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Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century.[1] Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and Louis L'Amour from the mid-20th century.[2][3] The genre peaked around the early 1960s, largely due to the popularity of televised Westerns such as Bonanza. Readership began to drop off in the mid- to late 1970s and reached a new low in the 2000s. Most bookstores, outside a few west American states, only carry a small number of Western fiction books.
^Wister, Owen; Fox, John Jr.; Austin, Mary; Haycox, Ernest; Howard, Robert E.; Nemo, August (April 4, 2020). Big Book of Best Short Stories - Specials - Western 2: Volume 14. Tacet Books. ISBN 978-3-96858-330-3.
^Bower, B. M.; Adams, Andy; Harte, Bret; Garland, Hamlin; Grey, Zane (September 27, 2019). Big Book of Best Short Stories: Specials - Western. Tacet Books. ISBN 978-85-7777-486-9.
^McDonald, John D.; Levine-Clark, Michael (March 15, 2017). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-000-03154-6.
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