From the previews of Western fiction and nonfiction I am receiving, 2014 promises to be a big year for all of us. Fans of Western books should attend the upcoming Tucson Festival of Books, March 15-16. True West will have a booth right next door to the Western Writers of America and we hope if you attend, you’ll stop by and say hello. We’d love to meet you. Two recent titles I’d recommend you read to kick off your year of reading and Western travels: The University of New Mexico Press h
February 2014
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- February 2014 Events
- Rough Drafts 2/14
- A Courageous Standoff
- Mary Jane Colter
- The Fountain Murders
- Did Custer Die in This Coat?
- On the High Plains Trail of Hall of Fame Western Writers
- Top 10 True Western Towns of 2014
- Who Has Buffalo Bill’s Medal?
- The Dedicated Women Behind the Earp Men
- The Assassination of Pat Garrett
- What clothing was issued to the cavalry troops in the Old West?
- Kelo Henderson
- Ford, Faith and Poetry
- The Celluloid Kid
- The Black West: Real and Imagined
- Love in the West
- American Hero Rediscovered
- Did anyone ever try to rob a riverboat?
- What is the origin of the shot glass?
- What can you tell me about Billy the Kid’s brother?
- What were water troughs made of?
- Were knives more expensive than firearms in the Old West?
- Jay Dusard’s Favorite Reads
- Talking Dutch
- Hamming it Up
- One Killer Burger
- The West’s Most Western Town