Bookylicious

Episode 6 - "Once upon a time in the West"


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In this episode Holly, Gwyn and Paul explore the literature of the American West. Including an interview with Anna North author of 'Outlawed'. You can find more about Anna on her website www.annanorth.net where you will also a suggested soundtrack to accompany 'Outlawed' and some excellent further reading. Other books we discuss or touch on in this episode include:

James Fennimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans (the 1971 BBC adaptation starred Welsh actor Philip Madoc as 'Magua' and the series is said to have popularised the Mohican hairstyle)

Owen Wister - The Virginian 

Zane Grey - Riders of the Purple Sage

Arthur Conan Doyle - A Study in Scarlet

Elmore Leonard - Hombre

Cormac McCarthy - All the Pretty Horses

Thomas Eidson - St Agnes' Stand

Patrick De Witt - The Sisters Brothers

Charles Frazier - Cold Mountain

Larry McMurtry - Lonesome Dove

Stephen King - The Gunslinger

Louis Sacher - Holes

Dee brown - Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee and The American West

Apologies if I've missed any. Last but not least the mystical western starring Pierce Brosnan that I couldn't recall in the podcast was of course 'Seraphim Falls'


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BookyliciousBy Paul Jeorrett

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