We have long needed this detailed account of the heyday of the old Texas cattle hamlet. Tascosa grew from a handful of placitas founded by New...
Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times
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Western Books & Movies
Sometimes The Blues
Susan Clardy discovered her great grandfather’s carefully preserved letters and diaries in a trunk in her parents’ attic. Frank Hammon was an...
Cowboy Life: The Letters of George Philip
Philip was a lawyer and U.S. attorney whose letters to his children comprise reminiscences of his interesting early years (1897-1903) as a cowboy in...
Braver than John Wayne?
Who was Gene Autry? It’s a fair question. In his time, Gene Autry was many things to many people, but it’s fair to say that Autry was a man who, by...
The Outlaw
Film historians like to talk about the great lost movies, films that were mutilated or mishandled. They talk about changing scripts, reshot endings...
The Decoy
Martin (Kevin Market), a mute blacksmith living in a small Arizona town, is framed for the murder of a retiring banker and his wife, who were his...
Vote Longmire for Sheriff
The Old Cheyenne were with me, and I could feel their strength as I continued along the trail, my heavy boots forming the snow as I went. The drums...
Vote Longmire for Sheriff
The Old Cheyenne were with me, and I could feel their strength as I continued along the trail, my heavy boots forming the snow as I went. The drums...
The Rise of the Centennial State: Colorado Territory, 1861-76
This volume on early Colorado history is concise, yet it offers nothing new, and the writing is very dry. I did enjoy the thumbnail sketches of the...
Alex Swan and the Swan Companies
Oh, where to start? I found this book boring and tedious, probably akin to reading the stock market report. In the 1870s, Alexander Swan ultimately...
Passion and Principle
Authors have written excellent books on John C. Fremont (Allan Nevins, Ferol Egan) and even one (Pamela Herr) on his wife. Because of their devotion...
Raven Springs
When a Mexican compadre sets out for a Wyoming sheep camp yet never arrives, Jimmy Clevis agrees to find his friend. During his travels, he meets...