INK & CINEMA JOURNAL

Real-Life Old West Outlaws & Lawmen: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: The Summer of 1876 (Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, Belle Starr, Wild Bill Hickok), Shotguns & Stagecoaches (Wells Fargo), The Last Outlaws (Dalton Gang), Bandit Heaven (Hole-in-...

Fictionalized Real-Life Old West Outlaws & Lawmen: 7 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Desperadoes, Doc, Epitaph, and The Bass Reeves Trilogy

Wyatt Earp & Doc Holliday Stories: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis and notes: Tombstone, Brothers of the Gun, Dodge City, The Last Gunfight, and Ride the Devil's Herd

Black Cowboys & Lawmen in the Old West: 3 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes on Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves: Black Gun, Silver Star & two Black Cowboys in the American West anthologies.

Classic Western Fiction: 4 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: True Grit, Lonesome Dove, Blood Meridian, and The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard (including 3:10 to Yuma).

Old West Cowboy History: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Cattle Kingdom, The Real Wild West, Tularosa, The Old Chisholm Trail, and The Age of Gold.

Native American Stories: 6 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Empire of the Summer Moon, The Apache Wars, Killers of the Flower Moon, Warrior in Two Camps, Dances with Wolves, and The Last of the Mohicans

Prohibition & Gangster Stories: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Public Enemies, Go Down Together (Bonnie & Clyde), Texas Ranger (Frank Hamer), The Wettest County in the World (Lawless), and Live by Night

Famous Frontiersmen: Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill Cody, Jim Bridger - 4 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill's Life Story, Jim Bridger Trailblazer, and Deadwood

American Frontiersmen & Westward Expansion: Daniel Boone, David Crockett, Kit Carson - 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis and notes: Blood & Treasure, Blood & Thunder, The Lion of the West, Dreams of El Dorado, and The Undiscovered Country

Texas History: 3 Books About the Lone Star State Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes - The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo, Texas Rising: The Lone Star Republic & The Texas Rangers, and Lone Star: A History of Texas & the Texans

Clint Eastwood: Actor, Director & American Icon - 6 Biography Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: American Rebel, Clint: The Man & The Movies, Clint: A Biography, The Iconic Filmmaker & His Work, Clint: A Retrospective, and Icon: The Essential Film Art Collection

Gritty Crime Mysteries: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Prince of Thieves (The Town), Gone Baby Gone, Heat 2, Mystic River, and The Devil All The Time

True Crime Stories Made into Movies: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil, Malice in Wonderland, Original Gangster (American Gangster), LAbyrinth: The True Story of "City of Lies", and In Cold Blood

Noir in the City: 3 Books Worth Reading - Detroit, Palm Springs & Santa Fe (Book Notes)

A collection of short stories that delve into the gritty underbelly of three iconic American cities.

Crime Writer Memoirs & Biographies: 6 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & Notes - James Patterson, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography, Cooler than Cool (Elmore Leonard), Edgar Allen Poe: A Life, Love Me Fierce in Danger (James Ellroy), and The Life of Crime...

Ulysses S. Grant: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Grant, American Ulysses, My Dearest Julia, Personal Memoirs, and The Man Who Saved the Union

Civil War Stories: 4 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Shelby Foote's The Civil War, Thunder at the Gates, Captured Freedom, and Gettysburg Voices from the Front

The Civil War in Fiction: 4 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis and notes: Gods & Generals, The Killer Angels, Cold Mountain, and The Beguiled

American Independence Stories: 4 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: 1776, The Swamp Fox (Francis Marion), Washington: A Life, and In Defense of the Second Amendment

Modern Warfare Stories from WWI to GWOT: 12 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: 13 Hours, Black Hawk Down, The First Wave, American Sniper, Lone Survivor, Flags of Our Fathers, The Operator, Kabul, Valley of the Shadow, Gallipoli, Echo Among Warriors, and...

Real Life & Fictional Horses: 5 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Seabiscuit, America's Wild Horses, Secretariat, War Horse, and The Horse Whisperer.

Actor Memoirs & Biographies: 8 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Val Kilmer, Danny Trejo, Matthew McConaughey, Sam Shepard, James Coburn, Lee Marvin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sam Hueghan

Film Director Memoirs & Biographies: 4 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Oliver Stone, William Friedkin, Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas

The History of American Independent Filmmaking: 3 Books Worth Reading (Book Notes)

Synopsis & notes: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, Down & Dirty Pictures, and American Independent Cinema