What’s interesting about Gilbert Roland’s Cisco of the mid-late 40s is that Roland was far better than the material, which is a decided plus. hese...
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Western Books & Movies
Spanakopita Western
“I’m going to give you a chance—to die!” Thus teases a trailer on YouTube for a Greek Western made by and starring the Drosos brothers, Vasilis and...
Broken Trail Spin-Offs
Broken Trail, the made-for-TV Western starring Thomas Haden Church (shown) and Robert Duvall, made the AMC cabler very happy. Besides pulling in...
Broken Trail Spin-Offs
Broken Trail, the made-for-TV Western starring Thomas Haden Church (shown) and Robert Duvall, made the AMC cabler very happy. Besides pulling in...
Moses Taite’s War
According to Variety, Morgan Freeman, who last saddled up in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Unforgiven, is looking to launch an Eastern/Western that...
Moses Taite’s War
According to Variety, Morgan Freeman, who last saddled up in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Unforgiven, is looking to launch an Eastern/Western that...
An Endless Attraction to Billy
Michael Wallis’s first outlaw biography was on Oklahoma’s social bandit Pretty Boy Floyd, published in 1992. Now he’s written Billy the Kid: The...
An Endless Attraction to Billy
Michael Wallis’s first outlaw biography was on Oklahoma’s social bandit Pretty Boy Floyd, published in 1992. Now he’s written Billy the Kid: The...
From Hondo to Big Ike
Glenshannon’s spread was one of the biggest in Texas—or anywhere.... One of Glenshannon’s cowboys, an amateur geographer, once observed that it...
From Hondo to Big Ike
Glenshannon’s spread was one of the biggest in Texas—or anywhere.... One of Glenshannon’s cowboys, an amateur geographer, once observed that it...
Spreading the Word
This unique analysis of information providers and users during the California Gold Rush is a smart read. Much of what Stillson discusses relate to...
Following the Royal Road
From San Juan Pueblo, in present-day New Mexico, to Mexico City, Mexico, the Royal Road (El Camino Real) ran 1,500 miles through some of the most...