Do you remember the first time you read Paul Andrew Hutton? He immediately captured my interest and imagination with his double-barreled literary...
The Best of the West: True Westerner of the Year
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When the West was True
We live in a time of national discord. Americans find themselves adrift in a cultural malaise highlighted by overheated political rhetoric from all...
Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
A large rodent determined the destiny of Kit Carson, the Mountain Men and much of the American West. The North American beaver, the second-largest...
Not Easily Intimidated
General George Crook thoughtfully allowed photographer C.S. Fly to come along to record the event at Cañon de los Embudos for posterity. One of...
Buffalo Bill: Why He Still Matters
William F. Cody was a man seemingly trapped in the distant past, yet one who cared desperately about the onrushing future…
Buffalo Bill in the Movies
The first actor to play Buffalo Bill in the movies was the man who had perfected the role for over a quarter century on the stage and in the show...
John Wayne: “Bigger Than Life”
One might assume John Wayne and William F. Cody had little in common besides their Iowa origins and international fame as actors. Unlike Cody,...
Val Kilmer at Doc Holli-Days
The first “Doc Holli-Days” celebration, taking place in Tombstone, Arizona, this August 12-13, is already attracting at least one big name: Val...
Mickey Free
We have brooded and argued and mulled over this fictional tale of Mickey Free for years now—sort of a personal Heart of Darkness. Our goal was a...
The Trickster with the Sidewinder Gaze
Prologue PROVING GROUND The boy is emaciated. His mop of red hair hangs across his scarred face, obscuring a lost eye. He staggers and stumbles up...