NONFICTION THE LAST CAMEL CHARGE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA’S DESERT MILITARY EXPERIMENTBy Forrest Bryant Johnson (Berkley) This fascinating book weaves together numerous threads that tell the story not only of the U.S. Army’s camel experiment, but also of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the western migration and other turbulent events of the 1850s. BLACKFOOT REDEMPTION: A BLOOD INDIAN’S STORY OF MURDER, CONFINEMENT, AND IMPERFECT JUSTICEBy William E. Farr (University of Oklahoma Pres

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- Our Favorite Western Reads of 2012
- Was Wyatt Earp the model for the Peace Officer statue?
- What can you tell me about the badges of the Arizona Rangers?
- Did any Old West lawmen also work as preachers?
- Burns’s Biographer
- Lee Anderson
- Tapped Out!
- True West’s Best Art & Collectibles of 2012
- The First 60 Years of True West Magazine
- Trailing Billy
- Heritage Travel of 2012
- Firearms of 2012
- Our Favorite Western Music of 2012
- True Westerner of 2013
- Western Wear of 2012
- True West’s Best Movies, TV Series & DVDs of 2012
- True West’s Best of the West 2013 Winners
- What was the 1862 Dakota War?