Shadow on the Mesa ($15) is a solid Western from Hallmark, starring Kevin Sorbo, Greg Evigan and Barry Corbin. They offer fine support to Wes...
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Montana Divided and United
This is a fine look at an important part of Montana history: how Montana transformed from territory to statehood while profoundly influenced by...
A Ranch Woman’s Life
WILLA-award-winning author Amy Hale Auker has been an essayist, until Winter of Beauty (Pen-L Publishing, $14.97). The story is mainly about Shiney,...
The Real and Imagined West
Art of the American Frontier: From the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (Yale University Press, $45) accompanies a major exhibition of paintings,...
The Bronzed West
The evolution of bronze Western sculptures in the formative years of the medium is the subject of The American West in Bronze, 1850-1925...
An American Tale: Wild Mustangs and the Spirit of a Nation
Deep in the subconscious spirit of the people of the Americas is a love affair with the horse. While the modern horse did not come to the Western...
Universal’s 40th Discs
Two Universal Westerns have been released on blu-ray as “40th Anniversary Editions,” High Plains Drifter ($20) and My Name is Nobody ($25). Although...
February 2014 Events
A Western roundup of events where you can experience the Old West ART SHOW Wigwam Festival of Fine Art Litchfield Park, AZ, February 14-16:...
Rough Drafts 2/14
From the previews of Western fiction and nonfiction I am receiving, 2014 promises to be a big year for all of us. Fans of Western books should...
A Courageous Standoff
In February 15, 1900, as the train slowly steamed to a stop at the Fairbank, Arizona, station, members of the notorious Stiles-Alvord outlaw gang...
Mary Jane Colter
Where the infinite Southwestern horizon divides the world’s deepest chasm from an ever-changing celestial palette, man’s recent arrival is marked by...
The Fountain Murders
February 1, 1896 Albert Jennings Fountain is agitated. It’s cold and windy, and his young son is coming down with a cold. Fountain is anxious to get...