One of the most fascinating experiences I’ve had in the last year was the time I had lunch with executive producer, Howard Kazanjian (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi) and director, screenwriter, Walter Hill (Geronimo, The Long Riders, Broken Trail). Quietly sitting in between these two veteran film makers as they discussed read more…

In the middle distance I saw it – a huge plume of dust, reaching for the sky. When the dust settled a bit the source of the disturbance could be seen. More than a dozen wild mustangs were racing across the open range to destinations unknown. It was a remarkable sight and a perfect way read more…

I’m on the road tomorrow and through the rest of the week, doing further research on a book about outlaws of the Old West. I’m fixated on the subject. According to the code of the West, a murderer was one who shot in the back or from ambush, who gave no warning or who shot read more…

There are times I believe I was born one hundred and seventy-five years too late. I like wide open spaces, horses, Old West justice, John Wayne, and the prospect of venturing into rugged territory just to see what’s over there. The fact that I am addicted to modern day plumbing and an advanced health care read more…

The Gold Rush of 1849 brought thousands into the foothills of Northern California. Everyone wanted to find a gold claim of their own and most were willing to work hard to make their dream come true. Not everyone who came west with the Rush were honest and industrious however. The influx of people included an read more…

In 1850, an anonymous letter from San Francisco arrived at a newspaper office in New York. It read, “A smart woman can do very well in this country – true there are not many comforts and one must work all the time and work hard but…it is the only country that I ever was in read more…

The popular biography and pictorial books, entitled The Cowboy and The Senorita and Happy Trails about the famous, singing cowboy duo Roy Rogers and Dale Evans will soon become a Broadway musical starring Grammy award winning country music star, Clint Black. Emmy and Three-time Tony award winner Thomas Meehan will collaborate with Joseph Meehan on read more…

Rollo Tomasi is a metaphor for the criminal who gets away with the crime. Tomasi is a purse-snatcher, murderer, false-accuser, the one never held accountable for the evil they’ve done. The Old West’s version of Rollo Tomasi was known simply as PO8. PO8 was a highwaymen and stage robber. After stole from his frightened victims read more…

Miracles happen and oh, how I pray they happen soon. In 2001, an 11-year-old girl told a judge that her father raped her, sending the man to prison for nine years. Today, she admits that she lied. Now 23-years-old, Cassandra Ann Kennedy says made up the story because she was upset with her father following read more…

Beverly Hills, CA – Accomplished director Walter Hill is preparing to deliver another western to film audiences with the adaptation of the book Thunder Over the Prairie.  Published by Globe Pequot Press, Thunder Over the Prairie is the gripping, true tale of a murder in Dodge City in 1878 – and how legendary lawmen chased down read more…