Reading:
The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (aka Gone to Texas) (1972) by Forrest Carter: some easy-to-read, Lost Cause, man-loves-his-pistol adventure. Buy The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales (aka Gone to Texas) here.
Reading:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (1983) by Ron Hansen: a truly remarkable story about how myths of the American West were constructed from the crimes of PTSD-stricken warriors that pays great attention to the value of individual sentences. Buy The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford here.
Watching: