52 WEEKS • 52 WESTERNS
SERIES
Over the past three years, I've been immersed in Western
novels, movies, and TV shows while compiling the three related books in the 52
Weeks • 52 Westerns series (novels, movies, and TV shows), which I complied
with my compadre Scott Harris.
Because of the variety of individual reminiscences about
what the included Western novels, movies, and TV shows meant personally to the
wide range of owlhoots who rode the trail with us, we believe these
compilations are unique and stand out from other Western reference works.
52 WEEKS • 52 WESTERN NOVELS
The Wild West is uniquely American. It is a legend brought
to life in sagas of blazing six-gun justice in wide-open towns and across vast
ranges. 52 Weeks • 52 Western Novels is a fun guide to some of the best of
these Western tales. Step into the Wild West, ride dusty trails, slap leather
with outlaws, and get ready to battle Indians and the elements--all from the
comfort of your favorite reading spot.
52 WEEKS • 52 WESTERN MOVIES
The Wild West of the silver screen is indelibly embedded in
the soul of America. From silent movies to singing cowboys, from Saturday
morning matinee serials to the tension of High Noon and 3:10 to Yuma, from John
Wayne to Joel McCrea to Audie Murphy to Randolph Scott to Glenn Ford and so
many others, from The Searchers to The Professionals to The Magnificent Sevens
to the True Grits to The Good, The Bad and the Ugly to The Unforgiven to Dances
With Wolves and other horse opera Oscar winners-- the Western has done it all. 52
Weeks • 52 Western Movies is a fun guide to classics of the genre and
overlooked gems deserving of wider recognition. So grab your boots and saddles,
and posse up with us to ride across celluloid landscapes and open ranges West
of the imagination...
52 WEEKS • 52 TV WESTERNS
For three decades Westerns dominated American television, so
much so it was sometimes tough to find any non-Western programming on the three
major networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC. There were breakout shows such as Gunsmoke,
Wagon Train, Bonanza, the Virginian, and others we remember fondly. Dad, mom,
and kids alike, gathered together around televisions across the country and
welcomed lawmen, drifting cowboys, fictionalized versions of Wild West icons
into our homes as if they were family. There were also breakout stars like
Steve McQueen, Richard Boone, Chuck Conners, James Garner, and James Arness who
wore their six-guns and cowboy hats, and rode their horses down dusty trails to
superstardom. 52 Weeks • 52 TV Westerns is a fun guide designed to renew our
acquaintance with the classics Western shows we loved. The spotlight also falls
on Western series gems we might have missed, but can now track down on cable
channels devoted to classic Westerns, or binge watch on DVD. So saddle up, and
as Steve McQueen in his role of bounty hunter Josh Randall in Wanted: Dead or
Alive repeatedly said, “Let's go...”
HOT LEAD
My love of vintage Westerns also drew me to contribute and
act in an advisory capacity to the full color fanzine Hot Lead, edited and published
by my wordslinging amigo, Justin Marriott.
HOT LEAD ISSUE #1
The fanzine of vintage western paperbacks. 60 pages full
color. Debut issue traces the Piccadilly Cowboys phenomenon, with reviews,
articles and interviews on the controversial western paperbacks perhaps best
typified by the George Gilman Edge series.
HOT LEAD ISSUE #2
The western in vintage paperback. 68 pages, full colour.
"Art of the Western" special. Includes an interview with Tony Masero
accompanied by original art, articles on western comic books, Charro! the movie
tie-in, Euro Western series Ronco and the comic art of Frank Bellamy.
HOT LEAD ISSUE #3
The fanzine devoted to vintage western paperbacks. 52 pages,
full color throughout. A special devoted to the 'adult western; typified by
series such as Slocum, Longarm and The Gunsmith. Includes a history of the
genre plus articles on key series. Packed with reproductions of the paperback
covers. A must for the western reader!
HEAD WEST
A couple of other trail pard's Ben Bridges and Mike
Stoddard. Have also publish two issues of another Western fanzine to which I
have contributed, which are also worth tracking down for fans of the genre.
HEAD WEST ISSUE #1
The first issue of Piccadilly Publishing's new
western-themed magazine, Head West! contains something for all lovers of the
genre! Edited by Ben Bridges, there are interviews by David Whitehead, a
feature on creating Piccadilly Publishing covers by artist supreme Tony Masero,
a personal take on the western by Linda Pendleton, a behind-the-scenes look at
Piccadilly Publishing's first western movie, Vermijo, by director Paul Vernon, and fiction from the likes of
Jake Henry, D. M. McGowan and M. James Earl. Fully illustrated throughout, this
is sure to become a collector's item!
HEAD WEST ISSUE#2
Issue Two of Piccadilly Publishing's Head West! magazine
contains a variety of articles, features and stories devoted to the western
genre. We have fiction from J T Edson, Ray Hogan, Neil Hunter and Tony Masero,
a look at the western genre in Germany, courtesy of Alfred Wallon, Linda
Pendleton's intriguing history of the California Gold Rush, plus author
profiles of Laurence James, Peter McCurtin and Marshall Grover. Over 100 pages,
fully illustrated throughout. It's a magazine no serious western fan can be
without!
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