“Larry McMurtry bugs the hell out of me. He set out to ‘demystify’ the West and strip it bare—what kind of respect is that? But then he writes...
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Western Wear of 2012
After Buck Brannaman got his deserving tribute in the award-winning Buck feature documentary last year, we all thought that Paul Bond should be next...
True West’s Best Movies, TV Series & DVDs of 2012
We run into John Wayne fans everywhere we go in this great nation of ours, and by New Year’s Day, after the holiday gifts have all been exchanged or...
True West’s Best of the West 2013 Winners
Here are the winners of our "2013 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pick made the list. THE BEST OF THE WEST: MOVIES BEST...
What was the 1862 Dakota War?
What was the 1862 Dakota War?Tom RedmondDelano, Minnesota It was a tragic conflict of cultures, with two different ways of life trying to occupy the...
“That Fiend in Hell”
One would be hard-pressed to find a book on Alaskan outlaw Soapy Smith as well researched as Catherine Holder Spude’s “That Fiend in...
Kid Curry’s Last Gunfight
June 9, 1904 Two days earlier, the westbound San Francisco Express—train no. 5—was robbed near a shipping station in Colorado known as Parachute....
A Rocky Mountain Christmas
William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone combine fantasy with Old West action in A Rocky Mountain Christmas. When a train is derailed by an...
He Rode with Butch and Sundance
Mark T. Smokov’s biography of Wild Bunch member Harvey Logan, He Rode with Butch and Sundance: The Story of Harvey “Kid Curry” Logan, overturns some...
Custer Saved the Nation
More a study of cultures in collision than an attempt to set records straight or expose new findings about George A. Custer, Larry McMurtry’s Custer...
With Golden Visions Bright Before Them
Tapping a veritable wagon train of sources, Will Bagley takes Western enthusiasts along on a trek whereupon they can vicariously suffer daunting...
Remington’s Second Life
Not many collectors know that Frederic Remington was a novelist. Because he earned his living as an artist, he had the luxury of portraying the West...