Earn Your Spurs
By Librarian on Sep 22, 2015 in Libraries are Priceless, Literacy
Earn your spurs at the Homer High library by reading a western. If you don’t know what a western is, then you really are a greenhorn. Talk to Mrs. Akers, and she’ll set you straight. Corral one of these well-known and admired novels by Louis L’Amour to get started.
- Bendigo Shafter
- The Cherokee Trail
- The Daybreakers
- Down the Long Hills
- The First Fast Draw
- Flint
- Jubal Sackett
- The Man from the Broken Hills
- Reilly’s Luck
- Ride the River
- Riding for the Brand
More experienced cowpokes might want to give Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove stories a ride. Those would be Lonesome Dove, Streets of Laredo, and Comanche Moon.
Maybe true-life adventures such as Captivity of the Oatman Girls or Life in the Far West better suit your style.
Watch John Wayne in The Cowboys during FOL October 7 – October 9. We’ll watch 45 minutes each day. This movie is rated PG-13 for cowboy language, cowboy situations, and cowboy violence.
Ask Mrs. Akers for recommendations if you’re hankering to read more.
7 Comment(s)
By Thomas on Jan 26, 2016 | Reply
I took your advice and read Bendigo Shafter. That was a good story and I liked the leather cover.
By Librarian on Jan 28, 2016 | Reply
I’m glad you liked it.
By Librarian on Feb 25, 2016 | Reply
I think the leather covers on Westerns is a nice touch, too.
By Dominic Pittman on Feb 17, 2016 | Reply
I have mostly watched western films, but it would be nice to read something that I can relate to. I’m mostly interested in Lonesome Dove.
By willem strydom on Feb 18, 2016 | Reply
i have never read a western but it sounds like a fun genre. not many new books are westerns, it seems like a dying genre to me.
By Katlian Nelson on Feb 18, 2016 | Reply
The post was great, I’m really motivated to read some more westerns now.
By Johnny R on Feb 22, 2017 | Reply
I’m currently reading a western book by Louis L’Amour. It’s a good book and I reccomend it.