Steel-eyed, sober, often grim and frequently dangerous, Ed Harris has carved a niche for himself portraying characters who can be flawed or misdirected. Whether he’s playing an earnest astronaut (John Glenn in The Right Stuff) or a scarred gangster (A History of Violence), his parts are rarely less than formidable. It’s no surprise that Harris is drawn to Westerns. He’s narrated documentaries on Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch and on director Budd Boetticher. What is surprising is that pri

October 2008
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
- Captain Ransom, Texas Ranger
- Nebraska’s Cowboy Trail
- The Overland Journey
- Early Texas Schools
- The Chouteaus: First Family of the Fur Trade
- Painting the Wild Frontier: The Art and Adventures of George Catlin (Children’s Book)
- A Promise To Believe In
- The Pirooters
- Return of the Spirit Rider
- The Story of Benjamin Tyler Henry and His Famed Repeating Rifle
- At Sword’s Point
- The Next Classic Buddy Film
More In This Issue
- Chimney Wells Roundup
- Stutterin’ Across Jimmy Stewart Country
- What’s in the Bag?
- Top Artist on the Taos Society Totem
- Birth of a Breed
- Preservation: Cash for the Nellie Cashman
- Kingsville, Texas
- Buckeye Blake
- Surviving Geronimo’s Raiders
- The Perfect Pair
- America’s Favorite Bone Detective
- Wyatt & Witches & Pixies, Oh My!
- Brothers of Blood
- Following Jack Slade’s Stagecoach Trail
- The Taming of the Artist
- Sioux on the Beach