John Mort, award-winning novelist and author of the popular and critically acclaimed Christian Fiction, has been a longtime reviewer for Booklist. He is a reference librarian at Allen Public Library in Allen, Texas.

This guide focuses on Western books and films, listing about 2,000 titles categorized by subgenre and theme, such as Native Americans, mountain men, exploration, the army, range and ranch life, sagas, Western mysteries, and Western romances. Mort, a reference librarian, also provides a brief history of the genre and a discussion of six writers: Zane Grey, Max Brand, Ernest Haycox, Louis L'Amour, Elmer Kelton, and Larry McMurtry. Book records list publishing information and setting, summarize the plot, and note appeal to women, young adults, and book clubs, and if books have Christian themes, are out of print, or have received awards. Movie entries list cast and crew, production information, setting, and star rating, and include a plot summary. Indexes are by author/title/subject, settings, and film.

John Mort, award-winning novelist and author of the popular and critically acclaimed Christian Fiction, has been a longtime reviewer for Booklist. He is a reference librarian at Allen Public Library in Allen, Texas.

This guide focuses on Western books and films, listing about 2,000 titles categorized by subgenre and theme, such as Native Americans, mountain men, exploration, the army, range and ranch life, sagas, Western mysteries, and Western romances. Mort, a reference librarian, also provides a brief history of the genre and a discussion of six writers: Zane Grey, Max Brand, Ernest Haycox, Louis L'Amour, Elmer Kelton, and Larry McMurtry. Book records list publishing information and setting, summarize the plot, and note appeal to women, young adults, and book clubs, and if books have Christian themes, are out of print, or have received awards. Movie entries list cast and crew, production information, setting, and star rating, and include a plot summary. Indexes are by author/title/subject, settings, and film.

John Mort, award-winning novelist and author of the popular and critically acclaimed Christian Fiction, has been a longtime reviewer for Booklist. He is a reference librarian at Allen Public Library in Allen, Texas.

This guide focuses on Western books and films, listing about 2,000 titles categorized by subgenre and theme, such as Native Americans, mountain men, exploration, the army, range and ranch life, sagas, Western mysteries, and Western romances. Mort, a reference librarian, also provides a brief history of the genre and a discussion of six writers: Zane Grey, Max Brand, Ernest Haycox, Louis L'Amour, Elmer Kelton, and Larry McMurtry. Book records list publishing information and setting, summarize the plot, and note appeal to women, young adults, and book clubs, and if books have Christian themes, are out of print, or have received awards. Movie entries list cast and crew, production information, setting, and star rating, and include a plot summary. Indexes are by author/title/subject, settings, and film.