialize in all types of Western historical fiction and tales of the American frontier. The Collected Short Stories of Louis L’Amour, Volume 1, features thirty-five action-packed Frontier Stories.