My best Western combo for this winter: Glendon Swarthout’s The Homesman, a novel re-released on Valentine’s Day by Simon & Schuster and an...

Ann Kirschner’s Favorite Reads
Ann Kirschner, university dean of Macaulay Honors College of the City University of New York, is a strong and determined historian who finds...

Shadow on the Mesa
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...

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...