Rudolfo Anaya shot to stardom with his first novel, 1972’s Bless Me, Ultima, which got rejected by New York and Boston publishers, and found a home...
What History Has Taught Me: Rudolfo Anaya
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What History Has Taught Me
What History Has Taught Me: Reba McEntire
This November, the National Cowgirl Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, inducted Reba McEntire and her mother, Jacqueline, into the Hall of Fame. An...
What History Has Taught Me: Mark Boardman
My favorite Old West character is Jim Miller. We still don’t know everything he did or all the people he killed. We have more to discover about this...
What History Has Taught Me
Born in Oakland, California, John McEuen is a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which is currently on a 50th anniversary tour. McEuen’s...
What History Has Taught Me
Award-winning author Craig Johnson, who lives in Ucross, Wyoming, with his wife, Judy, spoke with True West at this year’s Western Writers of...
What History Has Taught Me
The father of six kids, Don Collier is well known as a Westerns actor. He broke into the genre in 1948, graduating from an extra in Massacre River...
Tom Van Dyke
History has taught me it’s never too late to ride a fresh horse. Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company when he was 40 years old. I fell in love...
Larry Winget
Most people think you can happy your way to success or think your way to success or that having a positive attitude is all that it takes to be...
John Fusco
I loved working with the “Young Guns,” but it was the Old Guns, like Jack Palance, James Coburn and Brian Keith, who made it a true Western...
Sandra Day O’Connor
Growing up on a ranch taught me to be responsible for doing everything as well as I could. My favorite line from my dad, Harry A. Day, is: “Just do...
Jody Dahl
Rancho-nomics means if you’re going to make it in the ranching and dude ranching industry, get a leather punch and just keep punching holes in it....
Lynn Anderson
In 1966, I ran for Miss Rodeo California in Salinas. I didn’t win the contest. Won the “Horsemanship.” Won the “Written Test.” Placed Fourth . . ....