Despite the somewhat misleading title (for example, the Apache Wars ended in the 1880s), this is an excellent study of the relations between whites...
The Last Indian War (Nonfiction)
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Dark Spaces: Montana’s Historic Penitentiary at Deer Lodge (Nonfiction)
Established in 1870, the penitentiary at Deer Lodge, Montana Territory’s first federal facility, was indeed dark, controversial and legendary. The...
Full-Court Quest (Nonfiction)
An absolutely stunning photo appears on page 357. It is a 1908 photo of graduate Emma Sansavor, a player for the 1904 world champion basketball team...
Wallace Stegner and the American West (Nonfiction)
Fradkin is the perfect fit to study Stegner’s career in the West, as he himself is also a polished writer, historian and environmentalist. Stegner...
Word Gets Around (Fiction)
In this contemporary Romance, Lauren Eldridge returns to Texas to help her father train a horse for an upcoming Hollywood movie. This is Lauren’s...
Buried Lies (Fiction)
This Western within a Western begins with vacationing Gus Ivy’s haircut in an Arizona barber shop. A reader of sagebrush yarns, he spots The Cavity...
Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Children’s Book)
Ages 5-7: This story is a simple account of the many accomplishments of Sam Houston (1793-1863). From a rural childhood in Tennessee, he went on to...
Western Writers Pick Top 100 Westerns
Last year, a line was drawn in the sane when, as part of their annual summer convention, the Western Writers of America (WWA) decided that they...
Longhorns and Outlaws (Children’s Books)
Ages 9-14: Lucas and Gil Vogel lose everything when the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 sweeps away their parents, their Texas homestead and life as...
Blood on the Prairie (Fiction)
Toby Ryker, chief scout of the Sixth Minnesota, is a red-headed, half white-half Chippewa man. Living life to the brim, he would rather ride the...
The Last Renegade (Fiction)
In 1877 Texas, Comanche teenager Young-Man-Listens is captured by a white posse and sold to a traveling circus. After two years of humiliating...
My Eyes Have a Cold Nose (Fiction)
Sensitive and intuitive, this book features an unusual theme. Blind since birth, Elizabeth “Gigi” Garrett is a retired concert pianist who lives in...