On a trek to find the “Land of Bashan” as prophesied in the Book of Mormon, Roys Oatman led his family of nine into the brutal Sonora Desert. On the...
The Oatman Massacre (Nonfiction)
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Book Reviews
The Doctor Wore Petticoats (Nonfiction)
The Western frontier, dominated by the male gender, did not take kindly to female physicians. Yet, most female doctors succeeded despite the overall...
The Desert Southwest (Nonfiction)
Our Western prehistory is so full of mystery that any clues we can find are welcome. By looking to the pots left behind by prehistoric peoples in...
The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion (Fiction)
What more profitable and baffling way to rob than by magic? Dashing Johnny Vermillion, head of the Prairie Rose Theatrical Company, proves his four...
Cherokee Rose (Fiction)
This is one more retelling of the brutal treatment of the Cherokee people who were displaced in winter l838 from their homes in the Smoky Mountains...
Nickel-Plated Dream (Fiction)
You could call him a ghost gunman of the Wild West shows for he was part of a vanishing breed. Back in the glory days of Guy Madison, Roy Rogers and...
Sanctuary Ranch (Fiction)
Jess McLain, a Country singer and pro-rodeo cowboy, owns a ranch in Wyoming where he takes in young people who need a fresh start. But Jess is also...
Fullerton’s Rangers
Hornung put nearly 40 years into studying New Mexico’s answer to the Texas Rangers, and the result is the first book to cover the Mounted Police....
Best of the Badmen
Here’s the ultimate encyclopedia of old B-Western bad guys. Photographs and mini-biographies of 315 actors who ever snarled a line at our...
The Natural Superiority of Mules
As such books go, this is not your average miners’ mule rendition. This coffee table-size picture book has the greatest photography I have ever...
From Dominance to Disappearance
Here we have, at last, the first really comprehensive survey of the history of all Indians of Texas, including tribes that spilled over into...
The Fire Arrow
Wheeler’s great strength as a Western writer is derived from excellent historical research combined with his ability to teach. His Indian characters...