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November 2006

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Features

gamblers

Liquor, Cards and Guns

Robert G. McCubbin
custer-battlefield

The Return of Crazy Horse

Alden Big Man Jr.
commadore-perry-owens

Long Hair in the Old West

Bob Boze Bell
dirt-on-spur-winners

The “Dirt” on Spur Winners

Candy Moulton
fortapache_wayne

Help Us Save Old Cowtown and Old Trail Town!

Bob Boze Bell

Western Books & Movies

did_she_strike_down_custer_rosemary-joe-agonito_book

Did She Strike Down Custer?

Candy Moulton
hey diddle diddle theresa-howell_rock-n-rolling-wild animals

Hey Diddle Diddle (Fiction)

Cynthia Green
book-reviews_leroy_the_cowboy_webb_ranch-life_cowboying

Leroy The Cowboy (Fiction)

Phil Spangenberger
little-cow-in-valle-grande_skillman-kim-hunter_bilingual-story

The Little Cow in Valle Grande (Fiction)

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
book_reviews_wishful_watoosi_low_self_esteem_horse_looking-different

Wishful Watoosi (Fiction)

Tess Scherkenback
book_reviews_gunfighta_at_ok_corral__historical-novels_luke_jenny_tombstone

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (Fiction)

Stephanie Harris
much-ado_about_grunstake_mining_jean_ferris

Much Ado About Grubstake (Fiction)

William Garwood
into-the-west_children-book_james-m-mcpherson_picture-book

Into The West (Nonfiction)

Alexandra Goodspeed
book_reviews_buckamoo-girls_ellen-e-kelley_tom-curry_buckaroos_buffalo_gals_wont_you_come_out_tonight

Buckamoo Girls (Fiction)

Cynthia Green
book-reviews_a_brave_boy_and_good_soldier_1842_expedition_mier_mexico

A Brave Boy & A Good Soldier (Nonfiction)

Douglas Tze
book_reviews_one_christams_in_old_tascosa_dust_bowl_texas

One Christmas In Old Tascosa (Nonfiction)

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
book-reviews_remember_little_bighorn_custer_paul-r-walker

Remember Little Bighorn (Nonfiction)

Chuck Lewis
book_reviews_honky_tonk_heroes_and_hillbilly_angles_country_music

Honky-Tonk Heroes & Hillbilly Angels (Nonfiction)

Chuck Lewis
book_reviews_small_white_scar_ka_nuzum_childrens

A Small White Scar (Fiction)

William Garwood
/old-west-in-the-old-world

Old West in the Old World

Michael K. Saar
young-duke

THE YOUNG DUKE

Cynthia Green

Blood and Thunder

Richard H. Dillon
white-man

WHITE MAN’S PAPER TRAIL

Linda Wommack
nathaniel-hale

The Life & Times of Nathaniel Hale Pryor

Richard H. Dillon
raiders

THE RAIDERS: SONS OF TEXAS

Bill Garwood
rodeo-summer

Rodeo Summer

Phyllis de la Garza
trouble-hunter

TROUBLE HUNTER

Bill Garwood
tease-a-texan

To Tease A Texan

Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza
saddling-up-anyway

Saddling Up Anyway

Meghan Saar
/jay-cookes

JAY COOKE’S GAMBLE

Chuck Lewis
nov06-serious-about-west

SERIESous about the West?

TW Editors
lauraine-snelling

Romeo Romances Left to Pasture

C. Clarke
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Ranch Romances

Mark Boardman
the-great-k-and-a-train

Books to Film

Tim Lasiuta
brisco-county-boxart

The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr.

Henry Cabot Beck
james-stewart

James Stewart: The Signature Collection

Henry Cabot Beck
will-rogers-box-art

Will Rogers Collection

Henry Cabot Beck

More In This Issue

The first book on the Old West that I owned was Lea McCarty’s The Gunfighters; how accurate is it?

Marshall Trimble
pinery-station-ruins

All the World’s a Stage on the Overland Trail

Johnny D. Boggs
statue

Guthrie, Oklahoma

TW Editors
2

Getting Down to Brass Tacks

Phil Spangenberger
fort-sam-houston-san-antonio

Fort Courage Isn’t Here

Johnny D. Boggs
sand_canyon

Preservation: Publisher Preserves AZ History

TW Editors
terpning_searchforthereneg

Terpning Breaks Million-dollar Mark

Meghan Saar
pg147

Harvey Girls

Jana Bommersbach
campfire-sunset

Bear Valley Records

Meghan Saar

In Westerns, I’ve heard fighters say, “Pick off the chief with the headdress on, and the rest will go away.” Did this really happen in the West?

Marshall Trimble

What can you tell me about the Tombstone Tigers baseball team?

Marshall Trimble

In his writings, John W. Gilchriese cited entries from a diary he owned that was allegedly kept by Virgil Earp. Does it exist?

Marshall Trimble

What did cowboys do for a living when they were too old for cowboyin’?

Marshall Trimble

Who is Glendolene Myrtle Kimmell? She defends Tom Horn’s actions in a 1904 letter to the governor of Wyoming.

Marshall Trimble
dodge-city-gang

In the Black

Jane C. Bischoff
Charley-storms

Fort Worth Firefight

Bob Boze Bell