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Juni Fisher

by Juni Fisher | Nov 2, 2011

The problem with Country Music is it is now run by, and the awards are voted on by, people who spend all their time texting messages like “OMG! That...

Who is the Indian who appeared on a TV talk show, claiming to have been at the Little Big Horn as a child?

by | Oct 14, 2011

Who is the Indian who appeared on a TV talk show, claiming to have been at the Little Big Horn as a child? Steve Wegner Scottsdale, Arizona I think...

Where is Morgan Earp’s wife, Louisa, buried?

by | Oct 14, 2011

Where is Morgan Earp’s wife, Louisa, buried? John “Arizona” Crawley Salem, Oregon After the 1882 assassination of Morgan, Louisa lived in southern...

True West Book of the Month

by Henry Cabot Beck | Oct 5, 2011

Jesse James and the Movies (McFarland & Company, $38 from Store.TWMag.com) The legend of Jesse James defines the history of the Western. How...

The Assassination of Governor Boggs

by William Garwood | Oct 4, 2011

Based on true events, Rod Miller’s The Assassination of Governor Boggs (Bonneville Books, $14.95) shares a rainy May evening in 1842, when a...

The Doctor’s Lady

by Phyllis Morreale-de la Garza | Oct 4, 2011

Jody Hedlund’s Christian Romance The Doctor’s Lady (Bethany House, $14.99) is loosely based on the missionary couple Marcus and Narcissa Whitman who...

Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten

by Richard H. Dillon | Oct 4, 2011

In his interesting biography on Ira Aten, Bob Alexander meticulously re-creates the career of the Texas Ranger from his enlistment in the Frontier...

Violent Encounters

by John Melvin | Oct 4, 2011

Deborah and Jon Lawrence obviously invested massive amounts of time and effort into their latest work, Violent Encounters. For this book, the...

Quantrill at Lawrence: The Untold Story

by Linda Wommack | Oct 4, 2011

As with most controversial episodes in American history, two sides exist for this story. Paul R. Petersen takes the reader to the summer of 1863 and...