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BALLOTS AND BULLETS: The Bloody County Seat Wars of Kansas
Here’s an exciting glimpse into an overlooked chapter of Kansas history. Interspersed with better-known characters such as Bat Masterson and Bill...
Lone Star Lawman
Robert Utley really has had his work cut out for him in following up on his 19th-century Texas Rangers book with this story of the Rangers of recent...
Amarillo: The Story of a Western Town
Don’t be misled by the cover. While clever, it gives a sort of “wish you were here” feeling. Once inside the book, though, the Texan city of...
Following the Royal Road
From San Juan Pueblo, in present-day New Mexico, to Mexico City, Mexico, the Royal Road (El Camino Real) ran 1,500 miles through some of the most...
Great Train Robberies of the Old West
What a wonderful little gem of a book this is! For those who just want the action-packed, train-robbing stories of the Old West, it’s all here. ...
Great Train Robberies of the Old West
What a wonderful little gem of a book this is! For those who just want the action-packed, train-robbing stories of the Old West, it’s all here. ...
On Location!
Harry Goulding sure didn’t come across as a Hollywood Western hero. But he was. Harry got there by a meandering route, though. In the 1920s, he and...
Trailing the First Indian Person
“Yes, we have Standing Bear, too” Betty Davis tells me when I spy the photograph of the legendary Ponca chief at the Douglas County Historical...
Vengeance Moon
Harried from his Virginia home by a murder he didn’t commit, Mountain Man Matt Slaughter finds a wild Garden of Eden in the Big Horns, a loving...
Texas Showdown
Two novels by seven-time Spur winner Elmer Kelton about his home, west Texas, have been released in one volume. In the first novel, titled Pecos...
Under the Sunset Rim
In this Historical Romance written from the male point of view, Dave Weldon is an honest Montana cowboy temporarily out of work. He thwarts a...