Buffalo Bill’s stock packer, young Fenton Pardee, sometimes wonders if Cody’s Wild West show’s rough riding, sharpshooting and scally-hooting...
Spur-Winning Novelists—Blue Heaven
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Spur-Winning Novelists—The Richest Hill on Earth
Wheeler excels again, with his 1892 tale of New York editor John Fellowes Hall digging for yarns at a two-fisted gold camp in Butte, Montana. He...
Yuma Gold
In 1904 Ben Ruby walks from the Yuma Territorial Prison after doing eight years on the false testimony of his crooked boss, L.J. Gorum. Ruby carries...
Ellensburg, Washington
Come winter, you’ll find Ellensburg locals at the elk feeding station, where elk come up close to the Yakima River Canyon scenic route. When autumn...
Death Waits at Sundown
Hubbard’s trio has one thing in common—rough and tumble action with a twist, and all are a great read. In Death Waits at Sundown, Texas gunfighter...
Out of Control
In Colorado Territory, 1866, a handsome young rancher discovers a beautiful young woman trapped inside a cave on his property. He rescues her, and,...
1959’s No Name on the Bullet
About 30 years ago, my younger sister Pam had to write an essay on a “hero” for NYU. She chose Bruce Springsteen. I said, “I like Bruce, but he even...
The Bloody Benders
Scare master John Carpenter, who created the Halloween franchise, wants to make a picture about The Bloody Benders, a German family of serial...
Meek’s Cutoff
Director Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff is not an action picture or a conventional Western, any more than The Assassination of Jesse James was a...
Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938
The National Film Preservation Foundation has dedicated an entire three-DVD collection to the American West and the Western. For hardcore fans, this...
The Lonely Road
Kraft walks the reader over the dusty trails with Wynkoop to the point that the reader gets to know Wynkoop’s most intimate activities as he...
Learning Their Trade…In Stir
Arnold Darby is in a great mood the day I arrive in Huntsville, Texas, to talk about his custom bootmaking business...with good reason. After...