Fans of Western publishing enjoyed a banner year in books in 2014. In 2015, I am convinced that fans of the Old West will find their bookshelves...
Rough Drafts 4/15
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Stuart Rosebrook
Jefferson Davis: Across Five Aprils
With the sesquicentennial of the Civil War quietly coming to a conclusion in 2015, a reconsideration of the Confederate presidency of Jefferson...
17 Places to Hang Your Hat in the West
The grandeur and awe-inspiring beauty of the rugged, wide-open spaces of the American West have lured millions to travel to enjoy the history and...
Juan Bautista de Anza: Sonora’s Son of the Empire
Thirty years before the American Colonies’ Declaration of Independence, Juan Bautista de Anza II was born at the Spanish Empire’s presidio outpost,...
Rough Drafts 3/15
This year True West marks the conclusion of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War—the beginning of the post-war West, and the 125th memorial of the...
Rough Drafts 2/15
Winter is a wonderful time to plan a trip to the West—and take along a reading list to match: Dream West If Western art inspires you, Montana’s...
On the Edge of the West with Max McCoy
A Kansas native, the WWA Spur award-winning novelist Max McCoy was raised on the edge of the American prairie between Baxter Springs, Kansas, and...
The Gold Rush That Changed the World
Before gold was discovered in January 1848 at Sutter’s Mill on the South Fork of the American River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas east of...
True West’s Best of the West 2015 Winners
Congratulations to our 2015 Best of the West winners! Along with this year’s pictorial voyage celebrating the American Indian, we bring you the...
True West’s Best Western Books of 2014
The year 2014 will be remembered as an annum of historical reflection as historians grappled with the relevance of 19th-century history for a...
Rough Drafts 12/14
A flurry of top-notch beautiful Western art and photography books published this fall are perfect for the gift-giving holiday season. I recommend...
1776: A Continental Revolution
As the American colonists made their Declaration of Independence from the British monarchy on July 4, 1776, a chain reaction of political events...