Following Sibley’s Confederate Invasion
You’ve gotta love Texians and the Confederate government. They actually thought this was a good idea. In 1861, Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley approached the Confederate brass with an ambitious—okay, ludicrous—plan. Sibley would lead an army of Texas volunteers from...
Hardin’s Deadly Tools
We’ve long held a fascination for the gunmen of the Wild West, and firearms enthusiasts have been especially interested in the hardware used by them. Unlike most Wild West gunmen, who left behind scarce detailed accounts of the guns they had used during their...
Our Favorite Reads of 2011
True West editors weigh in on our favorite reads. BIOGRAPHIES THE KILLING OF CRAZY HORSEBy Thomas Powers (Knopf/Vintage)The shadowy warrior of the Sioux Wars of the 1860s and ’70s is redefined in this gripping narrative that tackles both the mythology and...
The Lone Rango
One film that touched everyone—from the kiddies to us grizzled veterans—was 2011’s Rango. We enjoyed it more because we understood all the inside humor. From paying homage to Clint Eastwood’s “Man With No Name” to the dozens of Western heroes encapsulated in the...
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