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May 2009

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Maybe because there's not much of it left in San Antonio.

Why Don’t We Remember the Alamo?

Mark Boardman
Oklahoman Pete Haverty stood his own in the rodeo arena and even crossed paths with J.F.K

One-Legged Cowboy

Susan Sorg
Cannon discovered in the San Antonio River could be tied to the historic Alamo battle.

Did David Crockett Die Near These Cannon?

David J. Wolfe

Western Books & Movies

Linda Aksomitis, Couteau Book for Kids, $8.95, Softcover.

Longhorns and Outlaws (Children’s Books)

Cynthia Green
Steven M. Ulmen, Eagle Entertainment, $14.95, Softcover.

Blood on the Prairie (Fiction)

William Garwood
Mike Kearby, Trail's End Books, $14.95, Softcover.

The Last Renegade (Fiction)

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
Elizabeth Fackler, Sunstone Press, $26.95, Softcover.

My Eyes Have a Cold Nose (Fiction)

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
Ian W. Record, University of Oklahoma Press, $39.95, Softcover.

Big Sycamore Stands Alone (Nonfiction)

Linda Wommack
Clyde A. Milner II & Carol A. O'Connor, Oxford University Press, $34.95, Hardcover.

As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart (Nonfiction)

Cynthia Green
Chuck Parsons, University of North Texas Press, $24.95, Hardcover.

The Sutton-Taylor Feud (Nonfiction)

Mark Boardman
Gabrielle Burton, University of Nebraska Press, $26.95, Hardcover.

Searching for Tamsen Donner (Nonfiction)

Richard H. Dillon
R.B. Conroy, CCB Publishing, $20, Softcover.

Return of the Gun (Fiction)

William Garwood
Richard D. Scheuerman and Michael O. Finley, Washington State University Press, $34.95, Softcover.

Finding Chief Kamiakin (Nonfiction)

Richard H. Dillon

Custer Into the West (Nonfiction)

Steve Shaw
William R. Chemerka & Allen J. Wiener, Bright Sky Press, $29.95, Hardcover.

Music of the Alamo (Nonfiction)

Linda Wommack
An exclusive analysis of John Ford’s next-to-last Western by Kevin Costner.

Standing Up for Liberty Valance

Henry Cabot Beck
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Jonah Hex Liftoff!

Henry Cabot Beck
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Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 2

Henry Cabot Beck

More In This Issue

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Who are some of the top bad guys in Westerns?

Marshall Trimble
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Who is the American Indian Massai?

Marshall Trimble
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In a typical Westerns saloon scene, most patrons wear hats. Wouldn’t hats be removed upon entering?

Marshall Trimble
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Why don’t we hear more about the Arizona Rangers?

Marshall Trimble
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Did any Old West outlaw find that crime did pay?

Marshall Trimble

Preservation: Monument for a Madam

Mark Boardman

Mark Lemon

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Remembering a massacre near the “soldier house at Medicine Bluffs.”

Lawton, Oklahoma

Meghan Saar
The Winchester ’92 that flipped like a machine gun!

The Rifleman’s Rifle Returns

Phil Spangenberger
Ranch manager Dee Steed’s adobe-style home at the historic Kay El Bar Guest Ranch.

Cowboy Bunkhouse

Candy Moulton
Todd Underwood has started an underground sensation on the web.

Ghost Town King

Jana Bommersbach
From St. Louis, Missouri, to Spalding, Idaho.

Trailing Narcissa Whitman & Eliza Spalding

Candy Moulton
Plus other “amazing deals” during Western Art Week in Great Falls, Montana.

Rare Russell is Collector’s Bargain

Meghan Saar
You will probably recognize these brand names today.

Old West Foods in the 21st Century

Sherry Monahan
Where Montana kicks up its Western heritage every May.

Miles and Miles of Miles City

Johnny D. Boggs
The cholera epidemic of 1873 struck fear on the frontier.

The Fastest Killer in the Old West

Dr. Jim Kornberg

House Party Shoot-Out

Mark Boardman

Top 10 Western Museums of 2009

Johnny D. Boggs
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Back Trail to the Reel West

Charley Engel
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What can you tell me about China Mary of Tombstone fame?

Marshall Trimble
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Western novels often use the term “drifter,” but did cowboys use it?

Marshall Trimble

Herding Belligerent Bison

Darley Newman