On September 26, 2024, True West’s 2022 True Westerner of the Year and beloved Firearms Editor Phil Spangenberger died suddenly during a heart...
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Stuart Rosebrook
California Dreaming
Two new books about the rise of Los Angeles and Hollywood, plus an overlooked story of slavery in Nebraska, a Western detective novel, the real and...
Ride that Train
Heritage railroads keep the Old West alive across the United States You never forget your first ride on steam-driven historic train. From Alaska to...
Saddle Up with a Western
Old West fiction and nonfiction are the perfect genres to fill your summer reading list. Every season is a good season to read, but summer is when...
Tale of Two Cities
Two new mining town histories, plus a Ford film trilogy history, a biography of Buffalo Bill, Lincoln’s spies and a conman for the ages. The history...
Tucson Book Festival
On Saturday morning, March 9, 2024, the sun rose over Tucson, Arizona, after two days of overcast skies and rain. Fifteen years since the first...
Grit and Grace
Across the past 150 years of Western American history scholarship, dozens of authors have been inspired to research and write about mining in the...
Arizona Adventures
From north to south, east to west, the Grand Canyon State invites travelers to stay awhile and discover its small towns, big cities and historic...
The Wild, Wild West
Combining Old West history with an old-fashioned Western road trip guarantees the making of memories of a lifetime. Everyone remembers their...
The Shadow Catcher
Larry Peterson’s extraordinary new biography of Edward S. Curtis, plus two new classic Westerns, a Pony Express travel adventure and a history of a...
Best of the West: Western Wear
Cowboy Up! Across the Americas, from the fields to parades, Western wear is the uniform of working men and women. In 2024, cowboy hats and boots are...
Best of the West: Western Books
The Wild, Wild West Western writers—and True West’s editors—are fighting hard to keep the genre alive. If you love to read about the...