The rodeo, from a Spanish word meaning “gather together,” began with arguments between cowpokes about who was best at what. In the 20th century, it...
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Western Books & Movies
Tìo Cowboy
Juan Salinas (1901-95) was the first notable professional hispanic rodeo participant and eventual inductee into the Rodeo Hall of Fame. His story is...
Storytelling in Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park is a natural wonder and rich in history. While this book touches on the history, the focus is on those who first saw the...
Hunt Down
Based on the true story of Harry Tracy, an 1890s con artist, petty thief, rustler and jailbird, the tale begins during Tracy’s impoverished...
On the Wrong Track
In this second book in the Holmes on the Range series, brothers Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer pin on railroad detective badges and swear to...
A People at War
This is not, exactly, a history of the homefront during the Civil War. Its subtitle, “Civilians and Soldiers in America’s Civil War,” includes the...
The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War
The Civil War was traumatic to most Americans, but it was a double whammy to the Cherokees. Already badly split into warring factions over...
A Ranger War & Billy the Kid
-"That avaricious Americanized way of thinking measured individual achievement in terms of acquisition. Rapaciously conquering and dominating the...
A Girl is a Gun
Like most French film directors associated with the Nouvelle Vague, or New Wave, Luc Moullet adored the American “primitives,” directors like Sam...
Seraphim Falls
While Seraphim Falls has all the trappings of a traditional Western, at heart, it’s a metaphoric chase picture, more Les Miserables than Last Train...
Rio Bravo Still Sings
Some Westerns grow in stature, like The Searchers (1956), while others stay comfortably familiar, like The Magnificent Seven (1960). Some films...
Rio Bravo Still Sings
Some Westerns grow in stature, like The Searchers (1956), while others stay comfortably familiar, like The Magnificent Seven (1960). Some films...