Taking a Look at Why You Should Read About the Old West

What's so special about the Old West that anyone should want to read stories about it? To begin with, it's a period of time in our history when our 132-S-732.2 ancestors founded our country. Most of the stories take place during the 1880s and 1890s and tell how these brave people helped tame and shape the character of the American Frontier. Their stirring epic of the creation of a new nation from a wild open frontier to a civilized country is a tale that appears to be never-ending. It is a romance and a dream of many conflicts, nameless terrors, and loneliness whose retelling is ever new and exciting.
The men and women of the Old West were different races from different origins with different beliefs. They were both good and bad, some filled with love, others filled with hate. Most suffered one way or another from the harsh realities of settling in a new country and trying to survive in a wilderness with burning heat, freezing cold, hunger, starvation, murder, and robbery.
The stories of the lives of these frontiersmen and frontierswomen include telling about some of the most cold-hearted killers to ever straddle a horse or prowl through the pages of frontier history; legendary and forgotten heroes and outlaws, lawlessness, and the "good guys" who helped avert tragedy.
Here are five reasons why you should read Old West Historical Fiction.
The setting is historic, telling about our history and the foundation of our country. You can learn as you read, without the boredom of trying to remember historic dates and 3100places.
The stories often offer something for everyone since they may contain any or all of the following: action, murder, mystery, crime-solving, gold, treasure, love, hate, lawlessness, justice, intrigue, and more. Whatever your interest, you can find it in historical fiction reading.
It is healthy and relaxing to settle back in an easy chair or in bed and read a good historical fiction book. Reading helps to take away the cares and worries of the day, and promotes well-being.
One historical fiction story often leads to another and another, which in turn could lead you to developing a real interest in the Old West, and might lead to a hobby of collecting memorabilia from the old days.
Learning about the Old West might inspire you to plan your vacations to include one or more of the places you read about in the historical fiction stories and novels. You can visit cities, Old West Museums, parks with historic markers, cemeteries with old graves, each with a story to tell. All of these things can give you a relaxing, fun vacation, and if you have kids or grandkids, these types of trips can be more than fun - they can help the kids become more knowledgeable about our country, their ancestors, and how they worked to create the great country we now live in.

Historical fiction helps to keep events alive so they won't become a part of lost or stagnant history. It is a combination of fact and fiction that tells about events, mannerisms, living conditions, and behavior as it occurred during that era, and at times, it adds points 3101of view to actual historic details to bring interest and excitement to the story.