Petra Vela Kenedy, torn between her native homeland and her new life in Texas, lived through the 1846-48 Mexican-American War. She and her husband...

Petra Vela Kenedy, torn between her native homeland and her new life in Texas, lived through the 1846-48 Mexican-American War. She and her husband...
John Wesley Powell famously rafted the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. In his shadow is the figure of James White, who may have preceded...
Noted Western novelist A.B. Guthrie has said that few ways of life lasted in the Old West. Half-wild Mountain Men gave way to restless gold hunters...
“My Wedding and Some Filthy Stuff,” “Peeing on the Father’s Feet” and “The Chicken That Crowed After Being Roasted” are just some of the titles for...
This yarn is set in the Dakota Territory’s Black Hills in the 1870s. In a matter of a few hours, 18-year-old Birch Rose’s father is killed by...
Bass Tillman, a former gunfighter who talks to himself and rides mules, has found respectability in a small Colorado town. His serenity is shattered...
AGES 6-10: Musing about the triumphs and tragedies of life gone by is a natural part of aging. In this beautifully realized book, author Ann Turner...
“No matter how a man alone ain't got no bloody f****** chance.” —Harry Morgan, To Have and Have Not (1937) No Country for Old Men is really two...
French filmmaker Anne Feinsilber began thinking about Billy the Kid when she read a New York Times article about the controversies surrounding his...
AGES 9-12: Thinking of becoming a woodhawk, mule spinner or iron puddler? Laurie Coulter is masterfully creative in describing the changes taking...
AGES 9-12: In the second of the “Mr. Barrington’s Trunk” series, Melodie Cuate has created an exciting tale about three average students who become...
AGES 9-11: The 1830s was a decade stained by the removal of Indians to reserved land in the West. Seven-year-old Rising Fawn’s peaceful life with...