Looking back is easier than looking down.
My Emery Memory
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Art, Guns and Culture
Headbangers
What happens when three heavyweight historians go at it?
Saving The Alamo
The true history of the Alamo is long and complicated, but preserving it is even harder.
All In The Family
Tombstone finally gets its due and Jeb Rosebrook rides on.
Dead Ringers
For the past 29 years I have utilized some pretty amazing Kid look-alikes.
Right As Ringo
When deepfake meets artistic license.
Western Roundup
For October 2019.
Wild, Wild Truths
Sometimes the truth is wilder than anything you can make up.
Old Model Russian
Although it wasn’t well received in the American West, it laid the foundation for Smith & Wesson’s more successful future revolvers.
Grand Tradition
The Prix de West at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum still rides high.
Dixon Rocks
One of my favorite working vacations was staying at the Maynard Dixon cabin and art studio in Mount Carmel, Utah, in September of 2017. I finished my book on Wild Bill in the rock-sided studio’s great room. You can stay there as well and I highly recommend it. I have also made a few runs at Maynard and his geometric style myself.
— Photo and Artwork by Bob Boze Bell —
Western Art Reached the Top Tier
The works of several Old West artists sold at high premium at the Heritage Auction.