‘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
‘The Real Dirt on America’s Frontier Outlaws’ Book Review
Jim Motavalli profiles more than a dozen of the baddest badmen of the Old West
‘Go West, Mr. President’ Book Review
Michael Blake relates iconic populist President Theodore Roosevelt's 1903 "Great Loop" tour of the Midwest and West
Julia Bricklin: Looking Over the Overlooked
The award-winning biographer writes about just such Western characters
Book Review: Saving the Oregon Trail
Dennis Larsen completes his series of biographies about the 'Father of the Oregon Trail'
Lorenzo Barruscotto: Drawing on Spaghetti Westerns
The Italian artist takes inspiration from both the ‘reel’ and real West
‘Ambitious Honor’ Book Review
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
Book Review: ‘With My Face to My Bitter Foes’
Robert Watt chronicles the struggle by Chihenne Apaches under Nana for the return of their reservation at Ojo Caliente, N.M.
