Well, four from 2012, plus a timeless classic. Anytime Shane shows up on a list, the rest of the bunch has to be top-notch storytelling. 1. Wildfire (Ralph Cotton; Signet): Cotton is one of the best in the business. I’ve read most of his Westerns, and he can really sling the words. 2. Hard Country (Michael McGarrity; Dutton): I love those big Western sagas that span a generation or two. This one moves from Texas to New Mexico and goes from 1875 through WWI. Hard Country shows what life wa

December 2012
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Kid Curry’s Last Gunfight
- Remington’s Second Life
- Hanging Your Hat in Colorado’s Historic Hotels
- 10 for 10: Grapevine, Texas
- Tom Van Dyke
- Gold Rush Genealogy
- December 2012 Events
- Hometown Visionaries
- Did the last hanging in the Old West take place in Santa Rosa, California?
- Did women in the West buy their foodstuffs in bulk?
- Do you agree with Maurice Kildare, who claimed the men hanged for the Bisbee Massacre were not the culprits?
- What camera equipment did Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly use?
- What kind of beans did cowboys cook on the trail?
- A Dickens Christmas
- Let’s Rodeo
- Fine Fruitcakes
- The Dalton Death Rifle?
- Remembering D.L. Birchfield
- The Geronimo Trap