The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. There are also a number of films about Western-type characters in contemporary settings, such as Junior Bonner set in the 1970s and The...
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Books In This Genre:
- 10000$ Reward ,
- The Border Trilogy ,
- Comanche Moon ,
- True Grit ,
- Tonto Basin ,
- Breakheart Pass ,
- Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West ,
- Streets of Laredo ,
- Dead Man's Walk ,
- Fire on the Mountain
TV programs of this genre:
- Four Feather Falls ,
- Gunsmoke ,
- Bonanza ,
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. ,
- Tales of the Texas Rangers ,
- Have Gun — Will Travel ,
- The Wild Wild West ,
- Maverick ,
- Alias Smith and Jones ,
- Kung Fu
Also known as:
- Western movie
