My favorite books of The West

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1. Desert Solitaire- Edward Abbey 
2. The Voice of the Desert - ​Joseph Wood Krutch
3. The Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
4. On The Road- Jack Kerouac
5. East of Eden - John Steinbeck
6. Down the River - Edward Abbey
7. Lasso the Wind - Timothy Egan 
8. Walking It Off - Doug Peacock
9. Cities of Gold - Douglas Preston
10. Blue Desert - Charles Bowden 
11. Dead Man's Float - Jim Harrison 
12. The River Why - David James Duncan
13. Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
14. Land of Little Rain - Mary Austin
15. The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac
16. Bless Me Ultima- Rudolfo Anaya
17. All the Wild and Lonely Places - Lawrence Hogue
18. Bound For Glory - Woody Guthrie
19. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West - Wallace Stegner
20. The Desert - John C. Van Dyke
21. The Human Comedy - William Saroyan
22. Big Sur - Jack Kerouac
23. Going Back to Bisbee - Richard Shelton
24. The Red Caddy: Into the Unknown with Edward Abbey - Charles Bowden
25. Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
26. One Life at a Time, Please - Edward Abbey
27. Everett Ruess: A Vagabond For Beauty - Everett Ruess
28. My First Summer In The Sierra- John Muir
29. The Monkey Wrench Gang - Edward Abbey
30. Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder- Kent Nerburn 
31. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History - Dan Flores 
32. Crown Jewel Wilderness - Lauren Danner 
33. Ask The Dust - John Fante
34. Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
35. Grizzly Years - Doug Peacock
36. Confessions of a Barbarian - Edward Abbey 
37. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Dee Brown
38. Sweet Thursday - John Steinbeck 
39. Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert - Terry Tempest Williams
40. Where Water Comes Together With Other Water - Raymond Carver
41. God Is Red: A Native View of Religion - Vine Deloria, Jr.
42. The Mountains of California - John Muir
43. Death Comes For the Archbishop - Willa Cather
44. The Harvest Gypsies: On the Road to the Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck 
45. Once They Moved Like The Wind: Cochise, Geronimo And The Apache Wars -David Roberts
46. The World Rushed In: The California Gold Rush Experience - J.S. Holliday
47. The Log of the Sea of Cortez - John Steinbeck
48. Ceremony- Leslie Marmon Silko
49. The Desert Smells Like Rain- A Naturalist in Papago Indian Country - Gary Paul Nabhan
50. Native Roads: The Complete Motoring Guide to the Navajo and Hopi Nations - Fran Kosik
51. The Devil's Highway - Luis Urrea
52. Los Angeles Stories - Ry Cooder
53. The Journey Home-Some Words In Defense Of The West - Edward Abbey
54. Motel Chronicles - Sam Shepard
55. Slumgullion Stew - Edward Abbey
56. The Man Who Killed The Deer- Frank Waters
57. Abbey's Road - Edward Abbey
58. The Spell Of New Mexico - Tony Hillerman
59. Brown Dog - Jim Harrison 
60. Across the Wide Missouri - Bernard De Voto
61. Black Mesa Poems - Jimmy Santiago Baca
62. Riders Of The Purple Sage - Zane Grey
63. Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West- Cormac McCarthy
64. California: A History - Kevin Starr
65. The Road to Los Angeles- John Fante
66. The Way to Rainy Mountain - N. Scott Momaday
67. Go In Beauty - William Eastlake
68. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest - Craig Childs 
69. The Big Sky - A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
70. Down By The River - Charles Bowden
71. Hondo - Louis L'Amour
72. Wait Until Spring, Bandini - John Fante
73. Cactus Country - Edward Abbey
74. The Sonoran Desert  - Charles Bowden
75. It's Your Misfortune and None of My Own - Robert White 
76. Skinwalkers - Tony Hillerman
77. The General and The Jaguar: Pershing's Hunt For Pancho Villa - Eileen Welsome
78. Border Patrol Nation - Dispatches From the Front Lines of Homeland Security - Todd Miller
79. Plainsong - Kent Haruf
80. Chavez Ravine 1949: A Los Angeles Story - Don Normark
81. Crossing Open Ground - Barry Lopez
82. Laughing Boy: A Navajo Love Story - Oliver La Farge
83. Islands In The Sky: Chiricahua Mountains - Weldon Heald
84. Carver Country-The World of Raymond Carver - Bob Adelman
85. The Southwest Inside And Out - Thomas Wiewandt
86. Norman Clyde: Legendary Mountaineer - Robert C. Pavlik
87. The Emerald Mile - Kevin Fedarko 
88. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Hunter S. Thompson
89. Dreams From Bunker Hill - John Fante
90. Tortilla Flat - John Steinbeck
91. Adventures with Ed - Jack Loeffler
92. Missing in the Minarets - William Alsup
93. Coyotes and Town Dogs: Earth First! and the Environmental Movement - Susan Zakin
94. Brighty of the Grand Canyon- Marguerite Henry
95. McTeague- A Story of San Francisco - Frank Norris
96. Hayduke Lives! - Edward Abbey
97. Rock Springs - Richard Ford
98. Mormon Country - Wallace Stegner
99. Finding Everett Ruess - David Roberts
100. Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast - Edward Abbey
101. In Dubious Battle - John Steinbeck
102. One Sentence Journal: Short Poems and Essays From the World at Large - Chris LaTray 
103. Four Corners: History, Land, and People of the Southwest - Kenneth A, Brown 
104. No Place For A Puritan - Ruth Nolan
105. Cadillac Desert - Marc Reisner
106. The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality - Belden Lane
107. On the Loose - Renny Russell
108. The Ancient Southwest - David W. Stuart
109. Woody Guthrie L.A. 1937-1941 - Darryl Holter
110. Great Plains - Ian Frazier
111. Burro Genius - Victor Villasenor
112. Men to Match My Mountains - Irving Stone
113. The Apache Wars - Paul Andrew Hutton
114. The North American Indian - Edward S. Curtis
115. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher - Tim Egan
116. A Journey into Steinbeck's California - Susan Shillinglaw
117. The Disappearances: A Story of Exploration, Murder and Mystery in the American West- Scott Thybony
118. Road Angels: Searching for Home Down America's Coast of Dreams - Kent Nerburn
119. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven - Sherman Alexie
120. Finding Abbey: The Search for Edward Abbey and His Hidden Desert Grave - Sean Prentiss
121. Fire on the Mountain - Ed Abbey
122. A Distant Trumpet - Paul Horgan
123. Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast - Edward Abbey 
124. Black Sun - Edward Abbey 
125. Indian Wars of 1864 - Eugene Fitch Ware

