The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) is the last truly important movie in the career of director John Ford. As Liberty Valance begins, the period...
Standing Up for Liberty Valance
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Western Books & Movies
Jonah Hex Liftoff!
It looks as though the big screen Jonah Hex movie is finally getting off the ground with Josh Brolin playing Hex and John Malkovich as his...
Rawhide: Season Three, Vol. 2
Rawhide, which premiered in 1959, had several virtues that Gunsmoke lacked. More than anything else, Gunsmoke was about family and the need for...
The Adventures of a Wagon Train
Robert Fuller was the perfect TV cowboy. He loved to ride, loved acting, he had the looks and, as the child of professional dancers, he had the...
Cowboys in Combat
Most movie cowboys were not real cowboys. The idea of people such as Dean Martin or John Candy playing rough, tough cowboy heroes borders on the...
Sacajawea (Children’s Book)
Ages 12 and Up: Abenaki author Joseph Bruchac has written more than 100 books for adults and children about Indian experience. This time he honors...
No Need For A Gunfighter (Fiction)
When Barjack, the gunfighter with one name, drifts into gang-ridden Asininity as the appointed marshal, he pistol whips the Snake Martin bunch into...
Arizona War (Fiction)
This award-winning page-turner finds brothers Trace and James Colton a few months after their captivity and vicious torturing by Apache leader...
Dreams Beneath Your Feet (Fiction)
This is the sixth and last book in the “Mountain Man” series featuring a white man named Sam and his half-breed pal Hannibal who trap beaver in the...
Hurd’s Crossing (Fiction)
These double-barreled stories use one of the great perennial tales—man hunting man. In “Hidden Valley,” young rancher Arch Sullivan takes several...
Blacks in East Texas History (Nonfiction)
This scholarly, heavily annotated book reminds us that the Old South met the Old West in Texas during the 19th century. The wetter portions of...
Rabbit Creek Country (Nonfiction)
Walking in the northern Colorado foothills, the author discovered an abandoned ranch. Intrigued, he unearthed the social history of the area as well...