James D. Best

“A mine is a hole in the ground, owned by a liar.” Mark Twain I recently saw a college friend for the first time in decades. He see...

I write westerns partly because I want to preserve our frontier heritage. (I also write them for fun and profit.) Recently, I encou...

The trade paperback edition of Crossing the Animas is now available. You can buy it at Amazon here . You might be surprised by the ...

I read that railroad construction is all the rage in Western novels. I suppose Hell on Wheels spiked the popularity of trains, but I ...

Looking the Part I'm not a hat person. Although I own dozens of hats, I seldom wear one. I don't even like helmets. I grew up ...

What Would the Founders Think? has reviewed Jenny's Revenge . In the  past, I have been a contributor to this site. Despite our chu...

Honest Westerns ... filled with dishonest characters. At long last, Jenny's Revenge is available ... at least in e-book formats. T...

The Fictional Café has previewed the first chapter of Jenny’s Revenge , the fifth novel in the Steve Dancy series .  If you enjoy ...

This past weekend we spent a mini-vacation in Breckinridge with our daughter’s family. The Breckinridge Summer Fun Park thrilled the grandk...

I prefer to write my stories before doing significant research. (Except for Tempest at Dawn , which required advanced study and planning.) ...

Timothy O’Sullivan, who had been an apprentice to Mathew Brady, headed west after the Civil War to photograph the American frontier. O’Sull...