I grew up for a while in a little community where the merchants got together in the summer time, and wouldput on a free outdoor movie; sort of like the modern drive ins, except everybody sat on chairs or laid on thegrass, and watched that movie on a canvas screen. The westerns were what took my eye. If I go back a little further, I can tell about the first movie I ever saw. The cowboy hero of that movie was the first hero I ever had. That was Buck Jones in "Red River Valley...

On the bright, sunny morning of May 25, 1976, we hooked up six head of registered Morgan horses to a Concord stagecoach near the Pony Express stables in St. Joe Missouri. After taking on a load of passengers, mail, and a strongbox containing close to $ 9,000.00 worth of silver medallions, we headed west to relive 100 days of our country's history, from the period between 1858 to 1869, when the stagecoach was the utmost in high speed transportation from the end of the rails to the goldfield...

Famed for The Last Gunfighter and Mountain Man sagas, master storyteller William W. Johnston joins forces with J.A. Johnstone to let loose a pair of the most unforgettable, trouble-prone, hard-fighting cowboys the West has ever known--who are about to step in the biggest hornet's nest in Colorado Territory. . .A Good Name--For A Very Bad TownBo Creel and Scratch Morton have a lot of experience with the law: they've been breaking it most of...

Smoke Jensen is caught in a spiral of violence and vengeance in this Western thriller by the USA Today bestselling author: “A masterful storyteller.” —Publishers WeeklyIn Montana Territory, one name above all others strikes fear and hatred in the hearts of the Crow Indians—John Jackson, better known these days as Liver-Eating Jackson. Consumed by grief and rage, the mountain man has brutally killed ten braves so far in his one-man war of vengeance...

These true stories of people who work and live in the spectacular mountain wilderness of Alberta and British Columbia are filled with humour, keen observations about man and nature, and memorable human and animal characters. Old-time cowboys Johnny and Cal offer their no-nonsense brand of homespun wisdom. Wasp, the talented saddle horse, teaches his rider more than just horsemanship. From life-and-death drama to peaceful meditations, these tales capture the danger and beauty of the mountai...

Norman Thompson doesn't seek out trouble, but it always seems to have a way of finding him, anyway. All he really wants is a job as a ranch foreman. He'd tried in Montana, but ended up in a gunfight with a pair of ugly-looking brothers over a horse. Leaving one dead and the other swearing revenge, Norm figures it'd be wise to make himself scarce. He heads south, making his way to Nebraska. Instead of work, though, he finds something he never expected—a partner. Edith is a beautiful young w...

Getting three trucks and two horses stuck in the mud on "a good road" into BC's wild, remote interior was just the start of Bruce Watt's Chilcotin adventures—and it was his honeymoon, too. The wildlife, landscape and quirky, down-to-earth people captivated Bruce, and despite the hard work and challenging conditions, the Watts put down roots, raising a family, alongside herds of cattle and horses.A consummate storyteller, Bruce tells it like it was—and perhaps still is for many peop...

Spur Award winner Dusty Richards is back with a brand-new adventure featuring a former Texas Ranger with a talent for finding trouble, even when he stays put…Ex-Ranger Phil Guthrey swore he’d never stop roaming the West, bringing justice to the lawless whenever the situation called. But after cleaning up the criminals of Crook County, Arizona, he finds himself not only elected to be the county sheriff but settling down with a pretty, young girl for a wife.E...

At age thirteen, Dayton Hyde, a spirited beanpole of a boy, ran away from home in Michigan to Yamsi, his uncle’s ranch in eastern Oregon. This was in the 1930s, and Yamsi was one of the last great cattle ranches of the West. Soon the boy, nicknamed Hawk,” was riding a horse, soaking up ranch life from the hired hands, and winning the cowboys’ respect.A natural bronco buster, he eventually became a rodeo rider, bull fighter, clown, and photographer, working all over the West with t...

The Gunsmith’s old friend, Bill Hickok, controls Abilene, Kansas with a tight fist and a fast gun, brooking challenge by no man. But even the legendary Wild Bill needs a hand when the James brothers, John Wesley Hardin, Phil Coe, and Ben Thompson converge on the town at once.Clint Adams takes Hickok’s side—but not before a sexy lady saloonkeeper gets into the act, and into The Gunsmith’s bed. She does her level best to make him stay on for good. But Adams is too busy dodging bullet...

A Kiwi cowboy and his stubborn horse (nicknamed ‘Goddammityou-sonavabitch’) ride through America. Here’s how an ‘averagely dumb city-slicker’ looking for something to do on his summer holiday saw Dances With Wolves and was seduced by the lure of the West. Together with a small stubborn horse rescued from a career in the Belgian sausage industry, he travelled 3500 miles down the Rocky Mountains from Canada to Mexico. When Lee Hughes began, he didn’t know how to rid...

If you have ever had a dream you needed to fulfil, and challenged yourself to pursue that dream, then you have a story to tell. Join us on our trail ride by horseback, coast to coast across Canada in 1965. Living with Mother Nature, learning to ride, we crossed the Kootenays, Monashees (in a snow storm), the wide open Prairies, and on through to Halifax, N.S. We endured some of the worst thunderstorms, mosquitoes, ticks and black flies there had been in years. Our only rule was NEVER GIVE UP!...