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Favorite Songs of The West

1. ​Ballad of Easy Rider - The Byrds
2. Out On The Weekend - Neil Young
3. Southside of Heaven - Ryan Bingham
4. Dirty Chateau - Ry Cooder
5. Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) - Woody Guthrie
6. Blue Yodel #1  (T for Texas) - Jimmie Rodgers
7. Golden Feather - Robbie Robertson
8. El Paso - Marty Robbins
9. Swept Away - Jon Dee Graham
10. Hello Sunshine - Bruce Springsteen
11. Billy 7 - Bob Dylan 
12. Skinwalker - Robbie Robertson
13. Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie
14. Route 66 - Nat King Cole
15. Coyotes - Don Edwards
16. Here In California - Kate Wolf
17. Frank's Tavern - Calexico
18. Everett Ruess - Dave Alvin
19. Angel Island - The Brother Brothers
20. The Redtail Hawk - Kate Wolf and the Wildwood Flower
21. Romance in Durango - Bob Dylan 
22. The Ballad of Edward Abbey - Tom Russell
23. Poor Man's Shangri-La - Ry Cooder
24. Streets of Bakersfield - Buck Owens & Dwight Yoakam
25. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
26. The Ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen
27. Manzanita - Dave Alvin
28. Across The Wire - Calexico
29. Boracho Station - Ryan Bingham
30. El Cerrito Place - Charlie Robison
31. Pancho and Lefty - Townes Van Zandt
32. Llano Estacado - Carrie Rodriguez
33. Waiting For a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
34. The Crossing - Alejandro Escovedo 
35. Diamonds On My Windshield - Tom Waits
36. King of California - Dave Alvin
37. Let Me Die In My Footsteps - Bob Dylan
38. Western Stars - Bruce Springsteen 
39. Rio Grande - Dave Alvin
40. Guadalupe - Tom Russell
41. A Horse With No Name - America
42. Everett Ruess - Dana Robinson and Susan Robinson 
43. California Snow - Dave Alvin
44. Ballad For A Friend - Bob Dylan
45. Ventura - Lucinda Williams
46. California - Jay Farrar
47. Quick Sand - Ry Cooder
48. Way Out West - Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives 
49. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
50. Old California Town - Larry Robinson 
51. Bisbee Blue - Calexico
52. Out in California - Dave Alvin
53. Texas Love Song - Slaid Cleaves 
54. Streets of Laredo - Don Edwards
55. John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
56. On the Old Spanish Trail - Tommy Garrett
57. When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings  - Willie Watson & Tim Blake Nelson
58. LA Woman - The Doors
59. 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium - Ry Cooder
60. Desperado - The Cactus Blossoms 
61. Time Spent in Los Angeles - Dawes
62. I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett
63. Arizona - Kings of Leon
64. Topanga Cowgirl - Mudcrutch
65. Border Town Girl - Los Lobos 
66. Ventura Highway - America
67. Men of the Fields - David Baumgarten
68. The Promised Land - Bruce Springsteen
69. Kern River - Merle Haggard
70. Lilly, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts - Bob Dylan 
71. Tonight We Ride - Tom Russell
72. Big Iron - Marty Robbins
73. South of the River - Ray Wylie Hubbard 
74. Arizona - Alejandro Escovedo
75. Home on the Range - Roy Rogers
76. Santa Ana Wind - Tom Russell
77. (Ghost) Riders in the Sky- Johnny Cash
78. Arizona Skies - Los Lobos
79. Red Hills Of Utah- Marty Robbins
80. Sleepy Joe's Cafe - Bruce Springsteen 
81. Flores Y Tamales - Calexico 
    
