Geronimo: The Shaman’s “Power”
Like most indigenous peoples, the Apaches were fascinated by individuals exercising any form of clairvoyance. Some had the “gift” and Geronimo was one of the blessed. When Threatened by soldiers Geronimo would consult his Power, a guardian spirit which...
Cowboy Up!
From Montana to Texas, a summer road trip is a great way to immerse yourself in the history and heritage of the American West. I remember my parents loading my sister, Katherine, and me into the family station wagon. It was the late 1960s and our vacation...
Robert Duvall – A Western Career
The actor is not ready to hang up his hat and spurs. Robert Duvall would be one of the finest actors in the history of film if he never appeared in a single Western. And he would be one of the finest actors ever to appear in Westerns if he’d only been in Lonesome...
Two Rode Together
Oliver Loving and Charles Goodnight made history in 1866, and 120 years later Larry McMurtry made them legends. The Goodnight-Loving Trail has inspired songwriters and novelists. Cattleman Charles Goodnight became one of the iconic figures of Texas and the West—and...
True West March/April 2025
In This Issue:
Western Books & Movies
More In This Issue
- Truth Be Known
- What Has Taught Me: Deb Goodrich
- Earp, Cowboy Songs & Prairie Hygiene
- Trails of the Old West
- The Frontier Characters of South Dakota
- The Bowie Knife
- The Kindled Flame 1835
- King of the Scatterguns
- Selling the Mythic West and the Real West
- A Gut Punch Turns into a Miracle Reprieve
- The Beginnings of the Bird Cage
- Frontier Colossus
