SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST: Recent Episodes
Paul Bishop & Richard Prosch
Celebrating the bullet blazing action of the Western genre in books, TV, movies, and any other media at home on the range...
Welcome back, buckaroos, for the second part of our Six-Gun Justice Podcast's Worldwide West Tour visit to England. Join host Paul Bishop as he chats with British Western wordslinger Andrew McBride about all things Western with a British twist...
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Howdy, cowpokes... It's tea time on the range as the Six-Gun Justice Podcast returns to its Worldwide West Tour with a stop in Ol' Blighty... Join host Paul Bishop and his special guest David Whitehead (aka bestselling Western wordslinger Ben Bridges) as they face down a violent gang of Piccadilly Cowboys and then delve even further into the extensive history of the many indigenous Westerns spawned on British shores...
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Get them spurs jangling, wranglers, 'cause today's episode is gonna take us back to the year 1876, when the West was truly wild and legends roamed the frontier. Join host Paul Bishop as he chats with Steve Wiegand, author of 1876: The Year of the Gun, about Wyatt Earp, Wild Bill Hickok, Custer and more...It's gonna be a rootin', shootin', good time...
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Boy, howdy, so many of those great vintage Western paperback we'd all run an Apache gauntlet to own and read had one thing in common—the likeness of action model Steve Holland on the covers...Today, Six-Gun Justice Podcast, host Paul Bishop is joined by special guest Michael Stradford author of Steve Holland: Cowboy, a just released compendium featuring Steve Holland's influence on our conception of the heroic cowboy...
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G'day, cowpokes...It's time to lasso your kangaroo down, mate, as the Six-Gun Justice Podcast's Worldwide West Tour continues its stop in the Land Down Under. Join host Paul Bishop and his special guest, Australian pulp maven Crocodile Andrew Nette as they go walkabout across the Outback in search of Kangaroo Westerns...
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Put some shrimp on the barbie, pick up your didgeridoo, and grab a cold can of Fosters as the Six-Gun Justice Podcast's Worldwide West Tour stops in the Land Down Under for a look at the massive body of indigenous Australian Westerns produced by homegrown print publishers—such as Cleveland, Horowitz, and others—along with the fistful of Kangaroo Cowboy wordslingers who gunned Western stories down by the hundreds...
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Tip yer' chairs back and hook yer' boots over the hitchin' rail as it's time for another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast... Join the virtual posse as head wrangler Paul Bishop gets back on the trail of the Worldwide West with Part 2 of of the tour's stop in Germany, where he'll be chatting with German wordslinger Alfred Wallon, author of over 200 German language Westerns...
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Round up ye'r broncs and cool ye'r spurs for another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...Westerns are a genuine American art form, but that hasn't stopped the rest of the world from telling an amazing slew of their own wild west tales. These are often written by wordslingers who have never set foot on American shores, let alone been west of the Mississippi...For the next few episodes the Six-Gun Justice Podcast host Paul Bishop and various special guests will be riding the whirlwind we're calling the World-Wide West Tour. First stop, part one of our visit to Germany...
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Rein them horses in, sidewinders, it's time to listen in as Six-Gun Justice host Paul Bishop chews the barbed wire with his guests Chris Conway and Antoinette Sol about the impact of Western comics around the globe...
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All-righty, cowpokes...It's time to grab yer' pencil stubs, haul yer' writing tablets out of yer' saddlebags, and settle in for some learnin' as Six-Gun Justice Podcast co-host Paul Bishop gets some smart lecturing from Professor Christopher Conway on the influence of the American Western in Mexican films comics and popular culture in part two of Heroes of the Borderlands...
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Step into the stirrup and saddle up for the 200th episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. To celebrate, your host Paul Bishop is joined by his special guest Professor Christopher Conway for part one of an in-depth look at the Heroes of the Borderlands and the impact of the Western genre in Mexico and Latin America...
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Toss your reins over the hitchin' post, buckaroos, and lend an ear as Six-Gun Justice Podcast host Paul Bishop is joined by the new Queen of the Dark Range, Randi Samuelson-Brown...A lyrical writer known for her award nominated and compelling historical fiction, Randi has now embarked on a journey into the realm of Western noir. In Brand Chaser, the first book in her new Dark Range series, Randi has engaged her passion for storytelling to paint an unflinching portrait of the seedy underbelly of the modern-day West. Branded Graves, the second book in the Dark Range series will be released by Wolfpack Publishing in late 2022...
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Hold your horse now, things are about to get wild! Join host Paul Bishop as he chews the barbed wire with Western wordslinger Jeff Mariotte to get the lowdown on Jeff's new Cody Cavanaugh Western series, weird Western tales of Desperados and Deathlands, the life of a tie-in writer, and believe it or not—Tarzan in the Wild West...
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Pull back on those reins, buckaroos, and slow down long enough to listen as Six-Gun Justice Podcast host Paul Bishop is joined by guest co-host Tim DeForest discuss an overlooked niche in the Western genre—Western episodes of non-Western TV shows...
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Saddle up your bronc and get ready to ride into Indian Territory with the Six-Gun Justice Podcast's head wrangler Paul Bishop and his guest James Robert Daniels, author of the acclaimed first Western novel The Comanche Kid...A love child of The Searchers, Lonesome Dove, and True Grit, The Comanche Kid lives up to its hype as a candidate for best Western of the year...
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Circle the wagons and put the coffee pot over the campfire, it's time for a new episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. Today, Paul is joined by Richard Prosch, who returns to the ranch and brings wordslinger Mel Odom with him to discuss their new traditional Western series, The Guns of Legende, which debuts this month on the virtual spinner racks as well as in paperback and large print editions...
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The horses are hitched and the stage coach is ready to hit the trail for another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. Join head wrangler Paul Bishop for a Gatling gun burst of Western book and movie reviews, a look at the Kids of Western comics, an overview of TV's Wanted: Dead Or Alive, and an in-depth feature on Western TV show gimmick guns...
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Starting with this Six-Gun Justice Podcast episode, we are updating our episodic numbering system to reflect the total number of full-length episodes, speed listen installments, and conversation segments we have produced over the past two years.
In another bit og housekeeping, as the Six-Gun Justice Podcast enters its third year, we are rapidly approaching our 200th episode. However because of time commitments needed for other projects, necessity demands a switch from delivering new content twice a week to producing new episodes every other week. This will allow us to continue talking about our favorite genre, Westerns, while also freeing up time to delve into other endeavors.
For today's episode get ready to duck for cover as Paul faces down two accomplished western wordslingers, Bill Markley and Kellen Cutsforth, who can't seem to agree on anything. It's time to throw down words in a high noon showdown over the truth behind historic western personalities, incidents, and legends...
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Head 'em up and move 'em out...It's time for another full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. Westerns on TV have almost as long a history as television itself. Stampeding across the black and white TV screens of American living rooms on every network the popularity of westerns during the ‘40s thorough the ‘60s has been fully documented, however there has been no concerted effort to document the history and the stories behind the numerous novels and novelizations tied in to these shows. Today's episode will hopefully go a long way toward filling that void, as Paul discusses the many Western TV tie-in novels he has collected over the years...
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With a "Hi-Ho, Silver, away!" (or a "Hi-Yo, Silver, away!" depending on which side of the never ending argument you fall) it's time to get ready for the latest Six-Gun Justice Podcast episode, Legend of the Texas Rangers Part 3, in which co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosh saddle up with The Lone Ranger and Tonto...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation goes international as co-host Paul Bishop chats with German author and translator Manuela Schneider, whose latest novel, Arma Del Diablo: Colt of Destiny, has been recently released...
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Shine up them badges and get your guns and horses ready to ride with Paul and Rich as they track down Episode 51 of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast—Legend of the Texas Rangers Part Two. The true life adventures of the protectors of the Lone Star State are almost as over the top as the many books, movies, and TV show adventures that pay tribute to them proving the iconic story of the Texas Rangers has provided the perfect inspiration to earn them an enduring place in pop culture...
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Don Coldsmith's Spanish Bit Saga is one of the most highly regarded Western series to be told from the point of view of the early Native American plains tribes. An historical epic filled with thrilling adventures, relatable characters, and suspenseful action that drives you from book to book, the Spanish Bit Saga is the legacy of a master storyteller. In this Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen, co-host Paul Bishop digs into the man behind the series and the inspiration he drew on for his novels...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment is going international as Paul chats with Western scribe Gustavo Quadros from his owlhoot hideout on the pampas of Santa Catarina, Brazil. An historian and writer, Gustavo's stories alternate between suspense, historical fiction and fantasy, and now blazing six-gun action. His first Western, The Rancher, The Gunslinger, and the Devil, was released at the Rio de Janeiro Book Biennial in 2019, and the English translation is now available from Amazon in both ebook and paperback...
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One riot, one Ranger...The holiday hiatus is over and it's time for new episodes of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...Pin on your badge and saddle up with co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they ride hell for leather into the legends and legacy of those hardest of hard men known as the Texas Rangers...
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It's Wild West Wednesday! As the podcast is on hiatus until the end of the year (new episodes start January 3, 2022, we are featuring a repeat performance of our Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment in which Rich chats with Chris Enss about her book, IRON WOMEN: The Ladies Who Helped Build the Railroad, the Unlikely Friendship of Isabella Bird and Rocky Mountain Jim, as well as the Western Writers of America's Packing the West program.
Chris Enss is a scriptwriter and comedienne who has written for television, film, and performed on cruise ships and on stage. She has worked with award-winning musicians, writers, directors, producers, and as a screenwriter for Tricor Entertainment, but her passion is for telling the stories of the men and women who shaped the history and mythology of the American West. Chris is the current president of the Western Writers of America.
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With the podcast on a short hiatus until the end of the year (new episodes beginning January 3, 2022), we are featuring a repeat performance today of our Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen in which co-host Paul Bishop tells you everything you need to know about the western genre phenomenon of the Piccadilly Cowboys and the Adult Western sub genre...
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It's Wild West Wednesday! As the podcast is on hiatus for the holidays, we are featuring a repeat performance of our Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment in which Paul chats with his friend, Western wordslinger Terrence McCauley, author of the Aaron Mackey westerns and several new titles under the renewed Ralph Compton banner...
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While on a short hiatus for the holidays, we are featuring a repeat performance of episode ten of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast , in which Paul and Rich take on the novels and film adaptations of Elmore Leonard's amazing Westerns...
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It's Wild West Wednesday! With the podcast on hiatus for the holidays (new episodes coming January 3, 2022), we are featuring a repeat performance of our Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment in which co-host Paul Bishop chats across the pond with publishing maven Justin Marriott, editor of Hot Lead—the fanzine of vintage Western paperbacks...
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Time to get your Western cosplay on and geek out cowboy style as co-host Paul Bishop tracks down the best in Western fiction magazines, non-fiction magazines, and Western fanzines...
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It's Wild West Wednesday! As the podcast is on hiatus for the holidays, we are featuring a repeat performance of our Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment in which Rich talks with Thomas Rizzo, one of the most passionate and hardworking writers in today’s community of Western scribes.
From his web site, www.tomrizzo.com, Tom offers a multitude of stories. Subscribers to Tom's newsletter enjoy his quick snippets of forgotten history, entertaining and always education short reads, first thing every weekday morning.
Tom has four nonfiction titles available, and one novel, Last Stand at Bitter Creek. It’s about a burned-out Union Army spy by the name of Grant Bonner who wants to get back to civilian life and resume his career after the Civil War. Highly recommended.
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While on a short hiatus for the holidays, today we are featuring a repeat performance of episode seven of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast , in which Paul and Rich discuss one of their favorite Western wordslingers, Ben Haas—aka: John Benteen—and his seminal series creations for Belmont Tower books, Fargo and Sundance...
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It's Wild West Wednesday! As the podcast is on hiatus for the holidays, we are featuring a repeat performance of our Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment in which Paul talks with Preston Lewis, Spur winning author of the H.H. Lomax series and many other westerns...
