What is Western (genre)?
The '''Western''' is a [[genre]] of [[fiction]]. Western [[movie]]s often include [[cowboys]]. The culture shown in westerns came from [[Texas]], because then people living in the [[cattle]] industry began to thrive on the [[plain]]s of Texas. Westerns tell stories that are set mostly in the second half of the 19th century in the [[American Old West]], hence the name. There are also stories about Western-type characters set in other times. These include ''[[Junior Bonner]]'' (set in the 1970s) and ''[[The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada]]'' (set in the 21st century). The genre has been popular since the beginning of the movie industry. One of the very first commercial movies was the 1903 silent western, ''[[The Great Train Robbery]]''. ==Examples== There are Western [[movie]]s, [[television program]]s, [[book]]s, and other things. Here are some examples: * [[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]], a movie *''[[The Searchers]]'', a movie *''[[Gunsmoke (TV series)|Gunsmoke]]'', a television series *''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'', a video game == Related pages == * [[Spaghetti Western]] {{multistub|lit|tv|movie}} [[Category:Western (genre)| ]]