New westerns may have the good guy losing, the bad guys winning, and Indians seeking revenge for wrongdoings perpetrated by the Calvary. Of course, that is in addition to robbing banks and scaring unsuspecting settlers on the outskirts of town.Įven though westerns may seem to follow a certain formula, writers are forever thinking up new twists on old themes. The bad guys tend to wear black, ride ill-mannered horses and are prone to drinking and shooting up the town. The good guys are always wearing white and they fight the injustices on the prairie or in their small towns. Good and bad characters may also be determined by their method of dress, color of clothing and the faithful steed that they ride. The plot lines of western stories usually follow a pattern of good and honorable protagonist prevailing over the uneducated and evil antagonist.
The stories center on conflicts, which can involve cowboys and Indians, ranchers and settlers, or gunslingers and the local law enforcement. The period these stories are set in span from the pre-Civil War days to the end of the Indian Wars in 1890. Westerns are stories whose settings occur in the Wild West of America's history. The PublicBookshelf western book category covers a wide variety of fiction topics from cowboys to contemporary western stories.
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