Johnny D. Boggs
Fueled by a lifelong passion for American history and a more recent desire to make mortgage payments, Spur Award-winning author Johnny D. Boggs has written more than 20 nonfiction books and novels, plus thousands of newspaper and magazine articles. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, son and basset hound.
Stories by Johnny D. Boggs
Trailing the First Indian Person
"Yes, we have Standing Bear, too" Betty Davis tells me when I spy the photograph of the legendary Ponca chief at the Douglas County Historical Society in Omaha, Nebraska.
The Reel, not Real, Jesse James in Film
The best Jesse James movie is 2000's Ride With the Devil, which isn't about Jesse James.
Zane Grey's Arizona
He could fish with the best of them, knew the outdoors like the back of his hand, played a mean game of baseball and left behind a lasting legacy as one of the great Western novelists.
On a Mission in San Antone
Maybe the ignorant S.O.B. will still be in the parking lot after my interview, and I can run over the jerk.
Top 10 Western Meals to Eat
Out of work cowhands used to ride the grub line, which is pretty much what I do for a living. "Cause I like to eat.
Passin' Through Louis L'Amour Land
He sat motionless, starin' ahead, aware of everythin' around him.
An Untraditional, Quirky Western
Throw in one eclectic filmmaker (Tom Shell), a director who helped give Twin Peaks its creepy edge (Tim Hunter) and an Edgar Award-winning mystery writer as tough as Sam Spade (James Crumley), and you can bet The Far Side of Jericho is one quirky Western.
