Teachers were the female trailblazers of the West, yet they often are overlooked. Thanks to Chris Enss, who once again breaks new ground in the...
Frontier Teachers (Nonfiction)
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Western Books & Movies
From Guns to Gavels (Nonfiction)
Our criminal justice system—and how it evolved on the frontier—is often overlooked in many histories of the West. In this volume, Bill Neal cleverly...
Fugitive Landscapes (Nonfiction)
This is a heavily-annotated Ph.D dissertation transformed into a readable history. The book is really the story of the Arizona-Sonora border....
Equitrekking: Travel Adventures on Horseback (Nonfiction)
A companion to her public television series Equitrekking, Darley Newman’s book takes you to more than a dozen of the world’s best riding...
Zombie Cowboys
Billy the Kid tangled with Dracula, and Jesse James met Frankenstein’s daughter (both in 1966 movies). Zombie cowboy films seem to be the flavor of...
Deadwood: The Complete Series
David Milch’s Western series, a once-in-a-generation event, ran on HBO for three seasons. Like the cable channel’s other prize-winning project, The...
A No-Bull Kind of Guy
John Sturges was not a great filmmaker. At least he’s never been placed up there in the top branches with the certifiably best directors—Ford, Hawks...
Boots, Buckles & Spurs
All cowboys have boots and spurs, but buckles says rodeo, and that’s what this musical collection is about. The set honors 50 years of the National...
The Wild Wild West: The Complete TV Series
The Wild Wild West, a TV series that ran from 1965-69, was a definite curiosity, a strange hybrid of Spy Drama, Science Fiction and traditional...
The Ultimate Westerns Collection
Available only at Costco, this remarkable box set of Westerns is for anyone wanting a fine group of classic pictures at a decent price. Included in...
Excerpts from Escape Artist: The Life and Time of John Sturges
You have to work backward from Yul Brynner, who would ultimately star as Chris, the leader of the gunfighters, to figure out whose brainstorm the...
Hopalong Cassidy
As Tommy Lee Jones mentions, Hopalong Cassidy meant a lot to kids of that generation. William Boyd, who started his career in the Silent Film era,...