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Borderland Mystery Review of James D. Crownover's If These Walls Could Talk.
If These Walls Could Talk by James D. Crownover is a complex fictional story with a plethora of characters set in southe…
Building your Western Library: Peter Corbett Peter has a 35-year career in Arizona journalism and recently was a “roads scholar,” writing blog posts for the state highway department.
Peter Corbett moved West in 1974 to attend Northern Arizona University. He had a 35-year career in Arizona journalism an…
Big Ben Review of Thomas C. Bicknell and Chuck Parsons' book Ben Thompson: Portrait of a Gunfighter.
Ben Thompson, one of the most noted gunmen of the Old West, was a man famed in his own time for his prowess with a pisto…
Rough Drafts We highly recommend starting the New Year off with these three books.
As we begin a new calendar year of publishing, I am hopeful for a big year in Western history, culture and biography pub…
Riding Shotgun Across the West John Boessenecker’s new book uncovering the heroes of Wells Fargo.
In 2019, 170 years after the commencement of the Gold Rush, Wells Fargo remains an icon of growth and development of the…
Best of the West 2019: Western Books The Western Book: A Reflection In 2018 Old West fiction adapts to the marketplace, while Old West history is slipping into a sub-genre nearly forgotten by most publishers.
A I write this column from my desk in my office in Iowa City, Iowa, in October 2018, reflecting on the past, present and…
Building your Western Library: Matthew P. Mayo Epic stories of survival and adventure inspire award-winning author.
Matthew P. Mayo is the award-winning author of dozens of novels and nonfiction books about the West, including the recen…
The Fabled Doc Holliday Review of David Corbett's book The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday.
Historians and enthusiasts have long debated the existence of the correspondence between John Henry “Doc” Holliday and h…
The Last Cowboy Review of Brad Smith's book The Return of Kid Cooper.
Men trapped outside their times—it was the great theme of Sam Peckinpah’s best movies, and Brad Smith makes it his own i…