Don Diego de Vargas wrote in the late 1600s that New Mexico was “remote beyond compare,” and its cultural history had been as complex as its...
Devil’s Gate
The Sweetwater River Valley in central Wyoming is the setting for this narrative history of a desolate region of the country that remains relatively...
Getting Away With Murder on the Texas Frontier
Justice as meted out on the frontier still has a strange appeal at times, and Bill Neal has given us a big dose of it. A litany of old Texas murder...
The Landscape of Hollywood Westerns
This collection of 12 essays examines films from an ecocritical point of view. Ecocriticism generally means exploring the role of nature in a given...
A Time for Peace: Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878-1891
Smith brings to life the story of Fort Lewis located in southwestern Colorado. And what a story it is. Originally located on the banks of the San...
From Lead Mines to Gold Fields
Taylor was an old codger who began to write his reminiscences at age 80 and was still at it when 103 years old! But the old-timer was gifted with...
From Lead Mines to Gold Fields
Taylor was an old codger who began to write his reminiscences at age 80 and was still at it when 103 years old! But the old-timer was gifted with...
A Time for Peace: Fort Lewis, Colorado, 1878-1891
Smith brings to life the story of Fort Lewis located in southwestern Colorado. And what a story it is. Originally located on the banks of the San...
The Landscape of Hollywood Westerns
This collection of 12 essays examines films from an ecocritical point of view. Ecocriticism generally means exploring the role of nature in a given...
Getting Away With Murder on the Texas Frontier
Justice as meted out on the frontier still has a strange appeal at times, and Bill Neal has given us a big dose of it. A litany of old Texas murder...
Devil’s Gate
The Sweetwater River Valley in central Wyoming is the setting for this narrative history of a desolate region of the country that remains relatively...
New Mexico Past and Future
Don Diego de Vargas wrote in the late 1600s that New Mexico was “remote beyond compare,” and its cultural history had been as complex as its...