This summer’s Disney mega-production in no way resembles the show with Clayton Moore. Those being introduced to the Masked Man through the new film...
The Lone Ranger: Collector’s Edition
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Did Jesse James carry six to eight handguns at all times?
Did Jesse James carry six to eight handguns at all times? Joe “Doc” Amason Corcoran, California That is a bit of a stretch—although, during the...
Cole Younger’s Conversion
On a hot August night under a big-top tent, in the year 1913, an old man kissed his niece on the cheek, hauled himself slowly from his chair and...
Texas Jack Rides Again
Peter Brand’s Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Posse Rider: The Story of Texas Jack Vermillion is a model of clarity and concision. John Oberland Vermillion,...
Was Wyatt Earp a Horse Thief?
Wyatt Earp’s 1871 arrest for horse theft in the Indian Territory, which first came to light in Ed Bartholomew’s book, Wyatt Earp, 1848 to 1880: The...
Lone Star Empire
This should be the seat of future empire!” Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar proclaimed in 1838. Straddling the Sunbelt,...
The Saloon Keeper
The cowboys and Indians did not catch five-year-old Roger Kislingbury’s attention in 1949, the year his dad bought an RCA television that allowed...
Calling All Quigley Fans
Tom Selleck and Simon Wincer fans will want to show up for the screening of 1990’s Quigley Down Under at the Autry in Los Angeles, California, on...
Billy the Kid’s New Mexico
After the young man most people know as Billy the Kid was shot dead—in his stocking feet and not knowing who killed him—dozens of dime novels and...
Custer’s Little Bighorn Battlefield
These works helped inform my own Little Big Home tome, and they are essential reading for anyone who wants to know more before visiting the Little...
Quanah Parker’s Comanche Country
The five essential reads I recommend to anyone visiting Comanche Country are: The Great Plains by Walter Prescott Webb (University of Nebraska...
Tombstone’s O.K. Corral
Five essential reads, alongside my work, that I recommend folks read before they visit Tombstone are: Tombstone, A.T.: A History of Early Mining,...