In Thomas D. Claggett’s latest novel, West of Penance (Five Star, $16.80), Parisian gambler Clement Grantaire is accused of cheating. After killing his accuser in a duel, he learns the man is the son of an important government official. On the run, Grantaire joins the French Foreign Legion. His unit is sent to Mexico during the 1860s French invasion. There he fights valiantly a

August 2017
In This Issue:
Features
Western Books & Movies
- The Practical and Spiritual Mores of the High Plains Peoples
- Buffalo Bill in the Movies
- Building Your Western Library with Andrew McBride
- Iron Ladies of the American Railroad
- A Western Tale of Intrigue
- Val Kilmer at Doc Holli-Days
- A Hell-Bent Ride on a Snortin’ Prince of a Mule
- Beeves, Barons, and Barbed Wire
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Departments
- What Type of Poker was Popular in the Old West?
- Canyons, Chasms and Cataracts
- What Did Photographers Use Before Flash Powder was Invented?
- Civil War on the Western Frontier
- Was Cochise County Sheriff John Behan a Crook?
- The Lawful Breed
- Dressed To Kill
- What History Has Taught Me: Cheryl Rogers Barnett
- Armchair Gun Show
- Queen of the Kansas Cowtowns
- Saved by YouTube
- Red Hot for the Crowd
- What Rifles Did the U.S. Cavalry Carry During the Frontier Era?
- Hunka, Hunka Burnin’ Iron
- The Last Man Standing
- What Was The Most Common Gunbelt Carried Out West?