Books to Film
The Great Train Robbery (1903) started it all. Not only was it the first narrative film ever made, but it was a Western and one based on an 1896 story by Scott Marble. The roughly 10-minute action picture was so well-received by audiences that the movie established...
The Weird Weird West
Under the category of weird but true, the Old West offered enough episodes to fill a sensation-mongering newspaper. Make that 100 newspapers. Some of these tabloid treasures involved the quest for love and romance, while others highlighted the grimness of death by...
Tipis on the Terreplein
On September 20, 1886, 383 men, women and children of the Chiricahua and Warm Springs Apache bands arrived in Jacksonville, Florida. They were on their way to prison in St. Augustine aboard a special train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line. When they detrained...
The Searchers at 50
The Searchers is a surprisingly complex film, even by today’s standards. A film widely considered to be the greatest Western ever made turns 50 this year. This anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect not just on the film’s legacy, but also on what it tells us...
True West January/February 2025
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