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While on a short hiatus for the holidays, today we are featuring a repeat performance of our Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen in which co-host Paul Bishop discusses everything you need to know about True Grit—the novel and the movies—in under fifteen minutes...
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Joining Rich for this Six-Gun Justice Conversations segment—which is especially designed with holiday gift giving in mind—is the editor of True West magazine, Stuart Rosebrook. A son of the American West, Stuart grew up in North Hollywood, California, but spent most of the summers of his youth at the Orme’s Quarter Circle V-Bar Ranch Camp in northern Arizona. He has been a featured writer for Arizona Highways, Ranch and Reata, American Cowboy, and Camera & Darkroom. He was also a commentator for the John Wayne 100th Birthday DVD Edition of True Grit. Most recently, he assisted his late father, Jeb Rosebrook, publish his memoir, Junior Bonner: The Making of a Classic with Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen in the Summer of 1971.
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While on a short hiatus for the holidays, we are featuring a repeat performance of episode six of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast , in which Paul and Rich pit the original 3:10 to Yuma (1957) against the 2007 remake, and dip their toes into Wild Wild West, Legend, Brisco County, Jr. and the beginnings of the Steampunk sub-genre...
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It's Wild West Wednesday, and since it has really been the Wild West recently around the Six-Gun Justice corral, today we are rerunning our very first Six-Gun Justice Conversation installment from May 6, 2020, in which co-host Paul Bishop downs some bad whiskey and pickled pigs feet along with comic book legend and western lover Chuck Dixon...
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Get on down that happy trail, y'all...It's time for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen as Paul is joined by Western Writers of America President Chris Enss to talk about the cowgirl code established by the Queen of the West her own self, Dale Evans, another of the great Wild Women of the West.
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It's Wild West Wednesday. In today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul chats with Mike Cox, the best-selling author of a two volume history of the Texas Rangers. A native Texan, Mike began his newspaper career in 1967, reviewing Texas related books for the San Angelo standard times. Since then, he has written 35 non-fiction books and hundreds of magazine articles, newspaper, columns, and essays. An elected member of the Texas Institute of letters, he currently lives in the Texas hill country...
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Stone killer, misunderstood reluctant gunman, or avenger of the downtrodden, which one is the real Billy the Kid, or can the baby-faced outlaw ride all three horses? Find out when you join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch for Six-Gun Justice Podcast Episode #46, Riding The Owlhoot Trail With Billy the Kid Part Two...
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Joining Six-Gun Justice co-host Richard Prosch for this edition of Wild West Wednesday is something of a Renaissance man...Doug Hocking served in the US Army Military Intelligence branch as well as the Armored Cavalry. He spent many years in the Far East, speaks fluent Chinese, holds advanced degrees in American History, Social Anthropology, and Historical Archaeology, and is the winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award and the Co-founders Award from Westerners International for his novel Terror on the Santa Fe Trail: Kit Carson and the Jicarilla Apache, which was also a Western Writers of America Spur Award finalist...
Although his roots are in Cornwall and New England, Doug Hocking grew up on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in North Central New Mexico, the Rio Arriba where he still maintains close ties to friends, Paisano and Indio. It is a land of mystery, miracles, and Penitentes. His Tom Jeffords: Friend of Co-Cochise, a biography was also a Spur Award Finalist. He has twice been awarded the Danielson Prize for best program.
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Head 'em up and move 'em out to make way for the latest Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. This time out co-host Paul Bishop is joined by Arizona State Historian Marshall Trimble to talk about Trimble's longtime friendship with actor Ben Johnson, the cowboy's cowboy...All in under thirty minutes, give or take...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and Western romance takes over the bunkhouse as co-host Richard Prosh two-steps with author Lynn Eldridge, former president of the West Virginia Chapter of Romance Writers of America and whose latest historical and
romance novel, Tame the Wild will hit the virtual spinner racks in December... Currently the Director of Clinical Services, Lynn is also a licensed clinical therapist in an outpatient behavioral health facility in Charleston, West Virginia...
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Load your Colts and grab your Winchesters for Episode 45 of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast... Join Co-Hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch and they face down the history and pop culture impact of the baby-faced killer known as Billy the Kid...
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Set your Stetson straight and get ready to join co-host Paul Bishop for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation...Joining Paul today is the man referred to as the Will Rogers of Arizona—Marshall Trimble.
Since 1997, Marshall has been Arizona's official state historian and goodwill representative. He is the author of over 25 books on Arizona history and other Western subjects. He writes regularly contributes articles to True West magazine to go along with his monthly column, Asked the Marshall...
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It's time once again to ride hell for leather into a new Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen. Join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch for another conversation about the deadly gunplay, the great characters, the fast action, and the history behind the second two books in Rich's new Western series, Hellbenders, and get ready to rope your next great read...
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Make sure your spurs is sharp and shiny as it's time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Join co-host Richard Prosch as he chats with historian, actor, historian, and Western wordslinger Bill Markley...
History, especially American history, and travel have fascinated Bill Markley since he was a boy growing up on the family farm in Pennsylvania. Moving to Pierre, South Dakota in 1976 to work for the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources was a natural fit for Markley, where he immersed himself in local history and participated in Civil War and Western frontier reenacting. Markley has been in films such as Dances With Wolves, Son of the Morning Star, Far and Away, Gettysburg, and Crazy Horse. He worked in Antarctica, traveled the South Pacific, kayaked and backpacked in Alaska, chaperoned a Boy Scout troop to Japan, and has camped, hiked, and rode horseback through the West. He writes for South Dakota Magazine, Roundup, True West, and Wild West.
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Anytime you're hanging pictures on the wall of the bunkhouse, make sure there ain't no lowdown coward like Robert Ford creepin' up behind 'ya like he did to Jesse... For more tips on surviving the owlhoot trail join co-hosts Paul Bishop And Richard Prosch for episode forty-four of the Six-gun Justice Podcast, Jesse James Part Two...
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The chores is done and it's time to come in off the range and listen to another Six-Gun Justice Conversation...Joining co-host Paul Bishop from Canada is Reg Quist, currently one of the most popular writers of Christian Westerns...Quist began writing after he retired from a career in construction and more time became available...Northward To Home: A Historical Christian Western, which is the second novel in his bestselling Just John series, is due to be released by Wolfpack Publishing's Christian imprint, CKN, and is already burning up the charts on pre-orders alone...
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If you think you've got enough problems rounding up cows, partner, then you best sit down and listen up to the latest Six-Gun Justice Podcast Speed Listen as co-host Paul Bishop pulls in Six-Gun Justice Deputy Tim Deforest to talk about the problems of cowboys and dinosaurs...Ever try to rope and allosaurus? Believe me you don't even want to try...
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Hang on to your saddle horn buckaroos, it's time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Join co-host Richard Prosch as he chats with Western author J.R. Sanders, whose fascination with the Wild West dates back to his Kansas roots and was encouraged by his childhood visits to the Dalton Gang hideout, Abilene, and Dodge City. His interest in crime dates back to his days as a police officer and a private investigator. His nonfiction articles regularly appear in magazines such as Law & Order and Wild West, and he is a member of the Western Writers of America and Western Fictioneers...
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Check them wanted posters, partner as it's time to hit the owlhoot trail with Six-Gun Justice co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as the go in pursuit of the man, the myth, the murderous legend known as Jesse James (Part 1)...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment as co-host Paul Bishop chats with western wordslinger Scott D. Parker, author of the Calvin Carter Railroad Detective series. His new book, The Sunset Express is co-written with Edward A. Grainger, in which both authors' popular western characters cross paths...
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Get ready to fan your trigger and enter the fray in this Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Get ready to ride hell for leather along with co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they talk about the deadly gunplay, the great characters, the fast action, and the history behind Rich's new Western series, Hellbenders, and get ready to rope your next great read...
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It's time for another Wild West Wednesday Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Today podcast co-host Richard Prosch interviews Saddelbag Dispatches' graphic design editor Casey Cowan...
Casey has worked in and around the journalism, artistic, and literary fields for twenty-five years as a reporter, photographer and graphic designer....In 2013, he helped co-found Oghma Creative Media, a publishing company built around the idea of authors and artists banding together as a team to take control of and market their work effectively. This, in turn, led to a partnership with the late Western wordslinging icon Dusty Richards. In 2014, they co-founded Saddlebag Dispatches, a twice-yearly magazine dedicated to the spirit and legacy of the Old West through fiction, poetry, culture, and history.
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Whoa, there! Don't let that team of yoked horses runaway with the stagecoach. Slow 'em down as it's time to listen to as the Six-Gun Justice Podcast presents part two of Western Lightning. In this episode, co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch go dashing across the frontier protecting the stagecoach strongboxes of Wells Fargo while exploring the associated movies, books, TV shows connected to the iconic stageline...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment in which co-host Paul Bishop locks horns with one of the wildest desperados on the range, Mean Pete Brandvold, whose books appear on most Western readers' most wanted lists...
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Wrap the reins of your four-legged hay burner round the hitchin' post and set yourself down for the latest Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment...Today, co-host Paul Bishop explores the history of Stan Jones, the unassuming Death Valley National Park ranger who wrote and composed possibly the most iconic western song to twang from a six-string guitar—Ghost Riders In The Sky...
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It's Wild West Wednesday once again...In today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, co-host Richard Prosch talks with Kalen Vaughan Johnson, author of Robbing the Pillars. Kalen is a historical fiction writer living in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in mass media, before going to work in television for the next eight years.
A voracious reader, Kalen grew up on the greats of historical fiction, including James Michener, Leon Uris, James Clavell, Larry McMurtry, Pat Conroy, Colleen McCullough, Edward Rutherford, and Ken Follett. These stories and a fascination with history, particularly the 1800’s and the American frontier, moved her to write.
Kalen's latest book, Raid of Souls, which is the second book in her Empire Barons series, is available now.
Find more at http://kalenvaughanjohnson.com
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Hold onto your Stetsons, cowpokes, it's time for another whirlwind episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...Join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch for Western Lto ghtning Part One as they ride with the Pony Express and gallop along on the Wells Fargo stagelines...
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Saddle up, cowpunchers, it's Wild West Wednesday again and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation. In this segment, co-host Paul Bishop chats with one of today's bestselling writers of Christian Westerns, Ken Pratt, author of the Willow Falls series featuring U.S. Deputy Marshall Matt Bannister...Ken was raised in the small farming community of Dayton, Oregon, where he learned the value of having a strong work ethic. Applying what he learned, he wrote late at night for seven years to complete the first novel in his Matt Bannister series, Willow Falls, while working a full time day job and raising a family with his wife, Cathy.
Ken writes about real life issues in a western setting in the rough and wild Pacific Northwest. His Matt Bannister series is now eleven books strong, and while Ken enjoys writing, he also writes with a purpose—to show how God works in our lives even when we do not see it until we look back. He states, I do not write to be a best seller or for wealth, I write to bring hope into the lives of the hopeless and encourage the disheartened through the lives of the characters and God's providence in my stories. There is always 'Hope' and that is the purpose of my books.
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Button up yer long johns and snap yer braces, it's time for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Hit the trail with co-host Paul Bishop and his guest Chris Enss as they take aim at one of the West's wildest women—Calamity Jane...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment as Rich visits with Spur Award-winning author, Jefferson Glass... A relentless researcher with specific interest in the Rocky Mountain and Northern Plains regions of the United States, Jeff's 2014 book, Reshaw–The Life and Times of John Baptiste Richard, was named Best Non-Fiction Book of the year by the Wyoming Historical Society, and received the prestigious Spur Award for Best First Non-Fiction Book from the Western Writers of America. His latest book is Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family...
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It's time to hang on to your saddle horn and prepare to get your Wild West extravaganza on as Six-Gun Justice Podcast co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch ride the range for Part 2 of The Legend of Buffalo Bill...
02:10 — Paul explores history at his Leisure —with the company’s Golden West Series.
