Clint Eastwood is a mystery. He’s been a cowboy, a cop, a National Geographic photojournalist, a clown, a honky-tonk singer, a jazz DJ and a...
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Western Books & Movies
Call of the Canyon
In 1906, novelist Zane Grey visited the Arizona Territory for the first time. The Southwestern landscape fired his imagination; after a few return...
The TopTen Must-Have Books On Arizona History
Your must-have books on Arizona history! 1. Vanished Arizona: Recollections of the Army Life of a New England Woman by Martha Summerhayes Written by...
Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State
The Maynard Dixon cover is not the only reason to love this new Arizona book. Jim Turner’s family moved to Tucson, Arizona, in 1951, to cure his...
Spur-Winning Novelists—Blue Heaven
Buffalo Bill’s stock packer, young Fenton Pardee, sometimes wonders if Cody’s Wild West show’s rough riding, sharpshooting and scally-hooting...
Spur-Winning Novelists—The Richest Hill on Earth
Wheeler excels again, with his 1892 tale of New York editor John Fellowes Hall digging for yarns at a two-fisted gold camp in Butte, Montana. He...
Yuma Gold
In 1904 Ben Ruby walks from the Yuma Territorial Prison after doing eight years on the false testimony of his crooked boss, L.J. Gorum. Ruby carries...
Death Waits at Sundown
Hubbard’s trio has one thing in common—rough and tumble action with a twist, and all are a great read. In Death Waits at Sundown, Texas gunfighter...
Out of Control
In Colorado Territory, 1866, a handsome young rancher discovers a beautiful young woman trapped inside a cave on his property. He rescues her, and,...
1959’s No Name on the Bullet
About 30 years ago, my younger sister Pam had to write an essay on a “hero” for NYU. She chose Bruce Springsteen. I said, “I like Bruce, but he even...
The Bloody Benders
Scare master John Carpenter, who created the Halloween franchise, wants to make a picture about The Bloody Benders, a German family of serial...
Meek’s Cutoff
Director Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff is not an action picture or a conventional Western, any more than The Assassination of Jesse James was a...