Here are the 28 best “western” and cowboy movies of all time. But we’re expanding to include some modern attempts (however uneven) as well as genre-twists and foreign influences on this Americana of American genres.

Don’t worry, there’s plenty of John Ford and Sergio Leone and the spaghetti western-so don’t go gettin’ your chaps all in a bunch. Instead, we’re gonna mix things up a bit and try and sample some variety. Thus our current selection.Īnd yeah, yeah, yeah, we could go down the list of Clint Eastwood’s (or John Wayne's) filmography, and after Pale Rider, and Hang ’Em High, and Higher Plains Drifter, hell, just about half this list will have Eastwood’s mug on it. Still, the western / cowboy film remains a genre close to the American’s heart and always in our adventure-loving imagination. Plus, the genre’s most famous director grew up in Rome. And how the ground on which Clint Eastwood and others shot was by the Mediterranean, not beneath the American blood meridian.

Like how many of the genre’s ancestors were wielding samurai swords, not colt revolvers. The lone no-named figure venturing forth into the wild, into the frontier, into the lawless unknown regions of a country still unearthing its identity. You can visit Jon online at 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.The western-and by extension, cowboy-may be the only cinematic genre that, on first glance, feels uniquely American. During his two-year role as Ambassador, he acted as a spokesperson for children’s literature, speaking to groups of parents, teachers, and children to encourage the importance of reading.

In 2008, Jon was named the country’s first National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, a joint effort of the Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council. In addition to his work as an author, Jon also runs a web-based literacy program called “Guys Read” that is designed to encourage boys, particularly reluctant readers, to get involved with books.

He is the author of many books for children including the New York Times Best Illustrated Book The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (illustrated by Lane Smith), the Caldecott Honor book The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (illustrated by Lane Smith), and Math Curse (illustrated by Lane Smith). He taught elementary school in New York for ten years in a variety of positions. Skip to main navigation Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to search Skip to content Hours & Location Help Help, opens a new window. Jon went to school at Culver Military Academy in Indiana where he was a Lieutenant Albion College in Michigan where he studied to be a doctor and Columbia University in New York, where he received an M.F.A. Cowboy & Octopus (Book) : Scieszka, Jon : Although Cowboy and Octopus have different opinions about beans and knock-knock jokes, their friendship endures. Multiple award-winning author Jon Scieszka grew up in Flint, Michigan, the second oldest and the nicest of six boys.

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