Western Books & Movies
Stars in My Crown

Stars in My Crown

The 1950 movie Stars in My Crown stars Joel McCrea as a Civil War vet, Josiah Gray, who arrives in a Tenneesee town as the new pastor. The story is...

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Ambush

Ambush

Robert Taylor’s second Western after Billy the Kid, 1950’s Ambush, is an underrated cavalry picture. Hard boiled characters were everywhere in that...

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Home on the Rango

Home on the Rango

Since the movie Rango opened nationally in March, the critics have struggled to get a fix on it. They can’t seem to make up their minds whether...

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True Grit

True Grit

Fans of the original version of True Grit may be divided in their opinions about the remake, but we all have the Coen brothers to thank for...

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Guidebooks to Tombstone

Guidebooks to Tombstone

When reviewing travel guide books, Samuel Johnson’s quote often comes to mind: “Every writer of travels should consider that...he undertakes either...

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Sweetgrass Mornings

Sweetgrass Mornings

The backcountry smells fatalistic in Sweetgrass Mornings, the memoirs—sprinkled with some tall tales—of Slim Randles, a veteran outdoorsman who has...

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Law of the Gun

Law of the Gun

The gunfighter is one of the most famous archetypes in Western literature, and his killing eyes and vengeful heart have been humanized by the...

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