In the world of movie making, duplication of important props, such as the firearms of principle characters, is a common practice. This is done so...
Winchester ’73 —Take Two
read more
Articles
Hired Out for a Tough Hand
Jane Burnett was not even seven years old as she sat on her pony “huddled over the saddle horn, icicles hanging from the end of my nose,” positioned...
The Weird Weird West
Under the category of weird but true, the Old West offered enough episodes to fill a sensation-mongering newspaper. Make that 100 newspapers. Some...
Mail-Order Brides
One emotion permeated the United States in the second half of the 19th century. It wasn’t greed for gold or lust for land—it was loneliness. The...
Crusaders of the Sagebrush
The promise of nostalgia and biographical information about our heroes, heroines, heavies and sidekicks of the B-Western film era never quite...
Guarding the Overland Trails
This view of the Civil War years on the Western plains has as its focus the 11th Ohio Cavalry, commanded by Col. William O. Collins. Casper,...
Spooky Texas Tales
A state as large as Texas just has to have an abundance of ghosts, goblins and things that bump through the night. In fact, Texas has such a drove...
Pot Luck
This publisher has compiled and nicely packaged five of Bennett Foster’s short stories written in the 1940s. Each story has a stand-alone quality...
Rekindled
This historical romance is set in l868 Colorado Territory. Kathryn and Jason Jennings, a childless couple, live on a financially struggling cattle...
Blood Debt
Reluctantly riding from his Colorado ranch, Chad Wakefield seeks teenager Toby Granger to return him to a dying father. Trailing him to Last Chance,...
Prices Ride Tall in the Saddle
Saddles were so vital to 19th-century cowboy life that punchers often spent at least two months of pay on serviceable rigs, with more ornate saddles...
Collecting the West Roundup 2005
Not every item offered for sale attracts prospective buyers. Sometimes, a notice of sale awakens the sleuth in people. Richard Johnston, a...