A year ago, I asked the question: “Will the Western survive?” I was concerned, and rightfully so, with the anti-Western sentiment of many if not...
The Tenacity of the West—and the Western
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Voice of the West
A remembrance of Larry McMurtry, a new history of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a wild Western tale, Apache boarding schools and a new collection...
Shooting Back
Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Flags...
Best of the West 2022: Western Books
The Western Hangs On While Old West history titles wane, classic Western fiction continues to sell. The canary in the coal mine of Old West...
The Horizon West
Western book publishing is experiencing a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic.
Frontier Fiction Giveaway Sponsored by Kensington Books
Enter the Frontier Fiction Giveaway Head into the bold frontier with this rip-roaring book bundle giveaway featuring new and forthcoming releases...
Tom Clavin’s Tombstone New from the New York Times Bestselling Author
The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the O.K. Corral by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City...
Born Outlaws
Bill Markley’s dual biography on Jesse James and Billy the Kid, a new Texas frontier history, two Western novels and a new history of the American Indian.
Western Showman Extraordinare
Review of Prentiss Ingraham’s Buffalo Bill Cody, A Man of the West.
California Robber Baron
Review of Roland De Wolk’s American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford.
Building your Western Library: Matthew P. Mayo
Matthew P. Mayo is the award-winning author of dozens of novels and nonfiction books about the West, including the recent multi-award-winning YA...
The Fabled Doc Holliday
Historians and enthusiasts have long debated the existence of the correspondence between John Henry “Doc” Holliday and his first cousin Mattie. An...