When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Bryan Burrough's new book is The Gunfighters: How Texas ...

Texas author Bryan Burrough knew he wanted to write book on gunfighters of the American West, but struggled with the angle: Could he say anything new about the likes of Jesse James, Billy the Kid, ...

Most folks have heard about the gunfighter from western history and the O.K. Corral, but did you know he was one of Glenwood Springs most famous residents?

13 original Western ballads tell the true stories of Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Johnny Ringo, and the legends of Tombstone — based on history, not Hollywood. These songs bring Tombstone’s history to ...

Sonnichsen was a Harvard-trained historian teaching in El Paso who almost single-handedly recovered the stories of the great feuds that wracked Texas for a decade after the Civil War. If you believe, ...

When you make a purchase using links on our site, The Week may earn a commission. All reviews are written independently by our editorial team. Sonnichsen was a Harvard-trained historian teaching in El ...