Some revisionist researchers say the Sutton-Taylor war—which claimed some 80 lives between 1868 and the early 1890s—wasn’t a feud but an outlaw gang (the Taylors) fighting the law (the Sutton faction). Texas historian Chuck Parsons strongly rebuts that argument in his new book. His detailed account and analysis show what happens when different groups a

May 2009
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
- Longhorns and Outlaws (Children’s Books)
- Blood on the Prairie (Fiction)
- The Last Renegade (Fiction)
- My Eyes Have a Cold Nose (Fiction)
- Big Sycamore Stands Alone (Nonfiction)
- As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart (Nonfiction)
- The Sutton-Taylor Feud (Nonfiction)
- Searching for Tamsen Donner (Nonfiction)
- Return of the Gun (Fiction)
- Finding Chief Kamiakin (Nonfiction)
- Custer Into the West (Nonfiction)
- Music of the Alamo (Nonfiction)
- Standing Up for Liberty Valance
- Jonah Hex Liftoff!
- Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 2
More In This Issue
- Who are some of the top bad guys in Westerns?
- Who is the American Indian Massai?
- In a typical Westerns saloon scene, most patrons wear hats. Wouldn’t hats be removed upon entering?
- Why don’t we hear more about the Arizona Rangers?
- Did any Old West outlaw find that crime did pay?
- Preservation: Monument for a Madam
- Mark Lemon
- Lawton, Oklahoma
- The Rifleman’s Rifle Returns
- Cowboy Bunkhouse
- Ghost Town King
- Trailing Narcissa Whitman & Eliza Spalding
- Rare Russell is Collector’s Bargain
- Old West Foods in the 21st Century
- Miles and Miles of Miles City
- The Fastest Killer in the Old West
- House Party Shoot-Out
- Top 10 Western Museums of 2009
- Back Trail to the Reel West
- What can you tell me about China Mary of Tombstone fame?
- Western novels often use the term “drifter,” but did cowboys use it?
- Herding Belligerent Bison