What books on frontier horses would you recommend?
Koen Kop
Berlin, Germany
I highly recommend books by Will James, including Smoky, Lone Cowboy, Horses I’ve Known and Scorpion. Some of his books have been made into movies.
Marshall Trimble is Arizona’s official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. His latest book is Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen; The History Press, 2015. If you have a question, write: Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327

True West January 2019
In This Issue:
Features
- Overkill!
- Best of the West 2019: Western Movies
- The Best of the Texas Rangers in Fiction
- Best of the West 2019: Western Wear
- The Best of the Texas Rangers in Photos
- Best of the West 2019: Firearms
- A Long and Twisted Trail
- Best of the West 2019: Western Books
- The Man Who Redeemed The Hamer Name
- Best of the West 2019: Heritage Travel
- Best of the West 2019: Art and Collectibles
To The Point
Departments
- What History Has Taught Me: John Farkis
- Were any Handwriting Comparisons made Between the Notes and Known Samples of Horn’s Handwriting?
- Overkill!
- Did US Cavalry Soldiers Wear Yellow Kerchiefs, as Depicted in the movies?
- Hit by a Volcano
- What was Drug Use Like in the Old West?
- What Books on Frontier Horses Would You Recommend?
- Reel or Real Frontier Fare
- Western Events for January 2019
- What Can You Tell Me About Living with Consumption in the Old West Era?
- Did the Apache Call Their Great Leader Geronimo or His Original Name, Goyahkla?
- Who Assassinated Pat Garrett?
- Lost and Found in American History
- Was the Notorious Bad Guy Davy Crockett the Grandson of Davy Crockett?
- The Death of the Man Who Killed the Man Who Killed Jesse James