Western Books Archives

Man of War and Peace

by Stuart Rosebrook | Feb 2, 2018

A century and a half ago, Civil War hero General Ulysses S. Grant was fated to become the Republican nominee for president of the United States....

A Ghost for the Ages

by Abraham Hoffman | Jan 22, 2018

If the old adage that one picture is worth a thousand words is true, then Nicolas Clapp’s Bodie: Good Times & Bad with photography by Will...

An Empirical Tejano

by Dr Salomé Hernandez | Jan 15, 2018

Despite his negative reputation as an inhumane military leader of Texas and Mexico’s northern provinces, the infamous Don Joaquin Arredondo...

Modernization of Mexico’s Army

by John Langellier | Jan 8, 2018

Stephen B. Neufeld’s The Blood Contingent: The Military and the Making of Modern Mexico, 1876-1911 (University of New Mexico Press, $29.95)...

Hot Off the Press–True West Ultimate Historic Travel Guide Available Now

by True West | Jan 3, 2018

Calling all True West fanatics! For 65 years, True West Magazine has inspired travelers to take the road less traveled and explore the historic...

The Wild West of Canvas and Nitrate

by Stuart Rosebrook | Jan 1, 2018

Once Upon a Time…the Western: A New Frontier in Art and Film, edited by Mary-Dailey Desmarais and Thomas Brent Smith (5 Continents Editions, $45),...

Lakota West

by Lucia St. Clair Robson | Nov 30, 2017

Native is the first book in Mike J. Sparrow’s projected “Manifest Destiny” series portraying the westward migration across the Great Plains. In 1864...

Montana Frontier Chinese Culture

by Harlan Hague | Nov 28, 2017

The Coming Man from Canton: Chinese Experience in Montana, 1862-1943, by Christopher W. Merritt (University of Nebraska Press, $65) is a...

Texas Desperado

by Jim Wilson | Nov 22, 2017

Graham Barnett (1890-1931) was a Texas lawman, a gunfighter, a drunk and a dangerous man. His story is entwined in the Mexican Revolution along the...