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Remembering a Western Literary Icon

by Johnny D. Boggs | Dec 19, 2009

Elmer Kelton leaves behind some big boots to fill. Well, he would have, had he worn boots. “I’ve got two glass ankles and flat feet,” he told me...

Good Luck Dogged My Trail

by Candy Moulton | Oct 1, 2007

Clay Mann branded his cows with a large “80” that stretched across their side. It was this 80 brand that changed Daniel Webster Wallace’s name for...

Vote Longmire for Sheriff

by Candy Moulton | Aug 1, 2007

The Old Cheyenne were with me, and I could feel their strength as I continued along the trail, my heavy boots forming the snow as I went. The drums...

Vote Longmire for Sheriff

by Candy Moulton | Aug 1, 2007

The Old Cheyenne were with me, and I could feel their strength as I continued along the trail, my heavy boots forming the snow as I went. The drums...

Writing the Wicked West

by Candy Moulton | Aug 1, 2007

A gambling spirit is what inspired many people to head West in the first place. After working hard on a cattle drive or digging in a mine, men...

Writing the Wicked West

by Candy Moulton | Aug 1, 2007

A gambling spirit is what inspired many people to head West in the first place. After working hard on a cattle drive or digging in a mine, men...

A Ranger War & Billy the Kid

by Candy Moulton | Jul 1, 2007

-"That avaricious Americanized way of thinking measured individual achievement in terms of acquisition. Rapaciously conquering and dominating the...

A Ranger War & Billy the Kid

by Candy Moulton | Jul 1, 2007

-"That avaricious Americanized way of thinking measured individual achievement in terms of acquisition. Rapaciously conquering and dominating the...

From Errol Flynn to Owen Wister

by Johnny D. Boggs | Jun 1, 2007

"I love Newport because it is history preserved,” John Jakes writes in the afterword of his latest novel, The Gods of Newport. “I contrast this with...