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The Revised Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
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Bass Reeves Finally Gets His Due

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Our 22nd Annual Heritage Travel Issue
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Blazing Saddles at 50!

Best of the West Collector's Edition
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Adventures Await:The Ultimate Historic Travel Guide
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True Western Town: Grapevine, Texas

Killers of the Flower Moon: Terror in the Heartland
Honor and Sacrifice: Remembering the 104 U.S. Marshals Who Gave Their Lives in Oklahoma
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Django Unchained The Struggle of the Modern Western by James B. Mills
Own a Piece of History: Guns of the Young Wild West!
True Western Town: Tombstone, Arizona

SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION: TOMBSTONE 1993-2023
Still Walking Tall at 30!
Is it the greatest Western?

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History vs. Hollywood
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Montana’s Charlie Russell Trail

True Western Town
Pecos, Texas

From Great Falls to Fort Worth: Our Annual Western Art Issue

Yellowstone Cowboys: The Real Story of Teddy Blue
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Taylor Sheridan’s Western Empire
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Miles City, Montana: A True Western Town
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Cheyenne, Wyoming: A True Western Town
Ride That Train! Our Favorite Railroad Adventures from Coast to Coast

Texas Rangers Bicentennial 1823-2023

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Fremont’s Western Adventure


Gateway to Yellowstone & Big Sky Country: Bozeman, Montana

Two-Lane Blacktops and Red Dirt Highways to History

Our Annual Guide to the Best Western Saloons, Hotels and Lodges

Last Call!
213 Historic Saloons You Must Visit Before They Are Gone

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Gentleman Bandit
The True Story of Black Bart
An Exclusive Excerpt from John Boessenecker

Cody, Wyoming
A True Western Town in Yellowstone Country

Our 21st Annual Heritage Travel Issue
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Texas Cowboys, Outlaws and a Blood Feud
Abilene, Kansas A True Western Cowtown
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The Day Jesse James Died
New Evidence Uncovered
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Our Top 10 Towns for 2023

Special Collector's Edition
True West's Best of the West 2023
The Very Best Photographs from the True West Vault

Mountain Men: Winter Survivalists

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The Accidental Explorer Charles Erskine Scott Wood
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The Ultimate Historical Travel Guide

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Bill Tilghman’s Fight for Justice
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Cowboys & Cowgirls and Handmade Boots
Western Books: Our Favorites of 2022

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The Six-Million-Dollar Gun

Cannibal Correspondence
The Love Letters of Alfred Packer

Yellowstone Country:
Open and Ready for Business

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Real Women of the Wild West
A Portfolio of the Brave and the Bold

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Our Top Western Museums of 2022

The Last Days of Crazy Horse

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Chato vs. Geronimo
Two Warriors who Fought for Their People

Wild Bill’s Drunken Brawl

Riding for the Guidon at Little Bighorn

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The Earth Is All That Lasts

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Bat Materson The Deadly and Dangerous Life of the Man who Invented Wyatt Earp
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Dalton Gang vs. Coffeyville
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Annual Guide to Historic Hotels, Saloons and Dude Ranches

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True Westerner of the Year: Phil Spangenberger

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Chaos of a Boomtown!
True West’s Ultimate Guide to Roads Less Traveled

Ben Johnson: A True American Cowboy

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