Max Evans’s final novel The King of Taos, a literary Western, and new biographies of outlaws Cherokee Bill and Willis Newton.
Last Ride Across Hi-Lo
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Western Books & Movies
The Horizon West
Western book publishing is experiencing a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic.
Duels, Dice And The Sporting Life
Peter Brand’s long-awaited biography of Johnny Tyler, a new Pleasant Valley Western, biographies of a Texas Ranger and Calamity Jane
and the latest interpretation of Tombstone.
It Made ’Em Cry
The family classic Old Yeller is poignantly and lovingly recalled by its youngest cast members.
First Peoples, Original View
A groundbreaking book on Indian photographers, plus a biography of a heroic horse, a novel of the Alamo, a forgotten U.S. marshal and the power of Western theater.
Failure is Impossible
Chris Enss’s take on woman suffrage in the West in “No Place for a Woman”; a new Spillane-Collins noir Western; the Civil War out West; and women on the range.
The Wild, Wild West
Now, more than ever, it’s time to rediscover your favorite Westerns and enjoy recent productions that keep the Old West alive in film and television.
A Fistful of Ladies
Women may love Westerns, but only a handful have directed one.
Kit Carson’s War And Peace
Doug Hocking’s latest Southwestern history Terror on the Santa Fe Trail, plus new histories on the Spanish and Mexican Southwest, the Lakota people and a Western tale of Old Arizona.
Born Outlaws
Bill Markley’s dual biography on Jesse James and Billy the Kid, a new Texas frontier history, two Western novels and a new history of the American Indian.
Bands of Brothers
Forty years after the release of The Long Riders, the actor-writer-producers, cast members and legendary director Walter Hill reflect on the making of a Western classic.
Smoke in Our Eyes
Hollywood has been making Westerns about American Indians for well over a century, but the question is, have they ever gotten it right?