Readin' Round-Up
Book Reviews by Dave Remley

Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo, by Richard C. Rattenbury. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010, 416 pp, 620 color and b/w plates, $ 65.

The Bronco Bill Gang, Karen Holliday Tanner, and John D. Tanner. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011, cloth, 270pp., $29.95

Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas Panhandle, by William T. Hagan. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007, pbk., 147pp., $19.95.

Chief Loco, Apache Peacemaker , by Bud Shapard. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010, cloth, 364 pp., $34.95.

The Civil War in Arizona: The Story of the California Volunteers, 1861-1865, by Andrew E. Masich. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008, pbk., 368pp., $26.95.

Cowboy Life on the Llano Estacado, by V. H. Whitlock (Ol' Waddy). Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970, repr. in pbk., 2011, 278 pp. $19.95.

The Crash of TWA Flight 260, by Charles M. Williams. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010, pbk., 250pp.

Exploring Desert Stone: John N. Macomb’s 1859 Expedition to the Canyonlands of the Colorado, by Steven K. Madsen. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2010, cloth, 273pp., $34.95.

The Fort Bayard Story, 1866-1899, by Neta Pope and Andrea Jaquez. Introduction by Dr. Dale Giese, copyright 2011 by Andrea Jaquez, 390 pp., hardback, $45; pbk., $30.

The Fourth Wife: Polygamy, Love & Revolution, by Carolyn O'Bagy Davis. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2011, pbk., 206pp., $14.95;

From Cochise to Geronimo: The Chiricahua Apaches, 1874-1886, by Edwin R. Sweeney. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010, cloth, 706 pp, $39.95

Hopi Summer: Letters from Ethel to Maud, by Carolyn O'Bagy Davis. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2007, pbk., 160pp., $15.95.

Jedediah Smith, No Ordinary Mountain Man, by Barton H. Barbour. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009, pbk., 290pp., $19.95.

Manhattan Project to the Santa Fe Institute: The Memoirs of George A. Cowan, by George A. Cowan. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010, cloth, 175pp., $27.95.

Never Land: Adventures, Wonder, and One World Record in a Very Small Plane, by W. Scott Olsen. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010, hard back, 187pp., $31.50.

Pendleton Round-Up at 100: Oregon's Legendary Rodeo, Michael Bales and Ann Terry Hill. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010, pbk., 300pp., $35.00.

Raptors of New Mexico, Jean-Luc E. Cartron, ed. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2010. Cloth, 710 pp., $50.00.

Robin Olds, Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds. New York: St.Martin's Griffin, 2010, pbk., 400pp., $15.99.

So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848, by Will Bagle. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2011, cloth, 458 pp., $45.

Survival of Rural America: Small Victories and Bitter Harvests, by Richard E. Wood
Lawrence, Ks.: University Press of Kansas, 2008, cloth, 223 pp., $34.95.

The Sundance Kid: The  Life of Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, by Donna B. Ernst
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009, pbk., 233pp., $19.95.

Victorio: Apache Warrior and Chief, by Kathleen P. Chamberlain.  Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007, cloth, 242 pp., $24.95. (

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