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Johnny D. Boggs
More than a history of Western movies, The American West on Film intertwines film history, the history of the American West, and American social history into one unique volume.
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Sports on Film takes readers behind the scenes of how movies get made and puts them in the stands for some of the key moments in sports in America.
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Inspired by the shocking true story of the Gunfight at Hide Park, this blazing Western novel by Spur Award-winner Johnny D. Boggs takes readers back to that fateful summer in…
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A decade before the legendary Gunfight at OK Corral, there was a much bloodier showdown with a much bigger body count -- and Wichita Herald reporter Cindy Bagwell was there…
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During the Civil War, teenager Alistair Durant of Clay County, Missouri, joins Quantrill’s raiders and comes to know him as a friend and mentor, but also as a manipulator and…
Sam Houston is a living legend in 1861. The hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, he had defeated Santa Anna to win independence for Texas back in 1836. He…
A fictionalized account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, or Greasy Grass as the Indians called it, told by a series of first-hand accounts from both white and Indian…
William Clarke Quantrill was a hated name during the War Between the States by the Federals of the Union Army as well as by many non-combatants. Even the high command…
Originally published: Detroit, Michigan: Five Star, 2013.
What’s a sixteen-year-old boy to do when he learns that his stepmother and a local judge have murdered his father and now plan to kill him, too? Well, when it’s…
Noah Benton, a teenager with a great memory, a head for arithmetic, and dreams of excitement, is hired along with his older brother to help drive a herd of Texas…
Stranded in the Mojave Desert, Micah Bishop is about to cash in his chips for good when he’s rescued by an unlikely saviour. Whip Watson is hand-delivering two dozen brides…
Backcover: Center Point Large Print Edition Western.
Pierce Braden was six when his father left Texas to fight for the Confederacy. When his father returns after the war refusing to talk about it, Pierce thinks he must…
Five Star westerns –Series title page.
Setting up shop in rip-roaring Spanish Fort, Texas, in the early 1870s, Big Eddie Hager outfitted many cowboys in boots as they headed up the Chisholm Trail. Hager's fame and…
Recreate and analyze some of the wildest murder trials on the American frontier.
Recalling his early life as a young cowboy, sixty-two-year-old Madison Carter remembers his first love: her name was Estrella O'Sullivan, and he met her the summer he turned sixteen back…
While visiting his uncle’s ranch, Caleb Hart finds himself smack in the middle of a bitter dispute between a group of canny rustlers and vigilante cattlemen out for blood justice.
Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, and Texas Jack each tell his story of appearing live on stage in a Wild West stage melodrama that toured various cities in the East.
In this 2005 Spur Award winner for Best Novel, Union prisoners in Texas’s Camp Ford challenge their Confederate guards to a baseball game with life-or-death stakes. Now in a larger…
A group of ex-Confederate soldiers plans to steal $10,000 in gold carried by the Mittie Stephens, but their plot might kill all those aboard.
Years after sending outlaw Ollie Sinclair to the Yuma Penitentiary, lawman Lin Garrett may be the only man who can track Sinclair when he is released from prison and executes…
Deplorable conditions in the Union Army’s prison war camps force many prisoners to become Galvanized Yankees, former Confederates who join the Union Army to fight Indians out West. Trusted by…
… a rattling good yarn that is underlain by the calculated attempt to subdue the Plains Indian by destroying the buffalo… . I guarantee you won’t be disappointed. – The…
San Antonio rancher Cliff Rynders, whose attentions of late have been given solely to whiskey bottles, is challenged to change his ways when his neighbor asks him to boss a…
A film historian and former newspaper writer, the author of this volume investigates how accurately films have portrayed journalists across the decades. The book also details what journalists thought of…
Jesse James and the rest of the James-Younger gang thought no one would ever expect them to strike a bank in the far reaches of Minnesota. But they were wrong…
"1892 Comanche reservation in present-day southern Oklahoma near Fort Sill (Lawton); North Texas: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Albany"--
This illustrated filmography analyzes the plots and players of the more than forty motion pictures about the legendary Missouri outlaw Jesse James (1847-1882), from the silent era to the 21st…
A comprehensive filmography, this book is composed of lengthy entries on about 75 films depicting legendary New Mexico outlaw Billy the Kid - from the lost Billy the Kid (1911)…
Noah Benton, a teenager with a great memory and a head for arithmetic, is hired along with his older brother to help drive a herd of Texas longhorns to Abilene…
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This Center Point Large Print edition is published in the year 2019 by arrangement with Golden West Literary Agency –Title page verso.
They sing songs about Matthew Johnson. The hero of dime novels, Matt won national fame during a range war in Idaho when he shot and killed an outlaw - and…
More than a history of Western movies, The American West on Film intertwines film history, the history of the American West, and American social history into one unique volume –
They sing songs about Matthew Johnson. The hero of dime novels, Matt won national fame during a range war in Idaho when he shot and killed an outlaw–and former saddle…
Tom Candy Ponting was no ordinary trail boss. He didn't smoke, chew, cuss, or even carry a gun. Unlike his competitors, he learned how to herd cows on a farm…
Sports on Film intertwines film history, the history of American sports, and American social history into one unique volume –
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After a series of murders in the small town of Purgatoire, the townsfolk look to former Texas Ranger Ben Cameron for protection. But can he put down his drink long…
Jim Hawkins tells his grandson about his wild days as a teenage cowboy, riding with Tommy O'Hallahan and their mentor, John Henry Kenton, and traveling north to Montana to work…
Jeremiah Cole, the son of a political power in the New Mexico territory, has been sentenced to hang. Britton Wade steps up to transport him to Rio Chama for the…
From a Spur Award-winning author comes a thrilling tale of faked deaths, runaway slaves, and revenge amid the Civil War.The only way to escape the purgatory that is the…
Boggs is among the best Western writers at work today. He writes with depth, flavor, and color. -Booklist
Boggs’ narrative voice captures the old-fashioned style of the past. -Publishers Weekly
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Originally published: Detroit, Michigan: Five Star, 2012.
The author … brings to life the harsh reality of cattle drives in a powerful, trailblazing adventure inspired by the harrowing true story of the 1866 cattle drive from Texas…
His Arrows Fly Straight into the Hearts of His Enemies was the Comanche name given him by his father. But the Pale Eyes gave him a new name, Daniel Killstraight…
