Cochise biographer Edwin R Sweeney fell in love with the West like a lot of us: through television and a good school library. Raised in and near...
Edwin R. Sweeney’s Passion for the West Revealed
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Stuart Rosebrook
Rough Drafts 7/14
During the recent Arizona History Convention in Prescott, Arizona, a group of us were treated to keynote speaker Paul Andrew Hutton (who is on...
Crusade for Justice on Minnesota Frontier
In August 1862, President Abraham Lincoln’s Army of the Potomac was being fought to a standstill by Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia...
Treasures of the Old West
When the Spanish explored the West, they discovered numerous ruins clinging to cliff sides and mountain tops. Today, many of these ancient Puebloan...
Rough Drafts 6/14
For the second year, True West staff presence at the Tucson Festival of Books was a great success. Headquartered at the Arizona Inn, Executive...
Territorial Greed: Sins and Sinners of the Santa Fe Ring Revealed
Corruption, fraud, intimidation, murder and assassination, all weapons of power and greed the politicians of the Santa Fe Ring used during their...
16 Historical Destinations That Will Make You Weep
The American West, imagined and celebrated worldwide in art and literature, film and television, is equally a land of grace and grief. Since...
Gamblers, Gunfighters & Saloon Girls
For over half a century, author Larry McMurtry has brought the West alive to readers through his lean, lyrical prose. His personal experiences...
Rough Drafts 5/14
The sound and the fury: Quentin Tarantino threw a fit and filed suit when his script The Hateful Eight was leaked on the Internet. Too bad. He is...
Rough Drafts 4/14
In True West’s annual “Best of the West” January 2014 issue, I highlighted the best authors and books of 2013. A new category I’d like to introduce...
On the Trail of History
In the last decade, with the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery exploration of the West in 2004-2006, and the current...
On the California Trail: Salt Lake City to Sacramento
The California Trail conjures up images of emigrants and gold seekers, mountain men and Mormons, as well as the hopefulness of new lands that...