Stranded: A Story of Frontier Survival (Five Star Publishing, $25.95) by Matthew P. Mayo is a novel crafted around Janet…
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Manhunters Review of Robert DeArment's Man-Hunters of the Old West, Vol. 2.
Robert DeArment’s near 40-year writing career is amazing, and he’s still cranking out new books at the age of 92—and boo…
Award-winning Author Reflects on Saloon History Melody Groves writes about where she lives and what she loves—the West.
Melody Groves writes about where she lives and what she loves—the West. She is the author of Hoist A Cold One: Historic …
The Real Ned Christie Review of Devon Abbott Mihesuah's Ned Christie: The Creation of an Outlaw and Cherokee Hero.
A victim of the fake news of his time, “outlaw” Ned Christie now has a biographer who separates the known facts of his l…
Flying Light A groundbreaking work on the Pony Express.
Historians of the American West have written dozens of books on trailblazers and overland trails in the past six decades…
The Power of a Book Ramona changed Americans’ opinions of Native Americans.
Author Helen Hunt Jackson wanted the public to better understand the plight of Native Americans—much as Harriet Beecher …
A Classic Western Review of Lee Martin's Fury at Cross Creek.
Lee Martin’s Fury at Cross Creek (self-published, $8) is a fast-paced, Western actioner that is sure to please. Reminisc…
Theodore Roosevelt’s Embellishments Review of Douglas Ellison's Theodore Roosevelt and Tales Told as Truth of His Time in the West
Did Theodore Roosevelt embellish or, heaven forbid, concoct some of his exploits while ranching in North Dakota’s badlan…
Building Your Western Library: Steve Friesen The former director of the Buffalo Bill Museum shares his book recommendations.
Steve Friesen recently retired after 22 years as director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave. He is the author of Buff…
Theodore Roosevelt, That Damned Cowboy Review of Michel Blake’s The Cowboy President: The American West and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
“Now we’ve got that damned cowboy as President!” Senator Mark Hanna exclaimed referring to Vice President Theodore Roose…