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The '''Western''' is a [[genre]] of fiction. 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 Searchers]]'', a movie
*''[[Gunsmoke (TV series)|Gunsmoke]]'', a television series
*''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'', a video game

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