Pierce Burns brings us the true story of his family during the Depression years in West Texas. The family ranch, begun in 1873 by his grandfather,...
A Few Good Horses (Nonfiction)
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Life of a Soldier on the Western Frontier (Nonfiction)
The primary purpose of the Western frontier army was to subdue Indians. The reason it took so long was because the Indians could probably smell...
Arc of the Medicine Line (Nonfiction)
Here is the story of the mapping of the “Medicine Line,” the segment of the U.S.-Canada border across the Great Plains (named so by the Indians...
Inventing the Fiesta City (Nonfiction)
What is the corazón (heart) of San Antonio as reflected in the April citywide festival called Fiesta? Like so much of Southwestern culture, the...
Stricken Field: The Little bighorn Since 1876 (Nonfiction)
This is the first full history of the most famous battleground in the West, the Little Bighorn. After re-sketching the dramatic events of the...
Pat Green’s Dance Halls & Dreamers (Nonfiction)
“If I had every beer that has spilled on that dance floor, I could drink for a lifetime,” Country star Kevin Fowler says of the 1910 Coupland Dance...
The J. Golden Kimball Stories (Fiction)
This is a serious look at a humorous figure of the Mormon church, J. Golden Kimball. His gaunt figure, magpie voice and fiery delivery made him the...
Victorio: Apache Warrior and Chief (Nonfiction)
This famed Apache left historians with little written record with which to study his life. Although Dan Thrapp's biography adequately utilizes...
Walk Proud, Stand Tall (Fiction)
Lin Garrett is 70 years old, down on his luck and living on a "poor farm" in Flagstaff, Arizona. Suffering from arthritis and kidney failure, he...
Rider of Death Valley (Fiction)
Death Valley was ominously named in the days of unmarked, poisonous water holes and resentful tribesmen. When horse hunter Johnny Lightfoot rides...
The Legend of Billy Jenks and Other Wyoming Stories (Fiction)
These seven short stories are masterfully written, in lyrical language, by an author genuinely familiar with Wyoming and its people. Within these...
Landscapes of Colorado (Nonfiction)
The photographic art and paintings in this coffee table tome are amazing. The opening contains 19th-century photographs of the stunning Colorado...