“He had a reputation as a cardsharp, cattle rustler, bandit, and killer,” and if George Musgrave had had a more romantic-sounding name, Hollywood might have cashed in on this amazing [ … ]

This fascinating story is the biography of “Queen” Ann Bassett, an accused female cattle rustler living in Brown’s Park in the 1880s through the turn of the century.  Brown’s Park [ … ]

Valley Of The Guns, Eduarado Obregôn Pagan, University of Oklahoma Press, $29.95, Cloth. Maps, Illustrations, Photos, Notes, Bibliography, Index. “Pleasant Valley” conjures up images of warm summer evenings, horses quietly munching [ … ]

Here is the second posting of a breed of Wild Western, and a publisher who admits some stories feature “dark humor” such as cannibalism… Noose; A Joe Noose Western, Eric [ … ]

A large selection of an action-packed dark western paperbacks are being published by Kensington Publishing Corp., imprint Pinnacle Books, and are finding popularity among readers who have grown weary of [ … ]

I See By Your Outfit, Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern Plains, Tom Lindmier & Steve Mount, High Plains Press, Glendo, Wyoming. $19.95, Paperback. Photos, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. Here is [ … ]

The Mysterious Private Thompson, Laura Leedy Gansler, Free Press a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., $25.00, Hardcover. It is not unusual for women to become soldiers in our day [ … ]

Martha Canary, better known as Calamity Jane, was a legend in her own time.  Martha was born in Missouri in 1856, and had several younger siblings.  Her father was a [ … ]

Old West outlaw history has many “kids”, and the Sundance Kid is among the most popular.  He teamed up with Butch Cassidy, and the two robbed banks, blew up railroad [ … ]

A Pair of Shootists; The Wild West Story of S. F Cody & Maud Lee, Jerry Kuntz, University of Oklahoma Press, (405‑325‑3200) $29.95, Hardcover. Photos, Notes to the Chapters, Index. [ … ]