Bob Boze Bell
In 1999, Bell bought True West magazine (published since 1953) and moved the editorial offices to Cave Creek, Arizona. He has published and illustrated groundbreaking books on the West. Among the subjects are Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid and Doc Holliday. His series of Western gunfights is titled Classic Gunfights. In addition to his efforts for True West, Boze's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Playboy and National Lampoon. He has illustrated numerous book covers and appears as a guest speaker on the History Channel, Discovery Channel and the Westerns Channel.
Stories by Bob Boze Bell
The Gang Slayer
Three American prospectors are traversing a miner's trail in California's Sierra Nevadas.
Sweetwater Shoot-out
Frank Hamer wants to go home. The Texas Ranger has just testified at the Callahan County Courthouse in Baird, Texas, in a murder trial.
Little by Liddil (Jesse Goes Down)
James Gang member, Dick Liddil, comes down for breakfast at the Bolton home, just east of Richmond, Missouri.
Campfire Shoot-out
Hired to scare off pesky, potential claim jumpers, gunman and known outlaw Matt Warner and gambler William Wall accompany mining man E.B. Coleman up into the mountains above Vernal, Utah.
Salt Siege Shoot-Out
At the Texas Ranger compound in San Elizario, Texas, Ranger Sgt. C. E. Mortimer walks down to El Molino to check in on the Rangers stationed there.
Jerkwater Towns
How did railroaders get water up the water towers for trains traveling in the Old West?
The Battle of Big Dry Wash
July 17, 1882, Apache leader Na-ti-o-tish positions his warriors along a narrow gorge eight miles north of the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona.
Silver City Shoot-Out
After an exercise break, prisoners Frank Taggart, Mitch Lee and Kit Joy overpower two guards at the jail in Silver City, New Mexico...
One Hell-Firin' Minute of Smokin' Action
Deputy Ed Short has learned that the ill man lodging at the Rock Island Railroad hotel in Hennessey, Oklahoma, is none other than "Black-Faced" Charley Bryant...