Letter From Wild West — April 2021
Amid a surge of violence in Wild West towns, officials told the law-abiding to leave their guns at home
Robert Utley: Revisting Sitting Bull
In his new book about the Lakota leader and his people Utley continues to plumb the depths of Western history
Book Review: The Earps Invade Southern California
Co-authors Don Chaput and David D. de Haas recount the legendary Earps' last family gathering in turn-of-the-century southern California
Book Review: Indian Raids and Massacres
Drawing on Indian depredation claims from the National Archives, Jeff Broome chronicles five years of painful events on the frontier
Don Yena: An Alamo Painting to Remember
Texas native Yena captures the landmark battle with his sweeping, historically accurate rendering
Book Review: The Last Sovereigns
Dean of Western historians Robert Utley details the life of Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull after the Little Bighorn
Book Review: The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline
Julia Bricklin relates the colorful life of prolific pulp fiction writer Ned Buntline, who helped popularize Buffalo Bill Cody
February 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about Billy the Kid's colorized tintype, Custer subordinate Frederick Benteen, transcontinental railroads, the Dakotas and horses
Book Review: True Grit
Colorado's Ridgway Western Heritage Society offers John Wayne fans a wide-format, photo-laden 50th anniversary look at the filming of True Grit
Skeletons in Buckskin at the Alamo
The murky fate of the Texian dead grows murkier after human remains turn up inside the famed San Antonio mission chapel
Letter From Wild West — February 2021
Wayne Brazel confessed to having killed Pat Garrett, the onetime New Mexico sheriff forever known as the man who shot Billy the Kid
Book Review: Billy the Kid, A Reader’s Guide
Richard Etulian assesses the vast array of written material and movies about Billy the Kid
Book Review: Thunder in the West
Richard Etulain considers the life of and legends surrounding infamous Western outlaw Billy the Kid
Book Review: Nighthawk Rising
Diana Kouris presents a sympathetic but honest portrayal of famed Colorado cattlewoman 'Queen Ann' Bassett
Book Review: The Frontiersmen Who Couldn’t Shoot Straight
Gregory Michno pulls no punches in his assessment of traditional frontier heroes like Crockett and Boone
Book Review: The Three-Cornered War
Megan Kate Nelson looks at Confederate Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley's invasion of New Mexico and concurrent Indian campaigns
