Book Reviews
The View Ahead

The View Ahead

In the last quarter of the year, publishers are busily touting end-of-the year books and next year’s early releases. From advance copies I have received, I believe fans of Western history and fiction will be busy for the next few months buying and reading a bounty of offerings from publishers, small and large.

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Rough Drafts

Rough Drafts

I have been interested in Western American history for as long as I can remember. My first introduction to the Old West started on tour of the ghost...

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A Violent Borderland

A Violent Borderland

In A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861–1877, Michael L. Collins tells the story of the turmoil and...

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I, the Lawman

I, the Lawman

Using characters created by Mickey Spillane, Max Allan Collins pays tribute to the mythic West and casts an informed eye on the end of an era in The...

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