El Bandito Simpático
James B. Mills’ major new biography of Billy the Kid, plus a geographic history of Nebraska, an alternate bio of The Kid, a Wild West Western, and an Apache adventure Give or take 8,300 miles be-tween New Mexico, U.S.A., and New South Wales, Australia, and 140 years...
Patrick Wayne
An actor in his own right, the Duke’s son entertained audiences for decades in Westerns and action movies. In the golden years of Hollywood, a star could always get their kid a bit part in their movie, to keep them busy and quiet. That’s usually as far as it...
Bat Masterson
The deadly and dangerous life of the man who invented Wyatt Earp. Thanks to a 1960s television show starring Gene Barry, Bat Masterson was called a “legend in his own time,” at least in the popular imagination. But the legend actually began long before that, in August...
The Thrill of the West
Discover the tourist West in American Dude Ranch, and read a frontier murder-mystery, a novel of Libbie Custer, a Santa Fe Trail adventure and a bio of acclaimed Western artist Jo Mora. In American Western history, dude ranches have been greatly enjoyed...
True West July/August 2025
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