Western Books & Movies
Our Favorite Reads of 2011

Our Favorite Reads of 2011

  True West editors weigh in on our favorite reads.   BIOGRAPHIES   THE KILLING OF CRAZY HORSEBy Thomas Powers (Knopf/Vintage)The shadowy warrior of...

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MARY DORIA RUSSELL

MARY DORIA RUSSELL

Author of Doc, which Ron Howard will be filming for HBO. On Ron Howard’s HBO Project:Here’s a little Hollywood wisdom I’ve learned: it’s not a movie...

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Luke Perry on Eastwood

Luke Perry on Eastwood

Luke Perry has become a major star in a series of TV Westerns that feature Perry as John Goodnight, a 19th-century circuit judge. The first,...

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Looking Ahead 2012

Looking Ahead 2012

MOVIES & TV The Rifleman may be returning to the small screen with help from CBS and director Chris Columbus. This December, we’ll see how and...

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JOHNNY D. BOGGS

JOHNNY D. BOGGS

Spur and Wrangler award-winning author of 40 books. His novel, Kill the Indian, will be out in June. The Best Western I Saw:Was undoubtedly...

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Unforgiven

Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood deserves all of the accolades he’s received for the movie Unforgiven, including a Best Picture Oscar and Golden Globe, but a brand...

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Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

From the time of his birth in windswept Tilden, Nebraska, on March 11, 1911, L. Ron Hubbard wandered through a West criss-crossed by his parents,...

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REX RIDEOUT

REX RIDEOUT

Making his movie debut as the cowboy fiddler in last year’s Cowboys & Aliens, Rex Rideout is a 19th-century music historian who can often be...

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The Lone Rango

The Lone Rango

One film that touched everyone—from the kiddies to us grizzled veterans—was 2011’s Rango. We enjoyed it more because we understood all the inside...

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