A flurry of top-notch beautiful Western art and photography books published this fall are perfect for the gift-giving holiday season. I recommend these for that special person in your life (maybe you) who loves the West: A Legacy in Arms: American Firearm Manufacture, Design, and Artistry, 1800–1900 (The Western Legacies Series) by Richard C. Rattenbury and Ed Muno, photographer (University of Oklahoma Press, $59.95). American Ballads: The Photographs of Marty Stuart (A Frist Center for the

December 2014
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- A Dangerous Eggnog
- William S. Hart Sr.
- Pawnee Power
- The Marvels of Marlin’s Model ’89
- The Toughest Man West of the Pecos
- The Great McGinty
- Branded But Unbroken
- Fires Can’t Blacken Colorado Springs
- Criminal Intentions
- Ragtown to Riches
- December Events 2014
- The Little Big Man Hoax?
- Jim Rodgers
- What can you tell me about Virgil Earp’s time in Colton, California?
- What is Taos Lightning?
- Did cowboys actually use saddlebags?
- What was the preferred mode of Old West travel—stagecoach or train?
- Was abolitionist John Brown a good guy or bad guy?
- Dirt Floor Paradise
- 1776: A Continental Revolution
- Was Bat Masterson as handy with his fists as he was with a gun?
- A Horror Maestro Goes West
- Drum Beat
- Paul Cool: History Sleuth on the Trail of the Truth
- Rough Drafts 12/14
- Grand Adventures of an Early American Explorer
- A Tale of Vengeance and Redemption
- Pueblo Rights in the Land of Enchantment
- Living and Dying as Outlaw Brothers