Western Books & Movies Archives

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...

What Killed Off The High Chaparral?

by Henry C. Parke | Jan 9, 2018

A half century ago, a new Western arrived on NBC, and four seasons later, it was gone, leaving a legacy of just under 100 episodes—less than a...

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...

Building Your Western Library with Tom Van Dyke

by Tom Van Dyke | Nov 23, 2017

Tom Van Dyke, born in Detroit, Michigan, received an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Filled with creative expression, his sculptures, paintings...

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...