Richards, who writes well for a professor, retells the rather familiar story of the California Gold Rush’s aftermath, but he tells it from an...
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
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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...
Sunset Trail
In the first of this “Western Duo,” Sunset Trail has U.S. Agent Bruce Shane striving to thwart an illegal shipment of rifles meant to carve out a...
What pistol did Wild Bill Hickok favor?
What pistol did Wild Bill Hickok favor? David Edelen Millbrook, Alabama Hickok’s weapon of choice was the 1851 .36 caliber Navy Colt, although he...
What can you tell me about hat cords in the frontier military?
What can you tell me about hat cords in the frontier military? Richard T. Hernandez Fontana, California Hat cords were yellow for cavalry, red for...
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?
If John Wayne was granted deferment from military service during WWII because he had a large family, wouldn’t this make him a draft dodger?...
What can you tell me about Cimarron, New Mexico?
What can you tell me about Cimarron, New Mexico? Max Gross Venice, Florida Cimarron, on the Old Santa Fe Trail, had its beginnings in 1841 when the...
ATM Update: Hunnewell, KS
ATM Update: Hunnewell, KS A reader asked me to share more about the wild town of Hunnewell, Kansas, in the Jan/Feb 2006 issue. I told her about an...
Give Me Mountains For My Horses
Love horses? Love taking them up into the mountains and backcountry, and to the tall timber with the elk and silent wilderness? This is the book for...
Spreading the Word
This unique analysis of information providers and users during the California Gold Rush is a smart read. Much of what Stillson discusses relate to...