Book Review: Ambitious Honor
James Mueller captures the essence of Custer, a man who perpetually defies one-dimensional dismissals of his character
Oliver Otis Howard: Westward, Christian Soldier
General O.O. Howard found grace and lost an arm during the Civil War before heading west to confront Apache leader Cochise and Nez Perce Chief Joseph
June 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about a disputed tintype of Pat Garrett, Garrett’s murder and Billy the Kid
Letter From Wild West — June 2021
For bad or worse, ‘outlaws’ come to mind at the mention of Indian Territory
On-Screen Review: News of the World
In this Paul Greengrass film Tom Hanks plays a town crier who escorts a lost waif through wild and woolly Reconstruction-era Texas
Book Review: Jim Bridger
Jerry Enzler has plumbed every available archive to deliver the definitive biography of the legendary mountain man
Book Review: America’s National Historic Trails
Karen Berger outlines the 19 pathways in the National Trails System, with scores of images from photographer Bart Smith
Book Review: The Stolen Pinkerton Reports of the Colonel Albert J. Fountain Murder Investigation
Editor David Thomas presents Vol. 6 of papers related to the shocking 1896 murders of New Mexico attorney Fountain and his young son
Jerry Enzler: Trailing a Trailblazer
The author delved into archives nationwide to write the definitive biography of Jim Bridger
Book Review: War and Peace on the Rio Grande Frontier, 1830–1880
Miguel González-Quiroga describes the interconnections that developed between southern Texas and northeastern Mexico through the mid-19th century
Jerry Anderson: Casting Light on the West
From his studio in southern Utah the artist has long rendered award-winning sculptures
Audiobook Review: Wildest of the Wild West
New Mexico journalist Howard Bryan authored these true tales of figures from that state's Las Vegas, available here as an audio book
April 2021 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about shotgun messengers on the Deadwood Stage, saloon swinging doors and desperado Pete Spence
Book Review: The Second Battle of the Alamo
Judy Alter chronicles the efforts, sometimes competing, of two determined Texan women to preserve San Antonio's iconic Alamo
Nicodemus: How a Small Town in Kansas Became America’s Largest Black Colony
For more than 50 years the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, beat the odds and its harsh surroundings to provide opportunity for former slaves and their descendants
Book Review: No Place for a Woman
Chris Enss relates the contribution of Western states toward American women's right to vote
