Rough Edges

Mitchel McCann may have lost a war, but he never lost his belief. The preacher kept his faith throughout all the blood and the dying; t...

(This post originally appeared in somewhat different form on December 21, 2007) It’s hard to go wrong with Cary Grant, of course. In t...

I don't believe I've ever read anything by Kenneth Gilbert, but I love the title of his yarn in this issue of ACTION STORIES: ...

That's some grim expression on the cowboy's face, and the girl doesn't look too happy, either. But I'd be happy reading a...

In a couple of weeks Thorndike will be publishing a large print edition of WIND RIVER, the first book in the Western series that Livia an...

(This post originally appeared on September 7, 2006, in somewhat different form.) This is one of Ed Gorman’s earlier Westerns, originall...

G.W. Braddock was raised to be a Texas Ranger and never wanted anything else. But when he's stripped of his badge through no fault of...

Embarked on the Oregon Trail, the Culbertson-Barkley wagon train has already endured danger, hardship, and betrayal from within their own...

(This post originally appeared on August 26, 2007) When I was a kid, I was a fan of boy-and-his-animal yarns, like the horse books by Wa...

All CIA agent Scott Steletto had to do was bring captured terrorist Brendan Miller to the U.S. He even had extra security to make sure no...