Best Biography: The Sugar King of California: The Life of Claus Spreckels by Sandra E. Bonura (University of Nebraska Press) Best Contemporary...
2025 WWA Spur Awards
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Western Books Crossing My Path My mailboxes (real and virtual) have been filling up with news, notes and announcements of the end of 2020 books and...
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The 11th Annual Tucson Festival of Books will be held at the University of Arizona on Saturday and Sunday, March 2-3, 2019. True West editorial team...
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As we begin a new calendar year of publishing, I am hopeful for a big year in Western history, culture and biography publishing. Here are three...
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Like film and television producers and screenwriters, Western book publishers and authors love to mine the lore and lives of historical lawmen and...
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Western art and artists are major topics for publishers each year, and 2018 is a stellar year, as reflected in a selection of my favorites and...
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I have been interested in Western American history for as long as I can remember. My first introduction to the Old West started on tour of the ghost...
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Summer vacations are a great time to catch up on reading, so why not pack a few good Western novels and Old West histories and biographies to enjoy...
2018 WWA Spur Award Winners
Since 1953, Western Writers of America has promoted and honored the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by a panel of...
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Springtime is awards season for books, television and film, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum of Oklahoma City recently...