Seconding True Grit. I read it for the podcast I co-host <https://bookclub4m.libsyn.com/episode-029-westerns> a few years ago and really enjoyed it. > Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:43:17 -0600 > From: d-lien University of Minnesota <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Westerns > > For me, hands down the best western I've ever read is TRUE GRIT by > Charles Portis, and it has an incredibly strong (especially because so > young) female protagonist. And I wouldn't call it "too violent," > though of course there are some violentish bits. > > Dennis Lien // (retired from) U of Minnesota Libraries // [log in to unmask] > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 5:10 PM Charlene Peterson > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > What's the best Western of all time? I'm looking for a Western > to read for class and would like the story to have a strong female > protagonist. Also, I don't want anything too violent. > > Thanks, > > Charlene > > > > ######################################################################## > > > -- Email: [log in to unmask] Twitter: @MidniteLibrary <https://twitter.com/midnitelibrary> Website: thematthewmurray.weebly.com Pronouns: He/They MLIS 2015, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies (SLAIS), UBC Listen to Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast <http://bookclub4m.libsyn.com/>! *I'm reading *Semiosis* by Sue Burke*. *What are you reading? ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: https://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=FICTION_L