Western Books & Movies Archives

Vision Quest

by Stuart Rosebrook | Jan 4, 2017

As current events in North Dakota and South Dakota swirl around pipelines, historic gravesites, life-giving waters, sacred land, natural resources,...

Best Of The West: Western Books

by Stuart Rosebrook | Dec 9, 2016

When historians review the year 2016 in publishing, will they discover themes in Western history and fiction that reflected the national turmoil and...

Building Your Western Library

by Gary & Margaret Kraisinger | Nov 30, 2016

Gary and Margaret Kraisinger’s years-long passion has been to study and share with others the fascinating history of cattle-driving from Texas to...

Bleached Bones

by Patrick Millikin | Nov 25, 2016

Set in the harsh, beautiful Sand Hills of Nebraska at the dawn of the 20th century, Jonis Agee’s The Bones of Paradise (William Morrow, $25.99) is a...

West Texas Paradise

by Leo W. Banks | Nov 23, 2016

Pecos, Texas, wouldn’t exist if not for the shape of the Pecos River. Near where the town would come to be, the deep, twisting gorge narrowed to...

Legends of the Old West Visit the Big Apple

by Stan "Tex" Banash | Nov 17, 2016

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, many Old West icons were frequent visitors to New York City. Their association with urban life and...

DVD REVIEW: Traveltalks

by Henry C. Parke | Nov 8, 2016

Nothing whisks a person away from his troubles more than a color-drenched visit to the far corners of the nation and the globe. During the Great...

Westworld Reborn

by Henry C. Parke | Nov 3, 2016

When, in 1973, MGM, once the titan of Hollywood studios, found itself on the ropes after a string of flops, a tiny film saved the studio from...

Lighting the Fuse

by Stuart Rosebrook | Nov 3, 2016

On March 17, 1876, U.S. Army Col. Joseph J. Reynolds led six cavalry companies on an early morning attack against a Northern Cheyenne village on the...