Jeff Guinn’s Glorious: A Novel of the American West is the old story of plucky pioneers defending themselves against a ruthless rancher; but then so was Shane. Guinn’s debut novel isn’t Shane, but it’s authentic and compelling, with vivid characters and a fine circular structure that places luckless Cash McLendon on the opposite side of his tragic past. From the rigors of stagecoach travel to the challenges of life in an Arizona mining camp, the details are riveting, and while the en

July 2014
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- Finding Gold & Gunfights in Helena
- Gems Along the Continental Divide
- A Hunter’s Classic Returns
- The Killing of Bill Tilghman
- Once Upon a Time in the West
- Uncle Wyatt’s Gun?
- Dalton Debacle
- The Gunfighters
- Bill O’Neal
- Was Jack Schaefer’s book Shane based on any real-life Old West characters?
- Were duster coats common outerwear on the frontier?
- True West’s Feb. 2014 issue states that Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp’s father was a common baker. Movies claim he was wealthy. Which is it?
- What is a medicine wheel?
- Was horse theft a capital offense during the Old West era?
- Where is Lincoln County War figure Bob Olinger buried?
- Spicing Up the Frontier
- Saving the Wall Street of the West
- Gold & Gambling
- Outlaw Joel Fowler
- A Million Ways to Laugh in the West
- Crusade for Justice on Minnesota Frontier
- Rough Drafts 7/14
- Carson’s Cannons Win the Day
- Frontier Photographers Reveal Our Past
- La Gente Nuevo of Spanish North America
- Debut Western Rides Hard Across Arizona Territory
- July 2014 Events