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...

                    "And by the way, you know, when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea - have a P...

Historic U.S. Route 395 For my birthday we ran up from San Diego to Gardnerville, Nevada. We stopped overnight in Santa Clarita to pi...

At long last, Jenny’s Revenge, A Steve Dancy Tale is available in trade paperback format. This has been a long process that had mostly to ...

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...

I just returned from a week of skiing at Heavenly overlooking Lake Tahoe. Judging by the price of lift tickets, there’s gold on them th...

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

I write historical novels. Most of my books are Westerns, and I strive to properly reflect the lifestyle, technology, and politics of the e...

An Editor on the Comstock Lode by Wells Drury Previously, I wrote that Mark Twain is my favorite Western writer . Twain actually ...

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