Weaving together a fascinating series of Western manhunts, author Chris Enss in Principles of Posse Management: Lessons from the Wild West reveals...
Life Lessons from Western Lawmen
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Western Books & Movies
DVD Review: The Hanging Tree
“Sluice robber!” With that bellow, and a well-aimed shot, Frenchy (Karl Malden) and a Montana boomtown mob take after the thief (Ben Piazza). He’s...
An Alamo Allegory
Line of Glory by Thomas D. Clagett (Five Star Publishing, $25.95) tells the story of the Alamo through the unique perspective of lesser-known...
Victorio Rides Again
Chiricahua Apache leader Victorio was so determined to maintain the freedom of his people that he proclaimed that not one hair from a horse’s tail...
Sitting Bull’s Gal
The primary job of the biographical Western Woman Walks Ahead, starring Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes and Sam Rockwell, is to entertain. It...
Western Showdown
The Treasure of Bittercreek is Larry Richardson and Tom Richardson’s third installment in their Montana lawmen C. J. Mason and Thorn Hickum series,...
Cattle Queen of the West
For the past few decades Western historians have worked diligently to uncover, research and write a more comprehensive history of the West—a broader...
Building Your Western Library: Johnny D. Boggs
Seven-time Spur Award-winner Johnny D. Boggs has written volumes about Jesse James and “the boys,” including Northfield (Five Star, 2007), Jesse...
Mystery Sharpshooter
What’s better than a good, old-fashioned murder mystery? An illustrious cowgirl helping to solve a good old-fashioned murder mystery. That’s the...
Rough Drafts
Western art and artists are major topics for publishers each year, and 2018 is a stellar year, as reflected in a selection of my favorites and...
Fencing the West
The open range in this country was doomed in 1873 when three men from DeKalb, Illinois—Jacob Haish, Joseph Glidden and Isaac Ellwood—each filed...
Building Your Western Library: John Langellier
John Langellier moved to Arizona as a child. From then on his fascination with the West, particularly with the U.S. Army in the region, never...