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The Godfather: Peter Corris on the decline of the Western

by NRB | 6 Jul 2012 | The Godfather: Peter Corris | 5 comments

We know that video killed the radio star, but what killed the Western genre? Up until the 1960s the Western, in novels, pulp novelettes and short stories, was immensely popular, possibly as popular as crime fiction is today. I never saw my father open a book, but I’m...
             

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