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 [ … ]
Category: Literature
I See By Your Outfit, Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern Plains
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, Female Civil War Soldier
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 [ … ]
The Life and Legends of Calamity Jane
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 [ … ]
The Sundance Kid: The Life of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
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 [ … ]
Undead in the West: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier
In Undead in the West: Vampires, Zombies, Mummies, and Ghosts on the Cinematic Frontier, Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper have assembled a collection of essays that explore [ … ]
Drugs, Arrests and Lawsuits: A Pair of Shootists; The Wild West Story of S. F Cody & Maud Lee
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. [ … ]
The Hog Ranches of Wyoming; Liquor, Lust and Lies
The Hog Ranches of Wyoming; Liquor, Lust and Lies Under Sagebrush Skies, Larry K. Brown, High Plains Press, (800-552-7819) $9.95, Paperback. When the comment is made by those who know [ … ]
Abbadon – Gothic Western Horror Graphic Novel
Abbadon, a Gothic Western Horror Graphic Novel from writers Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray (Jonah Hex, Power Girl, 21 Down) with art by Fabrizio Fiorentino & Alessia Nocera, Abbadon tells the [ … ]
The Place of Dead Roads – A William Burroughs Western Tale
In this William Burroughs Western novel that is truly a tale of the Wild (and we mean wild) West. It is a good old-fashioned shoot-out in the American West of [ … ]











