Is the Western Paperback Fading Away?

It seems that the western paperbacks are in fact fading away in popularity. As the literature of today's world is changing, it makes way for the new age. This means that the culture wants, hot steamy love scenes, science fiction, self help, and many other forms of reading materials.

The old paperback western novels are dying out except for the few that are hard-core western fans. It is difficult to find these kinds of books now except for in old used bookstores. Many of the books also make their ways into private collections and are well cared for by the owners. Some of the more valued paperbacks are the old Louis LaMour who wrote over one hundred books in his life.

His Style of writing was western fiction and these books were a favorite of members of my own family. There were also the Zane Grey and J.T. Edson paperbacks in every room of the house as well. Apparently, these were an, uncles favorite authors.

The books can also be found by joining a western paperback book club or you can buy them on the popular auction site like eBay. Even your local library can get the books for you if they have a used or western section in their books stock. Garage sales sometimes have some of the old western novels lying around for a little of nothing.

You can still find these kinds of old books if you know where to look however, you want to be sure and inspect them carefully. These books are very old and sometimes they will have pages missing. You will end up reading the entire book to find the ending is missing and this can be frustrating to say the least. Then you will have to search diligently to find another book that is complete to read the way it ends.

More than likely one of the reasons that the paperbacks are dying is because the cowboy's are dying out. The true old die hard cowboys were the biggest fans of the western novels. Today with the day of the horse being a thing of past except for rodeo this makes it difficult to keep the cowboys and their way of life alive. If you ever run across an old western paperback then please pick it up take it home and try it. You may discover that you find the novel quite new and different from what you are used to reading.

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