Imagining the West
Western art historian Larry Len Peterson has reached new heights in The American West Imagined: Gems from the Coeur d’Alene Art Auction (The Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Sweetgrass Books, an imprint of Farcountry Press, $84). The book has everything under one cover for...
The Most Well-Known Unknown Western Illustrator
A.R. Mitchell’s paintings are so “moving.” His name won’t trip off the tongue, but everyone knows his images: If the horses aren’t bucking, they’re seriously considering it; if the cowboy is still in the saddle, it’s because the next jolt hasn’t...
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...
The Demise of the Wild Bunch
By the early 1900s the law was closing in and Butch was beginning to feel the pressure. He considered going to South America. The cattle industry was big in Argentina. He decided to pull a couple more robberies to finance the venture. The first was in the...
True West January/February 2025
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