We’re approaching the end of a landmark year in Western book publishing, and the beginning of another. With so many great projects out there for us to scout for you, True West is dedicating more pages and more energy to our Western Books coverage than ever in our history. With Empire of the Summer Moon, S.C. Gwynne’s paean to the Comanches, bound for the movies, we’ve learned that Paul Andrew Hutton has signed a six-figure deal to tell the equally powerful story of the Apaches. We’ve

December 2012
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Kid Curry’s Last Gunfight
- Remington’s Second Life
- Hanging Your Hat in Colorado’s Historic Hotels
- 10 for 10: Grapevine, Texas
- Tom Van Dyke
- Gold Rush Genealogy
- December 2012 Events
- Hometown Visionaries
- Did the last hanging in the Old West take place in Santa Rosa, California?
- Did women in the West buy their foodstuffs in bulk?
- Do you agree with Maurice Kildare, who claimed the men hanged for the Bisbee Massacre were not the culprits?
- What camera equipment did Tombstone photographer C.S. Fly use?
- What kind of beans did cowboys cook on the trail?
- A Dickens Christmas
- Let’s Rodeo
- Fine Fruitcakes
- The Dalton Death Rifle?
- Remembering D.L. Birchfield
- The Geronimo Trap