When I was a kid, the Old West was 50 years in the rearview, and today my youth is 50 years in the rearview—and—to be honest, more like 60! Yikes! So, what does this mean in terms of subject matter in True West? When we bought the magazine 24 years ago it was generally believed the topics in this magazine ranged from post-Civil War to the Oklahoma Land Rush, or thereabouts. For me personally it was the coming of the automobile that signaled the end of the West. As a kid I hated Westerns wi

True West November 2023