‘Aces and Eights’ Book Review
Ralph Estes deals up a lighthearted history of poker in the Old West and the legendary figures who played it
‘Buffalo Bill’ Book Review
Kellen Cutsforth retraces the path Buffalo Bill Cody took to becoming the nation's—and perhaps the world's—first superstar
‘Firearms of the Texas Rangers’ Book Review
Doug Dukes reviews firearms carried by the Texas Rangers and stories behind the men who carried them
October 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about Rabbit Ear Mountain, Las Vegas (N.M.), Bat Masterson, Bill Longley and Colonel John Gibbon
‘Dreams of El Dorado’ Book Review
H.W. Brands presents an overview of the American West from the Louisiana Purchase through the close of the frontier
Letter From Wild West — October 2021
Crossing Indian country through what would become Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, the old Santa Fe Trail opened in 1821
‘From San Francisco Eastward’ Book Review
Carolyn Grattan Eichin profiles the producers, directors and performers who brought theater to the West
‘The Chiricahua Apaches’ Book Review
Bill Cavaliere explores the captivating yet ultimately sorrowful history of the Chiricahua Apaches, aka 'Geronimo's band'
‘The Trial of Billy the Kid’ Book Review
David Thomas covers the little-known but pivotal trial of Billy the Kid that propelled him down the road to an early death
‘When Outlaws Wore Badges’ Book Review
Melody Groves profiles badge wearers who worked both sides of the law in the Old West
August 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about Old West gun ordinances and stampedes
‘From Presidio to the Pecos River’ Book Review
Orville Shelburne describes the mid-19th century efforts of surveyors to delineate the southern border of the United States
Letter From Wild West — August 2021
Chiricahua Apache Chief Naiche probably deserves more recognition, but he can't escape the long shadow of the notorious Geronimo
‘The Man Who Invented Billy the Kid’ Book Review
John LeMay profiles Ash Upson, ghostwriter of Pat Garrett's 1882 classic 'The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid'
‘John Finerty Reports the Sioux War’ Book Review
Paul Hedren relates the war reportage of frontier gonzo journalist John Finerty
Book Review: Blood and Treasure
Award-winning writing duo Bob Drury and Tom Clavin relate the exploits of iconic frontiersman Daniel Boone
