How the West Was Won vs The Pistoleer: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns, Fiction

Cover of How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won Louis L'Amour · 1963 ★★★★☆ 4.1 248 pages · ≈ 4 h 36 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Pistoleer

The Pistoleer James Carlos Blake · 1995 ★★★★☆ 4.1 464 pages · ≈ 8 h 36 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.1 vs 4.1 — either is a safe pick by score.
How the West Was Won is the quicker read — about 4 hours vs 8 for The Pistoleer.

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