| This is a list of the works of fiction which have won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel: 1953 - Novel: "Lawman" by Wayne D. Overholser using the pseudonym Lee Leighton 1954 - Novel: "The Violent Land" by Wayne D. Overholser 1955 - Novel: "Somewhere They Die" by L.P. Holmes 1956 - Novel: "High Gun" by Leslie Ernenwein 1957 - Novel: "Buffalo Wagons" by Elmer Kelton 1958 - Novel: "Short Cut to Red River" by Noel Loomis 1959 - Novel: "Long Run" by Nelson C. Nye 1960 - Novel: "The Nameless Breed by Will C. Brown 1961 - Novel: "The Honyocker by Giles A. Lutz 1962 - Novel: "Commanche Captives" by Fred Grove 1963 - Novel: "Follow the Free Wind" by Leigh Brackett 1964 - Novel: "The Trail to Ogallala by Benjamin Capps 1965 - Novel: "Sam Chance" by Benjamin Capps 1966 - Novel: "My Brother John" by Herbert R. Purdum 1967 - Novel: "The Valdez Horses" by Lee Hoffman 1968 - Novel: "Down the Long Hills" by Louis L'Amour 1969 - Novel: "Tragg's Choice" by Clifton Adams 1970 - Novel: "The Last Days of Wolf Garnett" by Clifton Adams 1971 - Novel: "The Day the Cowboys Quit" by Elmer Kelton 1972 - Novel: "A Killing in Kiowa" by Lewis B. Patten 1973 - Novel: "The Time It Never Rained" by Elmer Kelton |
Check all the winners of Spur Award for Best Western Novel presented under Spur Award since 1985 .
Johnny D. BoggsHonored for : Camp Ford |
Loren D. EstlemanHonored for : The undertaker's wife |
Rick SteberHonored for : Buy the Chief a Cadillac |
Sandra DallasHonored for : The Chili Queen |
Elmer KeltonHonored for : The way of the coyote |
Mike BlakelyHonored for : Summer of Pearls |
Richard S. WheelerHonored for : Masterson |
Loren D. EstlemanHonored for : Journey of the dead |
Cynthia HaseloffHonored for : The Kiowa verdict |
Will CampHonored for : Blood of Texas |
Robert J. ConleyHonored for : The dark island |
Thomas EidsonHonored for : St. Agnes' Stand |
Charles HackenberryHonored for : Friends |
Robert J. ConleyHonored for : Nickajack |
Richard MathesonHonored for : Journal of the Gun Years |
Gary SveeHonored for : Sanctuary |
Richard WheelerHonored for : Fool's coach |
Judy AlterHonored for : Mattie |
Tony HillermanHonored for : Skinwalkers |
Ralph BeerHonored for : The blind corral |
Larry McMurtryHonored for : Lonesome Dove |
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