05:32 — Buffalo Bill’s legend takes shape
06:54 — On the Vengeance Trail after the battle at Little Big Horn
08:15 — A Visit West (In Three Hours)
10:07 — Annie Oakley and the Lady Sureshots
11:00 — Heroes rise…and heroes fall
11:29 — Rich reviews Young Buffalo Bill (1949)
13:11 — Paul rides with Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory (1952) and Pony Express (1953)
13:45 — Rich admits Buffalo Bill (1944) is kinda-sorta historically accurate, except when it isn’t
15:25 — Paul pans Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
18:11 — The books of Edwin L. Sabin
21:56 — Paul brings us up to date with Hickock and Cody by Matt Braun
22:50 — Rich shares The Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill series by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
24:00 — Paul likes the well-written mystery Margret Cole’s Buffalo Bill’s Dead Now
24:39 — Rich reveals Larry McMurtry’s The Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of superstardom in America
25:00 — Paul’s favorite Buffalo Bill novel, Brian Garfield’s Wild Times, isn’t about Buffalo Bill
26:30 — Bill shows up in Little Big Man Returns
28:14 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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Welcome to another Wild West Wednesday Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Today Paul talks with true crime author David Crow author of The Pale- Faced Lie, the story of his early years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. Through grit, resilience, and a thirst for learning, he managed to escape his abusive childhood, graduate from college, and build a successful lobbying firm in Washington, DC...David is a sought-after speaker, has mentored over 200 college interns, performed pro bono service for the charitable organization Save the Children, and participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. An advocate for women, he donates a percentage of his royalties from The Pale-Faced Lie to the Barrett House, a homeless shelter for women in Albuquerque. David and his wife, Patty, live in the suburbs of DC.
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You say your cowboy hat is dusty, battered, ill-fitting, and sweat soaked, more appropriate to be used as a portable horse trough or to fan campfire embers? Then it's time to clamp that crumpled chapeau down on your lugs and join co-host Paul Bishop and legendary custom cowboy hat maker Gene Baldwin for a lesson on the sartorial cowboy...The hat maketh the man...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time to roll up your lariat and settle back for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment...Join co-host Richard Prosch as he talks with the very popular Western Wordslinger, Larry Sweazy...
With sixteen novels to his name, Larry has also published over eighty nonfiction articles and short stories. He's also a freelance indexer and has written indexes for over one thousand scholarly and technical books, which is the basis of his Marjorie Trumaine Mystery series. A winner of the Spur Award, the Will Rogers Medallion, and the Elmer Kelton Fiction Book of the Year award, Larry makes his home in Indiana.
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When truth becomes legend, print the legend...Indian fighter, scout, world class horseman, Buffalo Bill was the greatest frontier showman of them all...Join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they bring to life the legend of Buffalo Bill in part one of a new episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...
02:35 — Rich clues us in on Sam Whiskey (1969) — a quirky heist with Burt Reynolds, Angie Dickinson, and Clint Walker
05:05 — Paul explores a few western novels which push the genre envelope, including The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin.
07:45 — The Absolutely True and Genuine Tale of Buffalo Bill Cody
11:00 — What is “Autobifictionalography?”
12:25 — Rich and Paul share the high points of Bill’s life.
14:00 — Bill Cody and the Pony Express
17:46 — Cody during the Civil War and how he earned his name.
19:44 — Buffalo Bill becomes a Cavalry Scout and sets up his first show
22:00 — Enter Ned Buntline and the Dime Novels
24:00 — Prentiss Ingraham, Western word machine for Buffalo Bill
27:38 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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Wild West Wednesday just got a little wilder as co-host Paul Bishop chats with Jane Little Botkin about labor strikes on the frontier, legendary lawmen, and great-grandmothers of possible ill repute...
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The team is hitched up and the stage is ready to roll, so hop aboard and settle back for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Today, co-host Paul Bishop is joined by wordslinger Jane Little Botkin, for the next in the occasional installments featuring Wild Women of the West.
Jane is renown for scouring the West for firsthand sources in family diaries, libraries, and museums in order to collect the personal narratives of American families with compelling stories of labor radicals, miners, lawmen, and outlaws in settings rich with a history that transitions into the New West. Her latest book, The Girl Who Dared to Defy: Jane Street and the Rebel Maids of Denver is the story of wild west activist Jane Street—a young woman and single mother—who in 1916, in the wake of the violent labor disputes in Colorado’s two-year Coalfield War, took a stand to change the status quo for the girls—the domestic maids well-to-do women in Denver referred to their hired help, abusing them at will as they considered them as only one step above prostitutes.
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New Mexico native Melody Groves loves Western history. Enchanted by the area where she grew up, as a youngster she and her family explored ghost towns, which sparked her imagination. Horses, tumbleweeds, the sky, and characters who impacted the Western mystique charged through her mind. They still do. Winner of numerous writing awards, she writes for True West, Wild West, Enchantment Magazine, and New Mexico Magazine, among others. In 2018, she won the prestigious National Press Women Award for her True West Magazine article on Albuquerque’s first town marshal who got himself (justifiably) hanged.
Her novels include Border Ambush, Sonoran Rage, Arizona War, Kansas Bleeds, and Black Range Revenge. In addition, she authored She Was Sheriff and the upcoming Lady of the Law—The Maud Overstreet Saga. Her non-fiction include: Ropes, Reins and Rawhide: All About Rodeo (UNM Press); Butterfield’s Byways: America’s Longest Mail Route Across the West (History Press); Hoist a Cold One! Historic Bars of the Southwest (UNM Press); and When Outlaws Wore Badges.
She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and in her spare time plays rhythm guitar with the Jammy Time Band.
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Grab your cavalry hat with the arrow through it and join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they charge into another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast alongside one of the most controversial figures in the history of the West—General George Armstrong Custer—as he faces down the fate of every bad decision he ever made at the Battle of Little Big Horn...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time to gather around the corral for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment...Today co-host Paul Bishop jaws with New York Times bestselling authors, W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. With over 17 million copies of their books in print in 29 different languages, they have recently been awarded 2021 Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Contributions to Western Literature by the Western Writers of America, and are soon to be inducted in the Western Writers Hall of Fame at the McCracken Library in the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. They are the first Wyoming authors and also the first co-authors to receive this honor...
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Sharpen up your Mexican spurs and polish those conchos running down the braid on the outside of your vaquero pant legs, as it's time for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment... Join co-host Paul Bishop as he discusses the life and legacy of Henry William 'Heck' Allen—better known as the five time Spur Award winning author of over fifty Westerns under the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher...
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Tighten up your saddle cinch and get your old cayuse ready to ride 'cause it's Wild West Wednesday and time to hit the trail with co-host Richard Prosh along with the wordslinger behind the West's funniest Watson and Sherlock and the tales of Holmes On the Range, Steve Hockensmith. And as a bonus for Six-Gun Justice listeners, Steve's making his short story ebook collection, Dear Mr. Holmes, available for free at Amazon for the next few days.
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Gather up the reins of your horse and gird up your courage as co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch charge into another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast and alongside one of the most controversial figures in the history of the West, General George Armstrong Custer...Part 1 of 2...
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Hold on to your Stetsons, it’s Wild West Wednesday and time for a new Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Joining Paul today is Hock Hochheim, author of the exciting Johann Gunther series of Western and—sometimes—international adventures. Hock is a military veteran, a police veteran, and a martial arts expert who is entering his 25th year of teaching hand, stick, knife, and gun combatives in eleven allied countries. He is also the author of numerous how-to, non-fiction books, as well as several contemporary thrillers...
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Join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they chat about the recent Western Writers of America conference, book hunting in Colorado, and a sideshow trip to The Buffalo Bill Museum and grave...
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Hang on to your saddle horn, it's Wild West Wednesday and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment...Today, Rich visits with Five Star Publishing Senior Editor, Tiffany Schofield. Joining Five Star in 1999, Tiffany currently manages Five Star's front list publications as well several Large Print genre lists for Thorndike Press and Wheeler Publishing—all imprints of Cengage. Due to Tiffany's diligent efforts in rejuvenating and expanding Five Star’s Western genre imprint, the company received the Lariat Award from the Western Writers of America in 2013, was named Best Western History Book Publisher by True West Magazine in 2015, and has published many Western novels selected as award winners and finalists in various literary contests...
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It's the Old Ranger here telling you to make sure your canteens are full before you join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch and their Borax 20 Mule Team for a trek across the vast expanses of Death Valley in books, movies, TV, and more...
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Hold still now while I shoot that there cigar outta your mouth while galloping on horseback 'cause it's time to listen to another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Today's sharpshooter is wordslinger Kari Bovee who chats with Paul about the four entries in her ongoing Annie Oakley mystery series and how Little Sure Shot found herself up to her shotgun in murder...
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He-Haw! It's time for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen. Join co-host Paul Bishop as he chats with the President of the Western Writers of America about one of the best known Wild Women of the West, Annie Oakley—all in under thirty minutes...give or take...
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Giddyap! It's Wild West Wednesday and time for a new Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Join co-host Paul Bishop as he visits with G. Wayne Tilman whose Gun For Wells Fargo series is currently riding atop the Western bestseller lists on Amazon. Wayne’s varied background includes working as a bank security director, a deputy sheriff, a security contractor, and an FBI unit chief. These are all jobs for which his heritage has uniquely prepared him as he has a direct ancestor who was a sheriff in the new world in 1680, the lawman who brought the desperado of song fame to justice, and a mother who was a counter intelligence operative...
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Drunken cowboys, power hungry robber barons, and violent outlaws were all in a day's job for the rawhide tough, bullet fast breed of Western men known as town tamers. It's time to hitch up your gunbelt and screw up your courage and get ready to do the 'hero strut' with co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they take on the legends of the town tamers in Part 2 of this Six-Gun Justice Podcast episode...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time to gather around the bunkhouse for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment...Today, Rich talks with acclaimed writer Ralph Estes. A recognized authority on Billy the Kid, Ralph earned this acclaim by virtue of his many troubadour performances of Me and Billy for the New Mexico State Chautauqua program. His knowledge of Billy the Kid, the Lincoln County War, and the full sweep of old West history results in an articulate, but down-to-earth interview that is learned, witty, and charming. He is uniquely qualified to have written The Autobiography of Billy the Kid. His latest book is Aces & Eights: Poker in the Old West...
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Put down that anachronistic gun and holster rig and take off that too modern cavalry costume and join co-host Paul Bishop for this Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment as he rides out to a 2,400 acre Western movie ranch to track down the most authentic man in the West, Peter Sherayko...actor, collector, and provider of correct time period costumes, guns, saddles, and other props to movies from big budget (Tombstone) to low budget ventures...Put down that anachronistic gun and holster rig and take off that too modern cavalry costume and join co-host Paul Bishop for this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment as he chats with the most authentic man in the West, Peter Sherayko...actor, collector, and provider of correct time period costumes, guns, saddles, and other props to movies from big budget (Tombstone) to low budget ventures...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time to join co-host Paul Bishop in conversation with master pulpsmith and Western wordslinger Len Levinson. The creator of the iconic WWII action series The Rat Bastards and The Sergeant, Len also wrote for or created numerous Western paperback original series—under a fistful of pseudonyms—including, The Searcher, The Apache Wars, and The Pecos Kid...
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Get ready to turn over your shootin' irons or face the consequences in this new full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...What does it take to tame a wide open town on the frontier—often it was only one man with a fast gun who was tough enough, fearless enough, and mean enough to get the job done. Join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they take on the legends of the town tamers in Part 1 of this two part episode...
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Stand back and give ‘em room, folks, as our co-host Richard Prosch squares off against Mark Hatmaker, otherwise known as our very own fearsome Six-Gun Samurai. Mark is the author of numerous books and instructional videos in the domain of Western martial arts—vintage boxing, classical submission wrestling, and pragmatic street defense—and also regularly pens Western reviews at westernmusings.com/ To learn more about Mark's work or to contact him visit www.extremeselfprotection.com/
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Wrap the reins of your four-legged hay burner round the hitchin' post and set yourself down for the latest Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Join co-host Paul Bishop in the Six-Gun Justice blacksmith shop as he talks with restoration craftsman David Stanley about refurbishing TV cowboy gun and holster sets, as well as Stanley's skills at sculpting unique versions of Hartland-style figurines...
