Western historians and novelists are the trailblazers who inspire our curiosity and passion for America’s legendary lands and people Why do...
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Stuart Rosebrook
Building your Western Library
Arizona Author and Museum Director’s Five Favorite Biographies of Arizona Women Stuart Rosebrook, executive director of Sharlot Hall Museum in...
2025 WWA Spur Awards
Best Biography: The Sugar King of California: The Life of Claus Spreckels by Sandra E. Bonura (University of Nebraska Press) Best Contemporary...
Heroes and Heroines of the West
New biographies by James B. Mills and Chris Enss, plus a rollicking volume of Western short stories, a history of Fort Worth, and insightful bios of...
Western Books
From the Lone Star West to San Juan Hill Three new books on Texas, Davy Crockett and the Spanish-American War, plus a classic Western anthology on...
The War Before the War
They brought sin with them “He who is without sin can cast the first stone…” John 8:7 As the sun rose across the United States on...
Three for the Road
The Bird Cage, the Butterfield and the Bunch The Gilded Theater In Old West history there are few cities as infamous as Tombstone, Arizona,...
Top 10 True Western Towns of 2025
The Heartbeat of America The small towns of the American West are where you will discover the people and places dedicated to preserving our Western...
Best of the West 2025: Heritage Travel
The American West in All Its Glory Our annual favorites list celebrates destinations across the Western United States. Along blue highways to...
Best of the West 2025: Western Books
Then and Now The state of Western history and fiction publishing in 2024 is one of grit and determination. In 2013, I received a call from my friend...
Best of the West 2025: True Westerner Jay Dusard
Our 2025 True Westerner: Jay Dusard Go West! True West’s editors’ favorites reflect the many wonderful facets that create the real and imagined West...
Walk Where They Walked
How do you get hooked on history at a young age—or at any age, for that matter? I’d say one of the best ways is to get out of the library and...