The complete title of Paul Green’s book is Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics,...
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Articles
Darn Good Westerns, Vol. II
This year’s truth-in-advertising award ought to be given to VCI for its DVD series of “Darn Good Westerns.” You’ll find no shouting and no lurid...
The Wild Bunch: Forty Years Later
In November, the 40th anniversary of 1969’s The Wild Bunch was celebrated in grand fashion at the Million Dollar Theater in downtown Los Angeles....
Trumpeting Elephants & Kicking Asses
On August 27, 1871, an arcing ax handle landed solidly on John Lemon’s head, plummeting him to the ground. The Doña Ana County politician and...
Old West Locales
Nevada: Through the engaging narrative Lost in Austin: A Nevada Memoir (University of Nevada Press, $21.95), the reader is transported to Nevada’s...
True West’s Best of the West 2010 Winners
Here are the winners of our "2010 Best of the West." Sit back and see if your pick made the list. Best Hotel in the West Menger Hotel San...
In Their Own Words
Although derided by some egghead professors as “Cowboys and Indians, 101,” the Western Americana field of history is, actually, remarkably rich and...
To Hell on a Fast Horse
Billing his book as a dual biography of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, Mark Gardner bails into the oft-told tale (there are more than a thousand...
Did cowboys on the trail prefer to smoke cigarettes, pipes or cigars?
Did cowboys on the trail prefer to smoke cigarettes, pipes or cigars? Chris Tramel Liberty, Tennessee Cigarettes. The real demand for tobacco came...
What is the Bascom Affair?
What is the Bascom Affair? David Salge Queen Creek, Arizona The Bascom Affair is a great example of arrogance, miscalculation and underestimating...
An old man who died in San Diego in 1948 claimed on his deathbed to be gunman “Buckskin” Frank Leslie.
An old man who died in San Diego in 1948 claimed on his deathbed to be gunman “Buckskin” Frank Leslie. Was he telling the truth? Tom Dancik...
Why did Gene Autry wear a double buscadero rig with only one holster?
Why did Gene Autry wear a double buscadero rig with only one holster? P. J. Williams Worcestershire, England Jim Dunham, director of special...