Climax Jim

Climax Jim

Climax Jim was the darling of the Arizona press during the late 1890s. Thanks to the fertile imaginations of the old timers who knew him and the newspaper reporters who embellished and enlivened the activities of this likable street-wise kid from the east coast who...
At the End of the Long Drive

At the End of the Long Drive

When a cowboy got to a cattle town after a long drive, making his dollar a day, what would have been his thoughts on spending a part of that money on a shave, bath, new clothes, etc, and what would those things have cost him, not to mention a few drinks. What would...
Brave and True

Brave and True

Just in time for great summer reading, Tom Clavin’s latest Western history, Follow Me to Hell: McNelly’s Texas Rangers and the Rise of Frontier Justice (St. Martin’s Press, $29.99), has hit the bookstores and digital platforms for readers who love the Old West....