Boone's Lick vs Valley of Wild Horses: Which Should You Read?

Boone's Lick Larry McMurtry · 2000 ★★★★☆ 3.9 287 pages · ≈ 5 h 19 m · Moderate

In the Missouri town of Boone's Lick, a colorful cast of characters stands on the edge of the Western frontier ready to push west to Fort Phil Kearny in Wyoming.

Valley of Wild Horses Zane Grey · 1927 ★★★★☆ 4.1 250 pages · ≈ 4 h 38 m · Challenging

From the moment Panhandle Smith rides into a New Mexico town, he finds it without law, except that offered by the unscrupulous Hardmans through their puppet marshal. But Pan has been looking for the Hardmans so he can…