82. Sand and Stone - Dylan LeBlanc
    
83. Levelland- James McMurtry
    
84. L.A. County - Lyle Lovett
85. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & The Animals
86. Monterey - Eric Burdon
87. 405 - Death Cab For Cutie
88. Tumbling Tumbleweeds- Frankie Laine
89. Viva Las Vegas - Elvis Presley
90. All Along the Watchtower- Bob Dylan
91. San Ber'dino - Frank Zappa
92. Which Way Does That Old Pony Run? - Lyle Lovett
93. Texan Love Song - Elton John
94. Ballad of Ira Hayes - Johnny Cash
    
95. In the Western Wind and the Sunrise - Dave Simonett
    
96. Albuquerque Lullabye - Dan Bern 
    
97. I Love LA - Randy Newman
98. Telluride - Kate Wolf and The Wildwood Flower 
99. LA Freeway - Guy Clark
    
100. Benediction: Edward Abbey - Tom Russell
101. Esperanza - Calexico 
102. Ramon Casiano - Drive-by Truckers
103. Senor - Bob Dylan 
104. Colorado Trail - Roy Rogers
105. Santa Fe - Bob Dylan and The Band
106. 99 Miles From LA - Art Garfunkel
107. The Wild Escalante - Walkin' Jim Stoltz
108. California Stars - Billy Bragg & Wilco
109. High on Tulsa Heat - John Moreland 
110. Willin' - Little Feat
111. Slowness - Calexico
112. House of Earth - Lucinda Williams 
113. Santa Fe - Rent Original Cast
114. Beehive State - Randy Newman
115. Hotel Arizona - Wilco
116. California Girls - Beach Boys
117. Princess of Fresno - Echo Sparks
118. Texas Easy Street - Don Flemons 
119. New Mexico - Johnny Cash
120. Headin' For The Texas Border - Flamin' Groovies
121. Montana - Frank Zappa 
122. Headin' Down The Rio Grande - Jimmy Luttrell
123. Lost on the Desert - Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives 
124. The History of Utah - Camper Van Beethoven
     
125. California (Cast Iron Soul) - Jamestown Revival
     
126. New Mexico - Jack Nitzsche
127. Steinbeck's Ghost - Larry Robinson 
128. Taos - The Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman
     
129. Cumbia de Donde - Calexico 
130. Albuquerque - Neil Young 
131. Sunrise At Four Corners - Eric Tingstad
132. Arches National Park - Michael Zampi
133. Black Mesa - Bill Webb
134. The Free Mexican Air Force - Flaco Jimenez
     
135. Taos, New Mexico - Waylon Jennings
136. Lights Of Santa Fe - Eliza Gilkyson
137. Nevada - Riders In The Sky
138. Albuquerque - Asleep at The Wheel
139. Oklahoma Hills - Woody Guthrie
140. California Dreamin' - Mamas and Papas 
141. Billy the Kid & Geronimo - Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore 
142. California - Mojave
     
143. White Freightliner Blues - Lyle Lovett
     
144. California Sun - The Rivieras
     
145. Goodbye Old Paint - Dom Flemons
146. Whittier Blvd. - Thee Midniters
147. Montana Song - David Ackles 
     
148. Big Sky Country - Chris Whitley
149. Silver City - Alejandro Escovedo 
150. Screw You, We're From Texas - Ray Wylie Hubbard 
     
151. Lobo Town - James McMurtry 
152. Snow in San Anselmo - Van Morrison 
153. The West Side - Carrie Rodriguez
154. Tamale House #1 - Jon Dee Graham
155. Leavin' Texas - Jerry Jeff Walker 
     
156. Hollywood - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
     
157. Desert Song - Dean Owens
158. Born in East L.A. - Cheech and Chong
     
159. California - Joni Mitchell 
160. Voices in the Field - Calexico
     
161. Salinas Valley - David Baumgarten 
     
162. Horizontal - Alejandro Escovedo
163. Borderline - Slaid Cleaves 
164. Big Sky Country - Chris Whitley
165. Belle of the West - Samantha Fish 
166. California - Steph Jenkins
167. Wildflower Perfume - The Dead Tongues 
168. Depreston - Courtney Barnett 
169. Snowin' on Raton - Townes Van Zandt 
170. Texas Flyer - Freddie King 
171. Texas Is My Mother - Alejandro Escovedo 
172. Away Out on a Mountain - Jimmie Rodgers 
173. Texas Top Hand - Don Walser
174. Downey to Lubbock - Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore 
175. Fairest of Them All - Slaid Cleaves 
176. Pelican Bay - Jenny Lewis
     
177. The Ballad of Lonesome Cowboy Bill - Amanda Fish 
178. Route 66 - The Replacements 
179. The Golden Voice of Vin Scully - Dan Bern 
180. Tucson Train - Bruce Springsteen