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The Encyclopedia of Westerns (The Facts on File Film Reference Library)

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This is an excellent book for anyone who loves the Old West in Movies genre. I am going through it with a fine tooth comb and loving every entry I pass through. The movies are well entered and easy to read offering everything I want to know about the movie. Also, I'm finding quotes from the westerns which is something I really enjoy.

I could not recommend this book any better. I'm an author of Old West non-fiction and so I enjoy it as the Old West lives again in the movies for me. It's worth the money.

Herb Fagen's The Encyclopedia of Westerns is a great reference book for Western movies. It includes entries for over 3,500 Westerns, with most getting a plot synopsis and some comments from the author on the quality or significance of that particular film. Fagen's comments are interesting and sometimes insightful, and the information provided is fairly comprehensive.

The Encyclopedia of Westerns is well written and is a "must have" for fans of the Western genre.

Fans of the Western movie who want a reference to the film medium will look no further than Herb Fagen's Encyclopedia Of Westerns, an extensive guide offering over 3,000 entries with details on production, cast, crew lists, release dates of films and critical analysis. Encyclopedia Of Westerns offers an exceptionally comprehensive coverage, and is not to be missed.

For the casual to the serious western movie fan this is THE reference. Much in the way of storylines, cast and credits. Of great value when deciding which western DVD release to add to your collection. And at the rate they are turning out new westerns today, this reference is unfortunately going to be current for a long time. Well worth the price.

I got this book for my dad for Christmas, not knowing what it was like or anything. It is pretty much formatted like an encyclopedia would be, hence the name. As far as quality of the book, it is similar to the average school textbook...nice hard cover and about the size of the average math, history, etc. book. It has some pictures in it, all black and white, and the western movies are listed in alphabetical order through the book. Very good reference if you are just wanting to know what a movie is about, who is in it, the director, year, what company produced it, etc. It runs fairly recent up to Young Guns and possibly some other recent movies. My dad is an avid western collector, so now he has something to reference them by.

This book is a walk down memory land for those of us who grew up on western movies. I gave it as a gift to a friend who is truly addicted to westerns. Now if someone would only write a book on the movie horses the stars rode, we'd all be fascinated.

For a change, a group of enthusiastic reviews of classic westerns, by someone who actually enjoyed them. Refreshing and enjoyable, not to mention informative.