House of the Rising Sun – A Blood Red Sun

House of the Rising Sun – A Blood Red Sun

Grand Master mystery novelist James Lee Burke is known best for his popular Dave Robicheaux series (20, to date), but the Houston, Texas, native also has written seven standalone novels, two short-story collections, and three “Holland Family” series books, tracing the...
Best of the West 2016: Western Books

Best of the West 2016: Western Books

The original hero of publishing, Johannes Gutenberg would be amazed at the state of books in 2015…and I dare say he would love it. Despite cries from all corners about the death of the book, the publishing of Western books remains dynamic. Publishers—large and small,...
American Indian Trails of the West

American Indian Trails of the West

There was a time when America knew nothing of freeways cutting through her prairies nor of smokestacks piercing her clear blue skies. Even bustling gold mining settlements, fringed buggies and Colt Walker pistols did not exist. These were only a faint shadow of the...
In Search of the West

In Search of the West

Can you imagine walking in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery as they saw the Pacific Coast for the first time? Fighting the Comanches on the frontier lines with the Texas Rangers? Following the Santa Fe Trail from Bent’s Fort to Santa Fe with...
Love Song to the Plains and the Desert West

Love Song to the Plains and the Desert West

Each year Western Writers of America (WWA) adds a distinguished writer to the Western Writers Hall of Fame (HOF). With the breadth and depth of writers who created “Literature of the West for the World” to select from, the decision is based on a vote of the...