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Woah, Nellybelle! It’s time to bring your Roy Rogers Jeep to a sliding halt and let the dust settle over you while you listen to another Six-gun Justice Conversation segment. Today, our co-host Richard Prosch palavers with West Virginia native Bob Yoho about his books and his passion for history and tales of the American West. Yoho is the author of the five-book Kellen Malone Western series as well as books of historical fiction and nonfiction. His varied career includes speaker, radio talk show host, political columnist, laboratory technician, and process operator in the chemicals industry. He currently resides in Ohio, and you can learn more about him at rgyoho.com/
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Put on yer buckskins and screw on yer coonskin cap and brace yourself for another full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, in which co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch head out into he wilderness for Trailblazers Part 2...
01:08 — Paul reveals Daniel Boone’s Twin? Fess Parker as Davey Crockett
02:30 — Rich tracks down The Ballad of Davey Crocket
03:44 — Paul corners Davey Crockett in the movies and TV
06:10 — Paul’s focus on the Davey Crockett ‘50s mini-series
09:02 — Rich and Paul look over the wide vista of Crockett tie-ins, merchandise and spin-offs
11:50 — Paul digs into a Swamp Fox biography
12:40 — Rich and Paul target Kit Carson in pop culture
14:33 — Rich shares some background on the historic Kit Carson
18:00 — Kit Carson blazes across the silver screen and finally lands its Disney show
20:23 -- There goes the chuckwagon triangle! Time for Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs.
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time to join co-host Paul Bishop for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Today, Paul chats with editor extraordinaire Gary Goldstein, ramrod of Kensington Publishing's bestselling line of bullet blazing Westerns. Under Gary’s guidance, his wordslingers have won more than a dozen Spur Awards from the Western Writers of America...
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Listen up, ya’ yahoos, it’s time for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Today, co-host Paul Bishop is joined by the President of the Western Writers of America, Chris Enss, for a discussion of the early women Western wordslingers and how and why they differed from their male counterparts, all in under thirty minutes—give or take...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time to join co-host Richard Prosch for a Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment with Rocky Gibbons and Nancy Plain, editors of Why Cows Need Cowboys, the Western Writers of America’s first anthology for young readers—a collection of true tales of the West that leave textbook history in the rearview mirror and take you on a tour of twenty seldom-told dramas, the kind you might stumble across only if you leave the main road to wander the detours and byways of the American story...
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Now, iffin' you don't settle down, I'm a gonna have ta beat you like a slow cavalry mule. Don't you know it's time once again for another full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...Put on your moccasins and your coonskin cap and join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch for Trailblazers Part 1 as they go tracking, hunting, and fighting alongside trailblazing legends Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Davy Crockett, and Natty Bumppo...
00:20 -- Welcome and Announcements about Western Trailblazers
2:12 -- Paul has a review of Thunder in the East -- First in the First Frontier series by Mike Roark
5:30 -- Rich talks about Charlton Comics' Wild Frontier, a 7-issue anthology series that ran from 1955-1957 with art by Dick Giordano, and six Daniel Boone comics at ComicBookPlus.com.
8:22 -- And don't forget about DC Comics' Tomahawk which ran for 150 issues.10:54 -- Look out! Here come the cattle!!! It's time for the trailblazers -- Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, Davy Crocket, and...
11:30 -- James Fenimore Cooper's fictional Natty Bumppo in the Leatherstocking Tales.
12:57 -- Last of the Mohicans adaptations into film in 1920, 1932, 1936 (with...Randolph Scott!), and 1947, then a television series in 1957 and another series from 1994, a 1971 5-hour BBC Masterpiece Theatre miniseries, and 1977 made-for-television movie, and finally the 1992 movie staring Daniel Day Lewis (and yes! this one occasion where the movie adaptation is better than the book). And a 2014 story tie-in The Pride of the Mohicans
18:58 -- Daniel Boone! (Not Davy Crockett) and Fess Parker played them both. (What was that all about?) The Daniel Boone mythology is an 18th century version of Taken. He blazed trails in Pennsylvania, Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri.
22:17 -- There are some new books about Daniel Boone. My Father Daniel Boone is a non-fiction take on DB, but the Daniel Boone mythology is a mix of fact and fiction.
24:04 -- Blood and Treasure set in the mid-18th century places Daniel Boone in the middle of the action.
25:20 -- Finding Daniel Boone by Ted Franklin Belue ponders the question...where are Daniel Boone's bones anyway?
25:41 -- A bit about Daniel Boone Westward Trail (1982), the 4th book in the The American Explorer Series, and other Daniel Boone recommended fiction.
27:24 -- Daniel Boone's story first appeared on the big screen in 1907, then in 1923, and 1926, with the first Daniel Boone talkie appearing in 1936, 1941, a DB serial in 1943, and 1956's Daniel Boone Trailblazer.
29:00 -- There were four Walt Disney forgettable Daniel Boone episodes, but 1964's NBC series with Fess Parker defined the Daniel Boone character in the American mindset.
32:57 -- There goes the chuckwagon triangle! And it's time for Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs.
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time once again to hang out around the Six-Gun Justice water cooler for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Today, co-host Paul Bishop talks with Western writers Austin Wright and Robert Dwyer, whose debut Western novel, The Sheriff , was released in April.
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Howdy, wranglers. It's time to untangle them lariets and tie yourselves down for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment...Today we’re catching up with bestselling author, Tony Healey. Tony is the author of several novels under the Ralph Compton Western brand published by Berkley, as well as the Harper and Lane crime series published by Thomas & Mercer. He lives in Great Britain with his wife and four daughters, and—in a Six-Gun Justice Podcast exclusive—will be reading from his new Ralph Compton title, The Devil’s Snare...
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment...Deanna Dickinson is a true daughter of the West. A recipient of the Will Rogers Medallion on multiple occasions, Deanna has also won the National Heritage and Cowboy Museum's coveted Wrangler Award. She writes award winning poetry and stories that take you into her world of ranch life, and lives on an active ranch in the American southwest...
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Now, hold on just a shiny spur jangling minute, cowboy, and settle back in your saddle 'cause its time for a new full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast...Hitch your wagon to a star and join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they head 'em up and move 'em out on the dusty trail of wagon train and cattle drive sagas...
0:23 -- Welcome and Announcements
1:05 -- A few words about today's Dusty Trails episode
1:45 -- Electronic comics and the Hoopla app. Bouncer western comics with art by François Boucq and story by Alejandro Jodorowsky .
3:58 -- Acid Western comics and movies
5:46 -- Be warned, Bouncer is graphic, gory stuff, but the story is compelling. Complete with a character named AxHead
6:55 -- A fabulous new western by G. Wayne Tillman: Ghost Posse
8:47 -- And Now the Main Feature -- Dusty Trails!
9:20 -- The Big Trail with John Wayne
10:25 -- 1931s Fighting Caravans with Gary Cooper and later 1934's remake with Randolph Scott starring in Wagon Wheels
11:35 -- 1940's Kit Carson with John Hall
12:00 -- And here are a few movies about pioneering Mormons
13:00 -- Let's talk Santa Fe Trail, which begins in in Arrow Rock, Missouri through 900 miles of untamed wilderness
13:35 -- "Santa Fe Passage," a short story from Esquire, by Clay Fisher (a.k.a. Henry Wilson "Heck" Allen) and the movie from 1955 of the same name.
16:46 -- Another book called Santa Fe Passage, this one written by Jon R. Bauman from 2007
17:40 -- Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) by Willa Cather
18:50 -- The 24-book Wagons West series by Dana Fuller Ross (pseudonym of Noel Bertram Gerson)
19:42 -- Bend of the River (1952) with James Stewart directed by the under-rated Anthony Mann
21:04 -- Meek's Cutoff (2010) revealing the strength of the female pioneers...it's not lighthearted entertainment and features a frustratingly ambiguous ending.
23:00 -- Ralph Compton and the cattle drive (or sometime a horse drive) as a backdrop .
24:16 -- Red River (1948) with John Wayne and directed by Howard Hawkes -- it starts as a wagon train movie and ends up as a cattle drive movie
25:03 -- The must-see The Cowboys (1972) with John Wayne in this brilliant coming-of-age movies.
26:10 -- The Culpepper Cattle Company (1972) an unflinching portrayal of life on the trail. An overlooked gem.
27:22 -- City Slickers (1991) a trail ride comedy with Billy Crystal and Jack Palance...and Paul talks his own cattle drive.
28:20 -- The television miniseries Lonesome Dove one of the most beloved cattle drive stories of all time. And St. Elmo's Fire...? Yikes!
32:35 -- Chuck Wagon Bell!!! Followed by Shootouts and Shoutouts!!
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It's Wild West Wednesday once again and time to head to the corral for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Today, co-host Paul Bishop talks with Lane Warenski, the Amazon bestselling author of the twelve book Grizzly Killer series, which begins with Grizzly Killer—The Making of a Mountain Man. The recently released Grizzly Killer—Hell on the Horizon is the twelfth entry in the series and continues the thrilling mountain man saga in fine fettle...
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You know his face...You've seen it hundreds of times...Not on wanted posters, but on the covers of your favorite vintage Westerns (as well as the covers of paperbacks from many other genres). Revered cover artist James Bama called Steve Holland—The Face of the West—the greatest male model of all time, and nobody has ever argued with his assessment. In today's Speed Listen installment, Six-Gun Justice Podcast co-host Paul Bishop examines the life and work of Steve Holland and its influence on the Western genre—all in under fifteen minutes...give or take...
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Get ready, cowpunchers, it's Wild West Wednesday and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment. Join SGJP co-host Richard Prosh in conversation with Natalie Bright and Denise McAllister, authors of the Wild Cow Ranch titles in the new contemporary Western Christian Romance series.
Lovers of the West can be born in the most unlikely of places. For Denise F. McAllister, her start was in Miami, Florida, surrounded by beaches and the Everglades. Denise credits her love of horseback riding and 15 years of showing in Atlanta, Georgia for her heartfelt connection to all things Western. Denise's faith is important to her and she loves to write about characters' journeys as they navigate real-world challenges. Denise is a member of Western Writers of America; Women Writing the West; Northeast Georgia Writers; Booth Western Art Museum's Writers' Guild
Natalie Bright writes stories that combine her passion for history of the American West and the unique people of the Texas Panhandle, where she calls home. She is a fifth generation Texan, and a fan of friendly people, a good story, Texas sunsets, and connecting with readers. She has published a series of cookbooks, young reader books, and a short story collection. Find Natalie on Instagram @natsgrams, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Facebook as NatalieBrightAuthor...
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Settle down there, you bunch 'a rowdy polecats, it's time to get your Davy Crockett on for another full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. Git on up to them adobe ramparts and prepare to defend yourselves against Santa Ana's hordes... Join co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch as they navigate the truth, fiction, tall stories, rumors, and false histories of the almostuncountable movies, books, TV shows, magazines, comics, toys, games, and collectables dedicated to Remembering the Alamo ...If you ain't got a coonskin hat, don't worry—neither did Davy.
00:00 -- Welcome and Announcements
2:25 -- If you enjoy the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, please consider donating at Patreon
3:35 -- We're remembering about the Alamo!
4:00 -- A quick history of the Alamo
5:50 -- What do people disagree about regarding the Alamo?
6:31 -- What do people agree on regarding the Alamo?
7:00 -- Paul talks about visiting the Alamo
8:20 -- We will be talking about the most readily available Alamo tie-ins
8:35 -- Marx Alamo Playsets
9:50 -- Alamo Coloring Books
10:16 -- Paperback Cover Catalog of Alamo Books
11:10 -- When the legend becomes fact, print the legend
11:50 -- Frazee's novelization of the John Wayne movie The Alamo
15:05 -- Thirteen Days to Glory by Lon Tinkle, The Alamo by John Meyers Meyers, The Gates of the Alamo by Stephen Harrigan
16:38 -- Time travel Alamo Remember the Alamo by Kevin Randall and Robert Cornett
17:25 -- Remember the Alamo by William Johnstone
18:50 -- Flashman at the Alamo by Robert Brightwell
20:10 -- Comics related to the Alamo
20:14 -- Two Gun Kid #75 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and Two Gun Kid #95
21:00 -- Davy Crockett in comic books
22:00 -- Alamo puzzles and games
22:15 -- The Alamo on the small screen
22:30 -- Two for Texas with Kris Kristofferson
23:25 -- Texas by James Michener
24:40 -- Thirteen Days to Glory25:10 -- Lon Tinkle and John Wayne's The Alamo and Thirteen Days to Glory27:33 -- John Wayne's The Alamo (and John Ford) with a star-studded cast
34:35 -- The outstanding Dimitri Tiomkin soundtrack for The Alamo
37:00 -- Battle scenes in Alamo movies, Alamo village,
38:27 -- The History Channel's series Texas Rising
39:35 -- Viva Max and The Man from the Alamo
42:50 -- A quick run-down of lesser known Alamo movies
44:44 -- Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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It's Wild West Wednesday and time to ride along with co-host Richard Prosh as he talks with acclaimed author Bernard Schafer. In 2021, Berkeley Books will debut Schaffer's brand new western trilogy as part of their Ralph Compton imprint. Look for Face of a Snake (published in February), followed by Snake's Fury, and Hell Snake, later in the year.
Schaffer is also the author of the popular Santero and the Rein thriller series—featuring detective Carrie Santero and her mentor, the troubled Jacob Rein.The three books in the series, The Thief of All Light, An Unsettled Grave, and Blood Angel, are available from Kensington Books.
Schaffer's award winning non-fiction book, Way of the Warrior: The Philosophy of Law Enforcement, is taught in universities and police academies around the world.
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Hang on, buckaroos, in this special Speed Listen installment, Six-Gun Justice Podcast co-host Richard Prosch visits with author Kevin Wolf, who recently brought home the 2020 Spur Award for short fiction from the Western Writers of America. His prize-winning tale Belthanger, appeared in the recent anthology from Western Fictioneers, Under Western Stars.
Wolf's mystery writing has been favorably compared with James Lee Burke and Pat Conroy, while his westerns explore the lyrical ground of historic Colorado. The great-grandson of Colorado homesteaders, he enjoys fly fishing, old Winchesters and 1950's Western movies.
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It's Wild West Wednesday one again, range riders, and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment...Today, co-host Paul Bishop discusses the debut issue of the Men's Adventure Quarterly—featuring the unexpectedly brilliant Western stories and stunning art from the Men's Adventure Magazines of the '50s thru the '70s—with editor Robert Deis and art director Bill Cunningham...
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Get ready to ride with those other Six-Gun stars of the silver screen as co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch discuss the Western movie careers of Charles Bronson, Robert Duval, Robert Mitchum, Sam Elliot, and more...It's a celebration of the guys who weren't John Wayne...
2:16 -- Episode #101 with 25K+ combined total downloads
2:30 -- Paul's on the used bookstore circuit again
3:44 -- Rich has a review of the Masked Rider Pulps
4:50 -- And specifically about the prolific pulp writer Cliff Walters whose works appeared in those magazines
7:36 -- Paul talks about News of the World (based on the book with the same name written by Paulette Jiles) on the starring Tom Hanks...who is always TOM HANKS. And he's glad he watched it.
11:29 -- Sneak Peak -- our next episode is about The Alamo before launching into today's topic of more Western Stars
11:45 -- Sam Elliot, the laconic cowboy with the grizzled mustache
16:30 -- Charles Bronson, more than just one of The Magnificent Seven
24:09 -- Robert Duvall, someone who's been in more Westerns than you think
28:58 -- A quick hat-tip to Tom Selleck
29:31 -- Robert Mitchem made 100+ movies and 1/3 were Westerns
33:00 -- Tom Mix, a pall bearer at Wyatt Earp's funeral, arguably the first great media franchise star of Westerns
37:20 -- Jimmy Stewart ... nice guy or deadly killer
40:12 -- ShootOuts and ShoutOuts
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It's Wild West Wednesday one again and time for another Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment...Today, co-host Richard Prosch chats with award-winning author Chris Mullins. Originally from Richmond, Texas, Mullins grew up listening to stories of the old west, imagining he was right there with gunslingers and comancheros fighting for survival in an unforgiving time. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1997, and began a career in teaching. Rowdy: Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen is the first in his ongoing Rowdy western adventure series. Since its publication, his novel won the 2020 American Fiction Award, and was recently named as a 2020 Best Book Finalist in the American Book Fest-Western category...
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In this Speed Listen installment, co-host Paul Bishop pays his dime for a ride on the mechanical horse outside his local market while sharing the history of Quarter Horses—coin operated horse rides...all in under fifteen minutes...
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In today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, co-host Paul Bishop hangs out around the Six-Gun Justice corral chatting with the million word a year man James Reasoner, who is know among the Indians as Man Who Kills Keyboards.
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Put them longhorns back where you found 'em, you sagebrush sidewinders, it's time for another episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast... Join the posse and ride along as your co-hosts Paul and Rich cut the trail of the modern contemporary Western and wonder aloud if such a beast exists...Available now on all major podcast streaming platforms or by clicking on the player below...
01:06 — Rich reviews Harry Whittington’s HIGH FURY
03:50 — Paul looks at Robert Randisi’s FRONTIER MEDICINE
06:15 — Paul and Rich wonder, “What makes a Modern Western?”
07:45 — Frank Gruber’s Seven Categories of Western Plots
10:32 — Rich and Paul remember television’s McCLOUD
13:25 — Paul opines on Cormac McCarthy
14:25 — Paul and Rich roll into LONGMIRE country
19:05 — Rich talks C. J. Box and Joe Pickett
22:10 — Paul gets collared by a Wisconsin Fish and Game Officer
24:12 — Rich reviews SHOTS FIRED by Box
25:30 — Paul and Rich talk BIG SKY
27:42 — Paul contrasts YELLOWSTONE and THE SON
28:51 — Paul enjoyed HELL OR HIGH WATER and WIND RIVER. Here’s why…
35:10 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Rich talks with delightful Western wordslinger, Vonn McKee—who still vividly remembers her first glimpse of real cowboys herding mustangs into a pen outside Prescott, Arizona. Eventually moving with her family from Arizona back to her mother’s home state of Louisiana, Vonn jokes she is "descended from horse traders and southern belles."
Spending summers visiting her father's family, who raised cattle and broke horses in North Dakota—and, later, northwestern Minnesota—she was inspired by seeing her grandfather stretched out on a sofa reading Zane Grey novels. By age eighteen she had acquired her own complete set of ZG novels, which included some volumes passed down to her by her grandfather.
After years of working at everything from riverboat waitress to country singer to construction project manager, Vonn is incorporating her experiences—and some of the interesting characters she's met—into stories of the old West.
Her latest book is Comanche Winter and Other Stories of the West, available from Wolfpack Publishing.
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In today's Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen, co-host Paul Bishop interviews wordslinging icon Arnold Hano, the 99 year old master of the Western noir... Hano is revered for his non-fiction baseball book The Day In The Bleachers, but his history in the publishing field is studded with highlights. As the first editor-in-chief of Lion Books, he guided the early careers of such acclaimed authors as Jim Thompson, Richard Matheson, and David Goodis. During his time with Bantam books, he was the editor for Western mega-star Luke Short. He also procured the book that would become Bantam's first multi-million copy seller. It's all here today in a interview filled with the lively reminiscences of a writer and editor who was there in the midst of publishing's halcyon days.
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In today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, co-host Rich Prosch catches up with bestselling western writer B.N. Rundell...Born into a ranching/rodeo family, Bob Rundell is the youngest of seven boys. After careers in business, insurance, and 30 years as a Baptist pastor, Bob retired to pursue his dream of writing. In his first year he wrote two #1 bestsellers—Star Dancer and To Keep a Promise. Since then he has created and written numerous books in his Rocky Mountain Saint and Buckskin Chronicles series—all reaching the top 10 in Amazon’s bestseller rankings—and currently is on book sixteen in his Stonecroft Saga series of frontier Westerns, all of which have been certified bestsellers.
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Hang on to your hats, cowpokes, in this episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul & Rich delve into the Westerns of a passel early 20th century wordslingers, including Will Cook, Max Brand, Luke Short, & Ernest Haycox...
01:23 — Meet Wade Everett…AKA: Will Cook
04:07 — Paul’s take on FORT STARKE and FIRST COMMAND
08:40 — Rich looks at Louis Trimble’s SIEGE AT HIGH MEADOW
09:58 — A look at NEMESIS OF CIRCLE A by Reese Sullivan ( Giles Lutz )
13:50 — Meet Max Brand
14:40 — Rich reviews Max Brand’s DEAD OR ALIVE
16:37 — Was Max Brand a character more interesting than his books?
19:01 — Frederick Glidden was Luke Short
21:00 — Rich snaps off THE WHIP ( Doom Cliff ) by Luke Short
22:00 — Paul takes up HARDCASE by Luke Short
23:10 — Rich hangs out with THE HANGMAN, based on a Luke Short story
25:40 — Paul spies out BLOOD ON THE MOON, a nourish Short adaptation
27:00 — On the trail with Ernest Haycox
28:00 — An overview of TRAIL TOWN and the movie adaptation ABILENE TOWN
31:00 — Rich and Paul wander through POWDER SMOKE AND OTHER STORIES by Ernest Haycox
32:05 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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BOOKS AND MOVIES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
WILL COOK—BOOKS
Fort Starke
First Command
Comanche Captives
The Peacemakers
The Outcasts
MOVIES MENTIONED BASED ON WILL COOK STORIES
Two Rode TogetherLOUIS TRIMBLE—BOOKS
Siege At High Meadow
GILES LUTZ—BOOKS
The Honyocker
Nemesis of Circle A (as Reese Sullivan)
MAX BRAND—BOOKS
Destry Rides Again
Dead Or Alive
Silvertip
Dr. Kildare
MOVIES MENTIONED BASED ON MAX BRAND BOOKS
Destry Rides AgainBIOGRAPHY Max Brand: The Big Westerner by Robert Easton
LUKE SHORT—BOOKS
The Whip (aka: Doom Cliff)
Hardcase
Gunman's Chance
MOVIES MENTIONED BASED ON LUKE SHORT STORIESRamrod
The Hangman
Blood On The MoonERNEST HAYCOX—BOOKS Stage to Lordsburg
Trail Town
Powder Smoke and Other Stories
MOVIES MENTIONED BASED ON HAYCOX STORIES
Stagecoach (based on Stage to Lordsburg)
Union Pacific
Bugles in the Afternoon
The Far Country
Abilene Town (based on Trail Town)
COMIC BOOKS
Western Marshal (based on Trail Town)
REFERENCE WORKS
Shooting Scripts: From Pulp Western to Film, Bob Herzberg
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In today's episode, Rich and Chris talk IRON WOMEN: The Ladies Who Helped Build the Railroad, the Unlikely Friendship of Isabella Bird and Rocky Mountain Jim, and the Western Writers of America's Packing the West program.
Chris Enss is a scriptwriter and comedienne who has written for television, film, and performed on cruise ships and on stage. She has worked with award-winning musicians, writers, directors, producers, and as a screenwriter for Tricor Entertainment, but her passion is for telling the stories of the men and women who shaped the history and mythology of the American West. Chris is the current president of the Western Writers of America.
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Join Six-Gun Justice Podcast co-host Paul Bishop for this Speed Listen installment discussing everything you need to know about the 1966 Western adventure movie The Professionals—starred Lee Marvin, Burt Lancaster, Woody Strode, and many other top stars—all in under fifteen minutes...give or take...
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, podcast co-host Paul Bishop ties up at the hitchin' post for a chin wag with longtime friend and wordslinger Wayne D. Dundee, bestselling author of the Lone McGantry Westerns and many other rip snortin' tales...
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In this full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, saddle up with Paul and Rich as they head down the trail while talking about their favorite John Wayne and Audie Murphy Westerns from Red River to Seven Ways From Sundown. Along the way, they will also be reviewing both vintage westerns and some new publications every Western fan is going to want to get their lasso around...
01:04 — Paul’s exciting news on Arnold Hano
02:10 — Rich reviews Richard Brister’s The Wolf Streak (1958)
04:24 — Paul takes a look at the debut issue of Men’s Adventure Quarterly
06:56 — Another look at author, Richard Brister: Fawcett Gold Medal’s Renegade Brand (1955)
09:23 — Paul reviews Audie Murphy: Movie Stories by David Williams
12:04 — Rich and Paul talk John Wayne and Audie Murphy
13:55 — Paul takes aim at No Name on the Bullet (1959) with Audie Murphy
18:41 — Rich drives the herd across Red River (1948) with John Wayne
23:15 — Paul rides again with Audie Murphy in Destry (1954)
26:53 — Rich lays siege to John Wayne’s classic, Rio Bravo (1959)
32:07 — Paul braves The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957) with Audie Murphy
35:00 — Rich joins John Wayne for The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
38:25 — Paul looks at Audie Murphy in Seven Ways From Sundown (1960)
40:48 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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John D. Nesbitt lives in the plains country of Wyoming, where he teaches English and Spanish at Eastern Wyoming College. He has had short fiction collections, contemporary western novels, and dozens of traditional western novels published in various hardbound, large print, audio, and mass-market paperback editions.
Nesbitt has won many prizes and awards for his work from the Wyoming State Historical Society, Wyoming Writers, the Wyoming Arts Council, Western Fictioneers Peacemaker and Western Writers of America. He continues to write novels, short fiction, and poem.
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In this Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment, Paul explores the significant and brilliant short stories of Montana's greatest Western writer, Dorothy M. Johnson, the woman behind The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, A Man Called Horse, The Hanging Tree, and more...
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul hangs out around the Six-Gun Justice corral chewing the jerky with wordslinger extraordinaire Hoch Hochheim, author of the bestselling Johan Gunther Western adventures, including his latest—American Medieval ...
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It's the first anniversary of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. Join Paul and Rich as they ride out to celebrate the accomplishments their first year of podcast wrangling and scout out what's ahead on the trail for their next podcasting cattle drive...
1:09 — On tap for this episode...unplugged and riffing as we go
1:43 — Thank yous to everyone who supported the 1st year of the podcast
2:15 — What got it all started?
3:00 — Nuts and bolts of getting the podcast named, designed, and launched
6:00 — Getting set up with equipment, hosting, and actually recording and editing the podcast
8:50 — Content delivered on a regular, reliable schedule
9:20 — Got a minute? Time for a Speed Listen
10:00 — Let's give 'em something to talk about -- Six Gun Justice Conversations
10:50 — 81 episodes and 30+ hours of content
11:25 — 20k downloads during 2020
11:40 — We always wanted to be big in England
13:50 — Favorite episodes from our first year
15:57 — Reading Westerns growing up?
17:46 — Making the switching from reading Westerns to writing Westerns
20:05 — Paul's connection to the 52 Weeks 52 Westerns books
22:22 — Rich's short stories and Hellbenders series out later in 2021
24:00 — Top 3 Book Picks from 2020
27:07 — Top 3 Movie Picks from 2020
29:20 — Top TV and Comic Picks from 2020
31:50 — The One Great Find of 2020
33:20 — All about the Six Gun Justice Book Club
34:00 — One of the Best of the West by True West Magazine
34:40 — Where is Six Gun Justice headed in 2021?
35:43 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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Today, Rich chats with acclaimed writer and Vice-President of the Western Writers of American, Phil Mills, Jr. A 2010 WWA Spur Award Finalist winner for Best Western Audio Book for his novel, Where a Good Wind Blows, his two illustrated children's books, Scooter, the Cow Dog and Mud Between My Toes have also received critical acclaim. His experiences includes being a small town newspaper editor, farm magazine editor, and positions with two major advertising/public relations agencies. The second book in his Good Wind series, Where the Wildflowers Dance, was reviewed earlier on the Six Gun Justice Podcast and is available now from Five Star.
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In this Six-Gun Justice Podcast Speed Listen ® installment, co-host Paul Bishop digs into the history of the Steve McQueen revenge Western Nevada Smith and tells you everything you need to know in under 15 minutes...give or take...
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul hangs around the corral with Paperback Warrior's co-host Eric Compton talking men's adventure and westerns...
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In this full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul and Rich shake off the dust from the Holiday Trail and take a ride on the dark side down a trail we're calling Noir On The Range...where killers, gunslicks, and cowgirl femme fatales abound, and love is for suckers...
02:51 — Paul offers some context and background for Western Noir
04:09 — Rich talks Ed Gorman’s Guild series
06:19 — Paul reviews Clifton Adams’ noir western, THE DESPERADO
11:50 — Rich looks at H.A. DeRosso’s .44
14:01 — Paul’s take on Arnold Hano’s THE LAST NOTCH
16:27 — Rich and Paul run down some of the best Western noir movies
16:45 — Paul runs down the dark canyon PURSUED (1947)
18:52 — Rich throws a wide rope at RAMROD (1947) and hogties the Idiot Plot
23:25 — Paul puts a smoky dim spotlight on JOHNNY GUITAR (1954)
25:40 — Rich trespasses across THE FURIES (1950)
30:07 — Quick takes on a WINCHESTER ’73, RAWHIDE, BLOOD ON THE MOON, and TRACK OF THE CAT
33:30 — Court Barbara Stanwyck in 40 GUNS, experience TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN, enter the DEVIL’S DOORWAY, and visit STATIONS WEST
37:39 — Submitted for your consideration…Rod Serling’s Western Noir on television
40:22 — Paul explores Rod Serling’s memorable series, THE LONER
42:15 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation, Rich talks with writer/producer Garner Simmons author of Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage - The Definitive Edition: 50 Years After "The Wild Bunch" from the Writer Who Knew Him Best, a biography of the late filmmaker Sam Peckinpah, which was released in 1982, with a new edition currently available. Peckinpah of course, is the director of such Six-Gun Justice favorites as Ride the High Country, Major Dundee, The Wild Bunch, Junior Bonner, and others.
A member of the Writers Guild of America, the Writers Guild of Canada, the Directors Guild of America, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Simmons was born in Chicago, graduated from Colgate University and Northwestern University’s Graduate School of Communication, and worked in both Television and Motion Pictures as a writer, producer and director.
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In this bonus Speed Listen installment, Paul shares some background and recommendations for a fistful of his favorite top gun Western wordslingers, including Frank Gruber, Frank O'Rourke, Brian Garfield, Lewis B. Patten, and more...Get ready to add a whole passel of titles to your want lists...
SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCASTLIST OF AUTHORS/BOOKS
SPEED LISTEN #23
TOP GUNS
FRANK GRUBER
Peace Marshal
Fighting Man
Fort Starvation
The Pulp Jungle
FRANK O’ROURKE
A Mule For the Marquesa/The Professionals
The Bravados
Warbonnet Law
The Shotgun ManLEWIS B. PATTEN
The Red Sabbath
A Killing in Kiowa
Lynching at Broken ButteBRIAN GARFIELD
Mr. Sixgun
Justice At Spanish Flats
The Lusty BreedDragoon Pass
The Last Hard Men
Sliphammer
Wild Times
Western Films: A Complete GuidePHILIP KETCHUM
Bretwalda
Gun Code
The Hard Man
The Man Who Tamed Dodge City
The Man Who Turned Outlaw
The Man Who Sold Leadville
Cabot
Support Your Local SheriffCLIFTON ADAMS
Amos Flagg-Lawman
Tragg’s Choice
The Last Days of Wolf Garnett,
The Hottest Fourth of July In the History of Hangtree County
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul chews the jerky with Peacemaker award winning Western wordslinger Big Jim Williams, author of the Jake Silverhorn Texas Ranger series...
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In this episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul and Rich celebrate the holiday season with a look at Christmas themed Western novels, Western movies, and TV Westerns...Happy Holidays to all, and to all a good Western...
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In today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Rich chats with Beau L’Amour, son of the best selling western legend Louis L'Amour. Beau has managed his father's literary estate since 1988, and strives to maintain that legacy. In the process, he's done editorial work, revised unfinished manuscripts, managed a literary magazine, produced an audio/radio drama series, been a comic book writer, a movie producer, and an expert in marketing...
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Recently, Rich and Paul co-hosted a full-length episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast featuring the classic Warner Bros.’ TV Westerns. During that show, they played short clips of several theme songs connected to those shows. In this Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen, Paul takes a closer look at those TV Western themes and also takes a listen to the full versions used on the shows. This is done for purely entertainment purposes with the clips coming from open Internet sites.
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul chats with best-selling author, Nancy Pearl. Nationally honored librarian and literary critic, Nancy regularly discusses books on NPR’s Morning Edition and hosts the Seattle cable television show Book Lust With Nancy Pearl, featuring interviews with authors, poets, and other literary figures.
For the twelve book series Nancy Pearl's Book Lust Rediscoveries published by Amazon Encore, she edited a new edition of Clair Huffaker’s The Cowboy and the Cossack—which happens to be Paul's favorite Western—providing an insightful introduction to the volume.
But best of all, Nancy is the only librarian to have not one, but two action figures modeled after her as the quintessential bespectacled librarian complete with push-button amazing shushing action—which is about as cool as it gets...
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For this full-length episode, Paul and Rich hit the dusty trail with crews from two of the most fondly remembered Western TV shows—Rawhide and Wagon Train. It's time to head 'em up and move 'em out and get the herd moving and the wagons rolling into the badlands of rustlers, Indians, and all manner of unscrupulous varmints...
01:35 — Listener recommendations for fascinating cavalry adventure reads.
02:40 — Rich rediscovers Frank Bonham and reviews ONE RIDE TOO MANY and LOGAN’S CHOICE.
06:36 — Paul takes a look at A HACK’s NOTEBOOK by Ben Haas and Mens’ Adventure Christmas lists
10:24 — Paul and Rich look at the origins of TV’s Rawhide
14:20 — Rawhide’s gritty, adult realism was tempered with familiar guest stars
15:35 — What about Rawhide stars Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood?
18:20 — Rich and Paul hitch a ride on TV’s Wagon Train
20:50 — Who were Ward Bond and Robert Horton?
23:10 — The loss of the show’s two top stars
28:10 — Up against The Virginian
31:20 — Paul & Rich reveal some Rawhide and Wagon Train tie-in merchandise
33:14 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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Rich's guest for today's Six-Gun Justice Conversation is W. Michael Farmer. A retired Ph.D. physicist with numerous credentials to his name, Michael has also written short stories, award winning essays and novels. His first novel, Hombrecito's War, won a Western Writers of America Spur Finalist Award for Best First Novel in 2006, and was a New Mexico Book Award Finalist for Historical Fiction in 2007. His novels have continued to garner praise and awards, and he is currently busy with a body of work that includes two non-fiction Western histories and two novels about the captivity and wars of Geronimo... In October of this year, three of his books—Geronimo Prisoner of Lies, The Last Warrior, and Blood Soaked Earth—were named as finalists for the 2020 Mexico-Arizona book awards...
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In this episode of our Speed Listen series, Rich digs into his favorite literary format to craft a list of ten current favorite Western yarns spanning the last century...and then some!
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul talks with international crime and entertainment journalist, and bestselling author, Ivor Davis who has written widely on movies for the London Daily Express, the Times of London, the New York Times syndicate, and Los Angeles magazine. Friends with John Wayne, Ivor was on the set of several Wayne westerns. He interviewed Paul Newman and Robert Redford during the filming of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, hung out with Jack Elam, watched Israeli movie extras undergo a strange ritual on the set of a western starring Richard Boone, and has many more fun tales from cowboy action films around the world...
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In this episode of the Six Gun Justice Podcast, Paul and Rich find themselves assigned to Fort Podcast where they repel Indian attacks while discussing the numerous books, movies, and short stories featuring the U.S. Cavalry in all its glory and—in some cases—infamy. It’s the cavalry to the rescue in Charge!
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Today, Rich talks with western writer, Michael Ritt. Michael currently lives in the mountains of western Montana with his wife Tami, and their Australian Shepherd, Lucky. He enjoys reading about history, theology and natural science. Mike is a member of Western Fictioneers and Western Writers of America. Mike has several stories and poems appearing in different print anthologies and magazines, and his first novel, The Sons of Philo Gaines, is out now from Five Star.
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In this Speed Listen installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul dives into the history of Marx' Best of the West / Johnny West action figures, all in under fifteen minutes—give or take...
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversations segment, Paul talks with actor/writer/producer David Gregory about his award winning Powder Burns podcast, which features the trials and tribulations of a blind Sheriff in the Wild West. With guest stars such as Robert Vaughn and Ed Asner, Powder Burns has been nominated for a six-shooter's worth of awards and has been deemed, "Darned good entertainment and the future of the Western," by none other than the Western Writers of America...
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In this episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch ride hell for leather back to the days when shootouts ruled the radio waves and your imagination added to the entertainment value...
01:44 — Paul reviews Steve Frazee’s The Alamo movie tie-in novel
04:45 — Rich talks nonfiction that reads like fiction: Blue Coat and Pioneer: The Recollections of John Benton Hart, 1864 - 1868.
07:07 — Paul and Rich tune into the origins of Old Time Radio westerns
07:50 — Paul rides the airwaves with The Lone Ranger
08:50 — Rich shoots straight on Tom Mix Ralston Straight-shooters
10:24 — Your hosts strum along with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers
14:59 — The Cisco Kid robs from the rich and gives to the poor
17:30 — Gunsmoke finds an adult audience for radio westerns
19:15 — Rich bows to The Frontier Gentleman
21:35 — Paul prescribes Doctor Six-Gun for your Western radio ills
23:50 — James Stewart is Britt Ponsett—The Six-Shooter
28:25 —Paul finds a forgotten treasure with Luke Slaughter of Tombstone
31:38 — The cry goes up — Frontier Town!!
33:34 — The straight dope on Straight Arrow
36:58 — Rich and Paul rein in on radio’s Have Gun, Will Travel
39:41 — Paul signs up with Tales of the Texas Rangers
41:34 — Rich Escapes to the old west
43:05 — Paul attends the Lux Radio Theater
44:12 — Radio drama after the Golden Age
45:34 — Rich uncovers The CBS Radio Mystery and Adventure Theaters
46:00 — Paul shares the contemporary audio drama, Powder Burns
47:50 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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Vicky J Rose, who also writes under VJ Rose and the pseudonym Easy Jackson was born and raised in what was once the wildest of old west towns in Texas.
She earned a degree in journalism from a small West Texas university and has been published in numerous nonfiction anthologies, written articles for magazines and newspapers, authored several books and a screenplay that won semi-finalist in a national contest.
A 2014 Spur finalist for short fiction, she's active in the Western Writers of America, the Western Fictioneers, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the Texas Folklore Society.
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In this Speed Listen installment, Paul and Rich hang out and discuss the origin of their new western series, Legend of the Black Rose...
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In today’s Six-gun Justice Conversations segment, Rich visits with actor/producer Dale Midkiff who played Buck Wilmington for two seasons in the CBS series reimagining of the 1960 classic, The Magnificent Seven, with Michael Bien, Eric Close and Ron Perlman. Midkiff’s breakthrough role came when he landed the role of Elvis in the made-for-TV movie Elvis and Me (1988). He later starred in Pet Sematary with Fred Gwynne (1989), and Love Potion No. 9 with Sandra Bullock (1992). He has portrayed Clark Davis in 'Love Comes Softly', winning a Camie award and the Grace award for his performance. He is the only actor of the cast to star in all six installments of Janette Oke's "Love" series books turned movies.
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In episode nineteen of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Rich and Paul ride hell-for-leather with the characters from the Warner Bros. Classic TV Westerns—Cheyenne, Bronco, Sugarfoot, Maverick, Lawman, Colt .45, and more...
01:44 — Paul reviews a classic Western paperback: Gunsight by Frank Gruber
04:39 — Jack Warner comes to TV
05:58 — Clint Walker leads Cheyenne to success
08:40 — Cheyenne evolves with the times
12:50 — The story of Bronco Lane with Ty Hardin
15:55 — Paul and Rich look at Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins
20:28 — The Monday Night Lineup wraps
21:21 — Duel at Judas Basin - a WB crossover
22:20 — A shoutout to Maverick
23:02 — Rich and Paul talk Lawman starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop
26:00 — Colt .45 makes the scene
27:49 — The dawn of Warner Bros. Merchandising
28:30 — Temple Houston starring Jeffrey Hunter
33:48 — The Dakotas fills in for Cheyenne
34:50 — Rich reviews E. M. Parsons’ Texas Heller
36:20 — E. M. Parsons and The Dakotas
38:11 — The Alaskans mixes it up
39:53 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul chats with Jerod Blayney, a dedicated collector of the Hartland TV Western horse and rider sets and gunfighter figurines, as well as being the administrator for the Hartland TV Western Figurines Facebook group...
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In this Speed Listen Installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul discusses the history of the beautifully sculpted and hand-painted Hartland TV Western figurines highly sought after by collectors today...
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With Rich for this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment is writer, audio dramatist, and independent film maker, Daryl McCullough. Daryl is regarded as one of the foremost experts on Zorro. For over a decade he has been the driving force behind Zorro’s return to the world of full-cast audio drama and audio books. He has written several original Zorro adventures, worked with multiple audio publishers, radio theater groups and some of Hollywood's finest talent.
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In Episode 18 of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, join Paul and Rich as they mount up on their horses Whirlwind and Hurricane and ride out with Zorro to battle injustice wherever it be found...
01:50 — Paul snags an instant collection of Official TV Western Book
02:51 — Rich takes a look at Western Magazine, 3-Book Western, and Posse Western digest
06:00 — Paul and Rich look at the origins of that swashbuckling fox, Zorro
09:13 — After “The Curse of Capistrano,” Johnston McCully’s Zorro becomes an ongoing character
10:40 — Douglas Fairbanks takes over with The Mark of Zorro (1920)
13:40 — Tyrone Power leaps in with his own rendering of Zorro (1940)
14:59 — Walt Disney takes an interest in our hero
16:45 — Zorro sweeps across the small screen with Guy Williams
18:45 — Walt Disney’s Zorro takes to the air with an iconic cast
21:25 — And don’t forget the trusty Tornado — as portrayed by Diamond Decorator
22:08 — The Making of Old California…for a price!
26:13 — Paul and Rich review The Whitman TV tie-in for Walt Disney’s Zorro
29:12 — A Live Action Zorro appears at Disneyland
30:00 — The second season brings inevitable change
32:53 — What about Zorro and Son (1983) and The New Zorro (1990)?
36:20 — Antonio Banderas: A Zorro for the 90s big screen
37:15 — The curse of Zorro’s animated adventures
43:25 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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Michael Zimmer is the author of eighteen novels. His work has been praised by Library Journal, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Historical Novel Society, and others.
The Poacher's Daughter (Five Star, 2014) received a starred Booklist review, and was selected winner of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum's prestigious Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Novel (2015).
Zimmer resides in Utah with his wife Vanessa and their two dogs.
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Rich tracks down Roy Rogers, the greatest Western——entertainer——of all time. Musical recordings, Movies, radio, TV, books, and a franchise chain of restaurants carried his name around the world to such an extent that he was eventually known as King of the Cowboys.
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation, Paul is on the trail of Rob Word, a man who has work tirelessly to both honor and preserve the heritage of classic western movies and TV shows, but to also promote the western genre as an ongoing, vibrant, and relevant part of our American culture.
Since 2014, he has written, produced, directed, and hosted his weekly YouTube western celebrity interview series, A Word on Westerns, filmed at The Autry Museum in Los Angeles. He has written and produced live events, such as Memories of Lonesome Dove featuring Robert Duvall, and a Memorial Tribute to Clayton Moore, as well as writing and producing numerous other top rated western movies, television series, and documentaries for CBS, A&E, PBS and other network and cable channels.
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It's time to push through the batwing doors and start living on Jacks and Queens for Episode 17 of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast. Have a seat at the poker table with Paul and Rich as they deal in one of the most fondly remembered Western TV icons—The cardsharp and reluctant hero known as Maverick...
01:20 — Rich reviews PULP, a new graphic novel by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.
03:16 — Props to our behind-the-scenes friends, Ed Robertson, Lee Goldberg, and Max Allan Collins
04:18 — Roy Huggins and the Origin of Maverick
08:54 — Not a Comedy Western, but a Western with Humor
10:00 — Huggins’ Ten Point Guide to Maverick’s Success
12:00 — Enter Jack Kelly as Bart
14:20 — Rich and Paul share Maverick’s “Pappyisms.”
15:40 — Exit Garner, Enter Moore…
16:45 — …and Robert Colbert
17:05 — Paul and Rich share their favorite episodes
21:40 — The New Maverick and Young Maverick fold
23:16 — 1981’s Brett Maverick plays his hand
25:33 — The Not-So Magnificent Six
26:40 — What Might Have Been—with Jack Kelly
28:30 — Richard Donner’s Big Screen Maverick
31:00 — Paul Newman as Maverick?
33:49 — Max Allan Collins on the movie tie-in novel
35:52 — Rich looks at the Whitman juvenile tie-in novel
38:29 — Paul reviews the Little Golden Book
39:48 — Our heroes explore the Maverick comics and licensed oddities
43:25 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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Stuart Rosebrook, Ph.D is a true son of the American West. Currently the editor of True West magazine, he grew up in North Hollywood, California, but spent the summers of his youth at the Orme’s Quarter Circle V-Bar Ranch Camp in northern Arizona.
He has been a featured writer for Arizona Highways, Ranch and Reata, American Cowboy and Camera & Darkroom. He was also a commentator for the John Wayne 100th Birthday DVD Edition of True Grit.
Most recently he assisted his late father Jeb Rosebrook publish his memoir, Junior Bonner: The Making of a Classic with Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen in the Summer of 1971.
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In this Speed Listen installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul tells you everything you need to know about the Western TV series Lancer, the Lancer tie-in novel, and the ongoing scandal in the world of Lancer fan fiction—all in under fifteen minutes...give or take.
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul talks with Spaghetti Western maven Mike Hauss, the man behind the just released Spaghetti Westerns Volume 1 and Spaghetti Westerns Volume 2, and the all new quarterly Spaghetti Western Digest. It's time to squint your eyes........move your little black cheroot from one side of your mouth to the other...........listen to the ticking of your pocket watch........and........go for your guns!
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In episode 16, Six-Gun Justice Podcast co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch go to Italy, Spain, and France to get a primer on Spaghetti Westerns, Paella Westerns, Baguette Westerns, and all the flavorful Euro-westerns inbetween...
01:57 — Fan feedback on How the West Was Fun
04:16 — Peter Ackerman’s Cat Ballou TV Pilot story
07:40 — Paul and Rich rundown the origins of the Spaghetti Western
12:50 — The Dollars Trilogy
17:24 — Clint Eastwood and American Stars anchor the films
18:02 — Lee Van Cleef embraces the genre
21:17 — Where were the Spaghetti Westerns filmed?
21:54 — Rich and Paul talk Sergio Corbucci, Franko Nero, and others
23:00 — Zapata Westerns: poverty and revolution rule the day
24:48 — Once Upon a Time in the West
26:33 — Leone’s unique collaboration with Ennio Morricone
29:20 — Comedy rides in to save the day with the Trinity films
33:37 — Baguette Westerns
35:00 — The Spaghetti Western Hall of Shame
36:04 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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Rich visits with Western writers Johnny D. Boggs. Johnny has won eight Spur Awards from Western Writers of America, a Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and has been called by Booklist magazine "among the best western writers at work today."
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Owen Wister (1860 - 1938) is often considered the father of western fiction because of his early novels, Lin McLean (1897) and The Virginian (1902). In this episode, Rich reviews Wister's writing life with special attention to How the West was Written, Ron Scheer's three-volume collection of book reviews and blog posts.
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In this Six-gun Justice Conversation, Paul chats with Spur award winning wordslinger Carol Crigger about life growing up on an Indian reservation, her China Bohannon novels, and her new novel, Hereafter...
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Paul and Rich ride out to rope some funny with their take on comedy westerns from laugh out loud funny to complete failures without a single laugh.
02:09 — Paul and Rich introduce The Legend of the Black Rose from Wolfpack Publishing
03:01 — Rich shares his good fortune at receiving a treasure trove of Western books and ephemera
08:06 — Paul and Rich discuss Robert E. Howard’s Breckinridge Elkins stories
10:08 — A look at W.C. Tuttle’s Sheriff Henry and Jack Bickham’s Wildcat O’Shea
13:22 — Sharing the H.H. Lomax books by Preston Lewis
14:00 — Rich talks Buster Keaton’s The Paleface (1922)
15:00 — Paul and Buster Keaton Go West (1925)
16:16 — The story behind The General (1926)
17:35 — Laurel and Hardy follow the stars Way Out West (1937)
19:14 — The Paleface (1948) and The Son of Paleface (1952) with Bob Hope and Jane Russell
20:00 — The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
20:50 — Paul’s review of Support Your Local Sheriff (1969)
22:27 — Rich and Paul take a look at Cat Ballou (1965) and its TV pilots
25:04 — Rich rides to Fort Courage to visit F-Troop (1965 - 1967)
28:40 — Paul spends a real-life week in the saddle, so can relate to City Slickers (1991)
31:05 — What do we think about Shang-hai Noon (2000)?
32:42 — Paul is pleasantly surprised by Rango (2011)
34:10 — Disney’s era of family-oriented comic western adventures.
36:22 — But what about Blazing Saddles (1974)?
39:27 — Paul declares A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014) dead on arrival.
40:40 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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Rich visits with C. Courtney Joyner -- a screenwriter and director with over 25 produced movies to his credit. A graduate of USC his latest screenwriting work is COP WAR with Sheldon Lettich and a biography of the outlaw Belle Starr.
Joyner's novel-length western fiction includes creating the SHOTGUN series for Pinnacle books: SHOTGUN, SHOTGUN: THE BLEEDING GROUND, BUSHWHACKED: THE BLOODY SAGA OF JOHN "SHOTGUN" BISHOP, SHOTGUN: THESE VIOLENT TIMES, and the upcoming SHOTGUN: BULLET KISSED.
Joyner's short fictions can be found in the anthologies LAW OF THE GUN, BEAT TO A PULP, FISTFUL OF LEGENDS, THE TRADITIONAL WEST, SIX GUNS AND SLAY BELLS, HELL COMES TO HOLLYWOOD, and others. His story "Two Bit Kill" from LAW OF THE GUN was nominated for a Peacemaker Award by the Western Fictioneers as Best Short Story of 2010, while "Christmas for Evangeline" from SIX GUNS AND SLAY BELLS was nominated for the same award in 2013. In 2014, SHOTGUN was nominated for a Peacemaker as Best First Novel.
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In this Speed Listen installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul takes you down a rabbit hole to discover the identities of the western wordslingers behind the mask of the Alex Hawk pseudonym used on a series of paperback original western adventures between 1968 and 1971...
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In this Six-gun Justice Conversation, Paul chats with his friend, Western wordslinger Terrence McCauley, author of the Aaron Mackey westerns and several new titles under the renewed Ralph Compton banner...
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In this episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul and Rich posse up to track down the best of the rooting, tooting, fumbling, bumbling, high voiced, lazy-eyed, horse faced, Western sidekicks to ever ride the range in movies and on TV...
03:09 — Rich reviews Rick O’ Shay, Hipshot, and Me by Stan Lynde
6:30 — Christmas comes in July for Paul with podcast stats and the story of Jim Baird’s Western TV and Movie Tie-In collection.
10:04 — A history of the trusty sidekick.
15:40 — Tonto: the Wild One who friended the Lone Ranger
19:19 — Gene Autry’s pal, Frog, aka: Smiley Burnett
23:38 — Pat Brady takes the stage—and don’t forget Nelly Belle
25:30 —Chill Wills had a hot showbiz career, in more ways than one
28:35 — Andy Devine and Jack Elam: turning physical handicaps into valuable characteristics
32:00 — Slim Pickens: The Gabby Hayes of the ‘60s and ‘70s
34:06 — Pat Buttram steps in
36:19 — Ken Curtis: From Colorado to Hollywood’s Dodge City
38:20 — Leo Carillo’s California roots stretch far beyond the Cisco Kid
41:19 — Possibly the Most Famous Western sidekick of all time: Gabby Hayes
43:43 — Paul and Rich pay tribute to the four-legged co-stars
50:36 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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Chris Enss is a scriptwriter and comedienne who has written for television, film, and performed on cruise ships and on stage. She has worked with award-winning musicians, writers, directors, producers, and as a screenwriter for Tricor Entertainment, but her passion is for telling the stories of the men and women who shaped the history and mythology of the American West. Chris is the current president of the Western Writers of America.
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Rich takes a look at the 1996 TNT Western series starring Robert Urich as an amnesiac who may have played a mysterious part in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation, Paul gets to chew the jerky with his long time trail par'd Steve Mertz, the author of numerous novels including his latest, North Of Tombstone...
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In Episode Thirteen of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, join Paul and Rich as they do the 'hero strut' on the way to a deadly confrontation with Wyatt Earp and the legends, myths, and facts surrounding the gunfight at the O.K. Corral...And they are bringing Hell with them, you hear me!
02:34 — Rich reviews Killer’s Corral (1968) and Steel Jacket (1972) by Merle Constiner
05:56 — Paul talks Stan Lynde and Latigo by Dean Owen
06:50 — Paul and Rich hero strut straight into Tombstone
08:04 — The history of the legend of Wyatt Earp and Stuart Lake’s novel: Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal
15:06 — Rich talks Frontier Marshal (1939) starring Randolph Scott and Cesar Romero as Doc “Halliday”
16:40 — Paul reviews Tombstone: The Town to Tough to Die (1942)…or is that “too tough to watch?”
17:50 — Rich finds My Darling Clementine (1946) problematic
21:12 — Paul looks at Burt Lancaster and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
22:51 — Nerd moment: Star Trek’s Spectre of the Gun (1968)
23:28 — Rich revisits Sturges with the director’s revisit, Hour of the Gun (1967) and mentions Blake Edward’s Sunset (1988)
26:50 — Paul rediscovers Doc, the unsung 1971 movie with Stacy Keach and Faye Dunaway.
28:05 — Tombstone (1993) makes the scene, but…
31:03 — Wyatt Earp (1994) suffers from a close comparison
32:00 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
What’s the Score? Hour of the Gun’s soundtrack reviewed: https://westernfictioneers.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-western-scores-hour-of-gun.html
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation segment, Paul talks with Preston Lewis, Spur winning author of the H.H. Lomax series and many other westerns...
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It's a rootin' tootin' Monday morning and time for another Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen. As the pandemic is still on the warpath and we are continuing to shelter in the bunkhouse, grab some jerky and a can of Diet Sasparilla © from the chuckwagon vending machine, and settle in for a short Six-Gun Justice version of home schooling. In this installment, co-host Paul Bishop rides one of his favorite hobby horses as he shares everything you need to know (and indeed everything he knows) about the mystery of Western wordslinger John Whitlatch in under fifteen minutes...
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Cheryl was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, and grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and holds a B.A. in English. She has taught numerous writing classes and workshops over the past years and also works on an individual basis with many of her students, and other authors, locally and nationwide.
She has also sold numerous short stories, as a contributor for the Adams Media and Victory Tales Press anthologies. Her short stories also appear in several the Adams Media Christmas anthologies, as well as various other publications, including "Chicken Soup for the Empty Nester's Soul" and "Chicken Soup Messages From Heaven."
Cheryl and her long time friend and fellow author Livia J. Washburn founded their own publishing house, PRAIRIE ROSE PUBLICATIONS, in August of 2013.
Cheryl lives with her husband in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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In Episode Twelve of the SIx-Gun Justice Podcast, Paul and Rich head north to Alaska and Canada for an in-depth look at the Northwestern—an offshoot of the western genre where Mounties get all the action usually reserved for sheriffs, marshals, and other American tin stars...Join Rich & Paul as they don snowshoes and Red Serge to saddle up with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to ride into the vast Northwest.
01:38 — Rich introduces listeners to Andy Thomas, Western artist
03:05 — Paul shares his recent review of James Warner Bellah
04:20 — Paul and Rich define the Northwestern genre and its tropes
08:04 — The Northwestern pulps
11:24 — Paul recommends Scarlet Riders: Pulp Fiction Tales of the Mounties, edited by Don Hutchison
11:55 — Rich and Paul saddle up with King of the Royal Mounted and other Northwestern comics
14:04 — Sgt. Preston of the Yukon in TV, radio, and comic books
17:35 — Paul presents the British born Thriller Picture Library featuring Dick Daring
21:43 — King of the Royal Mounted in the movies
22:20 — Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
22:48 — Paul and Rich discover The Scarlet Riders
30:10 — Paul looks at The Brothers in Blood
31:35 — And who can forget Dudley Do-Right
32:33 — A fast look at Scott Young’s Matthew "Matteesie" Kitologitak series
34:44 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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Be sure to visit Andy Thomas, Artist at: www.AndyThomas.com and our Q&A with Andy at: https://tinyurl.com/artistandythomas
Adventure Magazine—Toughest Looking Mountie Ever: https://tinyurl.com/toughestmountie
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation Paul talks with his friend Justin Marriott, the wrangler behind the Hot Lead The Fanzine of Vintage Paperbacks...
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Rich reviews the four-color panels of the 1960s and ‘70s that led up to the most popular Western comic book character of all time, DC’s elusive, scarred bounty hunter, Jonah Hex.
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MATTHEW P. MAYO is the award-winning author of thirty-plus books and dozens more short stories. His novel, STRANDED: A STORY OF FRONTIER SURVIVAL, won the prestigious Western Heritage Wrangler Award for Outstanding Western Novel by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, as well as the Spur Award for Best Western Juvenile Fiction by the Western Writers of America. His novel, TUCKER'S RECKONING, won the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, and his short stories have been Spur Award and Peacemaker Award finalists.
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Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch take a deep dive into the world of Western TV Tie-In Novels.
02:41 — Paul shares his background experience with TV Tie-In novels in the ‘60s
04:16 — What is a TV Tie-In novel?
11:45 — Rich and Paul look at the earliest Western TV Tie-In novels including Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Restless Gun, and The Deputy
16:05 —The Rebel’s unique multi-decade saga of tie-in novels and a connection to Hondo
21:01 — Paul shares some info re: Rawhide and Wanted, Dead or Alive
22:04 — Rich offers up Have Gun Will Travel
22:44 — Paul on Lancer
27:18 — Rich and Paul talk The Iron Horse, William Johnston, The Outcast and Cimmaron Strip
31:15 — The mysterious background of Bearcats
33:30 —The tie-in saga of Wild Wild West
36:30 —Rich on The Quest
39:00 — The Virginian and How the West Was Won
40:30 — Gunsmoke lives on
43:28 — Bonanza gets its due
47:29 — The Whitman juveniles, Big Little Books, and Little Golden board books
48:19 — Shoot-outs and Shout-out
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In this episode of Six-Gun Justice Conversations, