From the Lone Star West to San Juan Hill Three new books on Texas, Davy Crockett and the Spanish-American War, plus a classic Western anthology on...
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Gunfights
One Hell-Firin’ Minute of Smokin’ Action
Deputy Ed Short vs. Black-Faced Charley Bryant Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker. Based on the research of Robert DeArment. Deputy Ed...
What’s in a Name?
For gunfighters, it helped to have a catchy moniker. Having a catchy “gunfighter” name was almost a sure way to immortality. Henry McCarty might...
Old West Gunfights
The movies got it wrong. Street fighting in the Old West was about as rare as horseflies in December. It’s more of a Hollywood creation. In towns...
Doc Holliday, Reward Money and Fast-Draw
After a gunfight or Indian attack, what happened to the weapons of the fallen? Edward Presken - Mobile, Alabama To the victor go the spoils. If...
The Big Fight
Cowboys vs. small ranchers in Tascosa. March 21, 1886. An ongoing dispute between cowboys at the LS Ranch--many former associates of Pat...
Guns of the Young Wild West
Here’s a rundown of some of the more famous guns—and their modern replicas—from before 1873, when the Old West was young. The year...
Hays in an Uproar
Wild Bill Hickok vs. The 7th Cavalry Hickok Almost Gets an Earful July 17, 1870 Deputy U.S. Marshal James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok...
Doc Hits Bottom (but not much else)
Doc Holliday vs Billy Allen “Doc Holliday is ten feet tall and weighs a ton.” —The Arizona Daily Star August 19, 1884 Broke, sick and usually...
Tapped Out!
Tap Duncan vs. Bill Hayes “You can have Idaho, but you S.O.B.sbetter not follow me to Arizona.” Maps & Graphics by Gus Walker. Based on the...
Quick as Lightning and Used to Killing Men
Billy “the Kid” Claiborne vs Buckskin Frank Leslie Tombstone Lives Up to its Claim: A Man for Breakfast Every Morning November 14,...
A Continuous Picnic Goes South
– Illustrations by Bob Boze Bell – Like so many bad trips, this one started out as a fun adventure. The so-called Brewster wagon train departed...