Melody Groves writes about where she lives and what she loves—the West. She is the author of Hoist A Cold One: Historic Bars of the Southwest and, most recently, Black Range Revenge. Here are five books she recommends: 1 The Wicked West: Boozers, Cruisers, Gamblers and More (Sherry Monahan, Rio Nuevo Publishers): Sex, sin and saloons come together in this look at the wild days of the West. Taken through


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