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March 2009

60+ Years of True West Magazine

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Features

¡Ay Chihuahua! How this strategic U.S. town launched the Mexican Revolution.

Pancho Villa and the El Paso Connection

Leon C. Metz

Western Books & Movies

Taylor Hackford reveals how Boetticher battled the bulls in a rough-and-tumble movie world.

The Man Behind the Cape

Henry Cabot Beck
 Ernie Bulow, Illustrated by Ernest Franklin, Sidewinder Publishing, $14.95, Hardcover.

Uncle Ernie’s Guide to Old Time Rodeo (Nonfiction)

Linda Wommack
 Barbara Knight, Illustrated by Dale Burgess, Mustang Books, $14.95, Hardcover.

The Lost Boy: With Penny the Mustang Pony (Children’s Book)

Cynthia Green
 Kim Vogel Sawyer, Bethany House, $13.99, Softcover.

A Promise For Spring (Fiction)

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
 Zane Grey, Forge, $19.95, Hardcover.

Zane Grey Western Legends (Fiction)

William Garwood
 Kevin Emmet Foley, Pronghorn Press, $21.95, Hardcover.

Where Law Ends (Fiction)

William Garwood
 Mackey Hedges, Booksurge, $20, Hardcover.

Last Buckaroo (Fiction)

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
 Edited by Daniel Tyler with Betty Henshaw, University of New Mexico Press, $34.95, Hardcover.

Love In an Envelope (Nonfiction)

Cynthia Green
 Amos J. Cummings, Edited by Jerald T. Milanich, University Press of Colorado, $26.95, Hardcover.

A Remarkable Curiosity (Nonfiction)

Linda Wommack
 Dan Rottenberg, Westholme Publishing, $29.95, Hardcover.

Death of a Gunfighter (Nonfiction)

Richard H. Dillon
Jimmy L. Bryan, Jr., Texas A&M University Press, $35, Hardcover.

More Zeal Than Discretion: The Westward Adventures of Walter P. Lane (Nonfiction)

Steve Shaw
 Richard C. Rattenbury, Boone and Crockett Club, $49.95, Hardcover.

Hunting the American West (Nonfiction)

Phil Spangenberger
 Michael L. Collins, University of Oklahoma Press, $26,95, Hardcover.

Texas Devils: Rangers & Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1846-1861 (Nonfiction)

Richard H. Dillon

More In This Issue

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Was the Louis L’Amour short story, “The Gift of Cochise,” ever made into a movie?

Marshall Trimble
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Who is Touch The Clouds?

Marshall Trimble
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In Fort Apache, Col. Thursday is about to move the troops out when he warns Capt. York that he doesn?t want to see any “outside galloping.” What was he referring to?

Marshall Trimble
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When did gambling become illegal out West?

Marshall Trimble
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Who is H.F. Sills, the mystery witness in the O.K. Corral trial?

Marshall Trimble
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What does the phrase, “Who-Hit-John” mean?

Marshall Trimble
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I enjoyed your Sept. 2008 issue on saloons. Was the beer served cold?

Marshall Trimble
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What is known about Jim Clements, the cousin of John Wesley Hardin?

Marshall Trimble

I Gotta Cook Where?

Sherry Monahan
Fun events that commemorate 21 famous Old West folks.

What’s in a Name

TW Editors
The heritage trains that could, and did, prevail.

Phantom Rides Still Rollin’

TW Editors
Artist Ed Mell’s cabin retreat near Prescott, Arizona.

Finding Inspiration in the Clouds

Candy Moulton
Eco-friendly trail riding techniques.

Ride Green

Darley Newman

Florence, Arizona

Meghan Saar
The finest collection of Colt firearms hits the block at Rock Island.

The Firearms Legacy of Will Hoffeld

Phil Spangenberger

Frank Weller

Frank Weller
On the trapper trail from Wyoming’s Fort Laramie to La Junta, Colorado.

Following Thomas “Broken Hand” Fitzpatrick

Candy Moulton

Preservation: Canada Can-Do

Mark Boardman
Shirley Willard dedicated her career to make sure no one forgets it.

Potawatomi Trail of Death

Jana Bommersbach
Just don’t eat them (save your taste buds for the Buffalo Stew).

Collecting “Bois de Vache”

Sherry Monahan
Snake oil and other miracle cures.

Hope In a Bottle

Dr. Jim Kornberg
Presidential sale tops off with top hats.

Rough Riders & Presidents

Meghan Saar
 Why Rio Bravo beats High Noon.

50th Anniversary of Rio Bravo

Johnny D. Boggs