In this issue

The Real Lone Ranger
Was Bass Reeves the Greatest Lawman & the Real Hero Behind the Mask?
By Art T. Burton

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Myth or Fact? Did Buffalo Bill Ride for the Pony Express?

Wheeling for Gold Across Alaska and the Yukon

John P. Langellier’s Latest Book
Scouting With the Buffalo Soldiers

Our Top Ten Western Towns–Prescott #1

Boring History? Not the Way We Tell It

Western Writers of America pack in to save the day.

3 mins

Wheels to Fortune

OVER A CENTURY AGO GOLD-CRAZED MINERS TRADED IN THEIR SLEDS FOR BIKES AND PEDALED THEIR WAY TO THEIR ALASKAN BONANZAS .

10 mins

Was Wyatt Earp Really a Deputy U.S. Marshal?

Wyatt Earp, who has become controversial since his fictionalization by television, did serve in both Dodge City and Tombstone as a legally appointed deputy marshal. True West presents the proof with these findings of a revealing probe into government records and the words of a man who knew Earp personally.

6 mins

Forgotten Hero of Denali

Alaska native son Walter Harper was the first to ascend North America’s highest peak, but his fame—and life as a physician—were cut short by tragedy.

4 mins

William Henry Jackson's West

The great photographer influenced the Western preservation movement and the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872.

6 mins

The Thrifty Frontier Kitchen

Old West cooks were magicians in the kitchen when it came to making the most of leftovers.

3 mins

An Officer of Honor and Grit

A remarkable biography of U.S. cavalryman Lt. Powhatan Clark, plus a new history of the Civil War in the Southwest, big new biographies of Billy the Kid and Ned Buntline, and a dramatic novel of the Minnesota frontier.

2 mins

From Kicking Bird to Malachi

Graham Greene’s storied 45-year career in film and television has left a trail of excellence.

6 mins

Bat Masterson: Armed and Dangerous

Bat Masterson lived long enough to enjoy the fame associated with his legendary time on the Kansas frontier as a lawman in Dodge City, and he never shied from promoting it, as he did when he notched a pawnshop pistol he sold as “his” frontier Colt to an overeager collector. – TRUE WEST ARCHIVES –

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What HISTORY HAS TAUGHT ME

L. J. Martin is a novelist, nonfiction author, and member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Western Writers of America, Mystery Writers, and International Thriller Writers. He is the author of 55 Western, historical, mystery, and thriller novels from Bantam, Pinnacle, Avon, Gale, and Wolfpack Publishing, and 12 nonfiction works, including two cooking books and one on greenhouse gardening in Montana. Join him on his webpage LJMartin.com, and his wife at KatMartin.com. Both are active on Facebook and LinkedIn and other social media sites.

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True West Magazine Description:

TRUE WEST captures the history of the American frontier through authentic and provocative literary nonfiction and heritage travel narratives that keep the spirit of the West alive.