Book Review: Desperadoes of the Ozarks, by Larry Wood
Larry Wood relates 22 new tales of gunfights and other notorious incidents in his latest history of the Ozarks.
View ArticleThe Sheriff Who Took on the Apache Kid
From hardy frontier stock and dedicated to law enforcement, Sheriff Glenn Reynolds was called to transport the dangerous Kid (at right) and eight other prisoners to Yuma Territorial Prison
View ArticleWild West Discussion - December 2012
How do you feel about vigilante (read "mob") action in the Wild West? Was it ever justified? Specifically, was it justified in the case of Jim Miller, aka "Killin' Jim" and "Deacon Jim"? Miller had...
View ArticleBook Review: When Law Was in the Holster, by John Boessenecker
In this well-researched, lively biography John Boessenecker gives oft-overlooked Western lawman Bob Paul his due.
View ArticleBook Review: “That Fiend in Hell,” by Catherine Holder
Catherine Holder Spude unravels myth from man in her biography of turn-of-the-century Skagway, Alaska, crime boss Soapy Smith.
View ArticleSoapy Smith’s Showdown With the Vigilantes
The con man and scoundrel proved in Skagway, Alaska, he was not all bad before showing his usual nerve in a final fight with enemies—a fight whose details are only now coming to light
View ArticleLetter From Wild West - April 2013
Con man Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II stirred up trouble on the frontier and still sparks controversy today.
View ArticleBook Review: Logan, by Jackie Boor
Jackie Boor relates the interesting and ultimately tragic life of her great-grandfather, Nevada lawman Tom Logan, who tangled with Wyatt Earp and showed restraint up to his last breath
View ArticleBook Review: Last Train to El Paso, by Jerry J. Lobdill
Jerry Lobdill looks into the murder of Thomas Lyons, committed by that "other" paid Texas assassin Felix Robert Jones, who made a career of killing — and who largely evaded justice
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Letter From Wild West – August 2015
Pinkerton, then and now, kept an ever-watchful eye on criminal activity in the East and out West — but the detective agency just couldn't seem to get a handle on the James-Younger Gang.
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Whitney Western Art Museum
Merging the old and new West, the Whitney Western Art Museum in Cody, Wyo., holds everything from Remington to Ross
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Movie Review: Power’s War
Cameron Trejo's engaging documentary details the causes, course and aftermath of Arizona's deadliest shootout
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Book Review: The Notorious Luke Short
Jack DeMattos and Chuck Parsons sift fact from fiction in the life of Dodge City gambler and gunfighter Luke Short
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Book Review: American Mythmaker
Mark Dworkin relates the real life of Walter Noble Burns, noted for his mythmaking books about Western historical figures
View ArticleInterview With Author Ann Kirschner
According to Ann Kirschner, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a love story, fought over Josephine Marcus, a woman of beauty and spunk barely out of her teens.
View ArticleLetter From Wild West – August 2013
Jesse James and older brother, Frank, were both notorious, but who was the meaner of the two?
View ArticleWild West – August 2013 – Letters From Readers
In the August issue of Wild West, readers share their interest in topics like Iron Eyes Cody, W.H.H. Llewellyn, Doc Middleton, and the Powers brothers. The post Wild West – August 2013 – Letters From...
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Book Review: Bad Company and Burnt Powder
Bob Alexander presents a dozen detailed profiles of lesser-known Southwestern frontier figures The post Book Review: Bad Company and Burnt Powder appeared first on HistoryNet.
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