Melody Groves writes about where she lives and what she loves—the West. She is the author of Hoist A Cold One: Historic Bars of the Southwest and,...
Award-winning Author Reflects on Saloon History
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Western Books & Movies
The Real Ned Christie
A victim of the fake news of his time, “outlaw” Ned Christie now has a biographer who separates the known facts of his life from the embellishments...
Legend of Black Bart
Taking his name from a dime Western novel, Charles E. Boles (or Charles Bolton, as he was known) robbed 28 Wells Fargo stagecoaches between 1875 and...
A Classic Western
Lee Martin’s Fury at Cross Creek (self-published, $8) is a fast-paced, Western actioner that is sure to please. Reminiscent of the Hatfields and...
Building Your Western Library: Steve Friesen
Steve Friesen recently retired after 22 years as director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave. He is the author of Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman,...
Theodore Roosevelt, That Damned Cowboy
“Now we’ve got that damned cowboy as President!” Senator Mark Hanna exclaimed referring to Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after President William...
Dusty’s Journey to the Movies
After writing hundreds of Westerns under a pseudonym, Dusty Richards was incredibly proud of the movie adapted from his 150th novel, published under...
The Generals’ West
For 55 years, Robert M. Utley has been informing, entertaining and enlightening readers with his well-researched biographies and histories of the...
Books: Rough Drafts
Springtime is awards season for books, television and film, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum of Oklahoma City recently...
Brides for Indians
Jim Fergus’s sequel to The Vengeance of Mothers: The Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill: A Novel (St. Martin’s Press, $26.99) is based on...
DVD Review: 6 Bullets To Hell
When Billy Rogers (Crispian Belfrage) returns to his sun-blasted ranch to find his wife (Magda Rodriguez) raped and murdered, he vows revenge on...
River Master of the Colorado
Cecil Kuhne tackles one of the West’s great stories in River Master: John Wesley’s Powell’s Legendary Exploration of the Colorado River and Grand...