Outlaws: Songs of Robbers, Rustlers, and Rogues is like having someone sing you a book of stories. “John Hardy,” “Sam Bass,” “Cole Younger” and “Jesse James” are all song titles that remind the listener of hours spent reading and researching Western history. Gardner, author of To Hell on a Fast Horse, a marvelous dual biography of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, is obviously having lots of fun bringing you the not-so-accurate stories of these outlaw legends. (As he points out i

June 2013
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- Mattie Earp Rests in Peace
- The Cowboy Artist’s Mentor
- The Bloody Bozeman
- Doc Hits Bottom (But Not Much Else)
- Gunfighter Graves
- Who was the first man killed by Billy the Kid?
- Who was Tombstone cowboy Frank Patterson?
- What is a “grass widow?”
- Colt’s Cavalry Pistol to the Rescue
- Guarding Custer’s Guidon
- Doc Holliday’s Lost Colorado Years
- Pistol Pete
- The Navajo War of 1913
- This Far-Off Wild Land
- Are there any photos of Curly Bill Brocius?
- The Red Man’s Bones
- During a stampede, did cowboys use guns to control the cattle?
- Pinedale, Wyoming
- A Feel-Good Story
- The Windsor Widow
- Custer’s Dash
- Drinking with the Friars
- June 2013 Events
- Top Five Koblas Reads
- A Lawless Breed
- Outlaws
- “A Killer is What They Needed”
- Rough Drafts 6/13
- Hardin Biopic
- IN THE WORKS
- Heaven’s Gate
- Which Dodge City dance hall star was shot in her sleep at the mayor’s home?