Sure, Midland, Texas, has been practically synonymous with oil in recent years, but we must not forget that even the Permian Basin was cattle...
Cowboys Who Rode Proudly
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Bits & Spurs: Motifs, Techniques and Modern Makers
The Martins have long been the authority on bit and spur makers of the Old West, whom they’ve discussed in earlier books, and they continue the...
The Lewis & Clark Trail: Yesterday and Today
With the flood of Lewis and Clark tomes in the past year, it is quite refreshing to read William Hill’s latest book. As with his previous books,...
Words West: Voices of Young Pioneers
Between 1841-66, nearly 500,000 pioneers went west. Forty thousand of them were children, and one in five women gave birth on the trail. Rarely,...
The Protestant Clergy in the Great Plains and Mountain West, 1865-1915
According to Szasz, religious clergy were as common in the American West as cowboys and miners. He does a good job of proving it with literate...
On a Silver Desert
Winner of a Spur Award from Western Writers of America, this first-ever biography of Ernest Haycox is by his son and namesake. Haycox was probably...
In His Blood
Before you dismiss Thomas Eidson as some Easterner who doesn’t know a whit about the Old West, think again. Sure, Eidson is executive vice president...
Right Brain Overload
Cotton Smith is a right-brain guy. He paints. He draws. He develops creative ad and marketing campaigns. He has written poetry, plays, short...
He Speaks the Language
Larry Jay Martin did a lot of living before settling down and getting serious about his writing career. “I’ve been plane wrecked, car wrecked, boat...
He Speaks the Language
Larry Jay Martin did a lot of living before settling down and getting serious about his writing career. “I’ve been plane wrecked, car wrecked, boat...
Celebrating Pioneer Women
Ida May and Edith Eudora Ammon homesteaded in North Dakota in the 1880s, expecting their venture to be a lark. They intended proving up, getting...
Following the Hawks
For years, novelist Win Blevins honed his storytelling skills by creating characters and events in Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park for his youngest son...