Best of the West 2025: Western Books
Then and Now The state of Western history and fiction publishing in 2024 is one of grit and determination. In 2013, I received a call from my friend Allen Barra who said there was an opportunity at True West: Western Books editor. I thanked him and called Executive...
Best of the West 2025: Firearms
The Legendary Handgun That Really Won the West To understand the significance of the Colt Walker 47, one must first pay homage to the Colt 1836 Patterson. U.S. War Department officials reportedly were favorably impressed with the 1836 Paterson. It was Colt’s first...
The Battle of Centralia
On September 27, 1864, Bloody Bill Anderson and about 80 men took over the small railroad village of Centralia, looting stores and discovering a barrel of whiskey that they hauled out into the street. Wild enough when sober, they soon were roaring drunk. They robbed...
A True Westerner Indeed
Phil Spangenberger 1940-2024 Last September 26, 2024, True West’s beloved Firearms Editor, Phil Spangenberger, died suddenly during a heart procedure. He contributed to True West for more than two decades and we wanted to send him off with an extended memorial...
True West March/April 2025
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