Again, Jon Stoudenmier, one of the West’s most invincible gunfighters, takes the same well-worn trail leading to trouble. In this story, he leaves...
Return of the Gun (Fiction)
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Finding Chief Kamiakin (Nonfiction)
This oversized and extra-illustrated paperback introduces us to a neglected chief, Kamiakin of the Yakimas. Among the illustrations are beautiful...
Custer Into the West (Nonfiction)
The well-researched Custer Into the West focuses on George Armstrong Custer’s summer campaign of 1867, from the 7th Cavalry’s departure at Fort Hays...
Music of the Alamo (Nonfiction)
The authors claim this book contains the only complete list of songs surrounding all aspects of the Alamo. I wouldn’t know, but as I read this...
Standing Up for Liberty Valance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) is the last truly important movie in the career of director John Ford. As Liberty Valance begins, the period...
Preservation: Monument for a Madam
Monument for a Madam Mary Porter held a unique position in Fort Worth, Texas, society in the 1890s. The Irish native operated a famously popular...
Mark Lemon
Don't get me started on respected Alamo artists who pompously sit on their laurels, let their research stagnate and then come unglued after viewing...
Lawton, Oklahoma
Fort Sill is the first place that comes to mind when I think of Lawton, Oklahoma. Especially during the month of May, which is when, in 1871, a...
The Rifleman’s Rifle Returns
Armed only with a Winchester rifle, a lone, lanky figure walks resolutely down a dusty frontier street. Suddenly, with almost machine gun-like...
One-Legged Cowboy
A nod of the head started an explosion at breakneck speed and thundering hooves. Eyes focused straight ahead, beyond the horse’s ears. With dead-on...
Cowboy Bunkhouse
Dee Steed was born in Wyoming’s Star Valley; he knocked around Wyoming with his cowboy father, worked cows himself and spent six years on the rodeo...
Ghost Town King
Todd Underwood remembers standing next to his dad at an Arizona ghost town they’d discovered some 30-odd years ago and getting that marvelous...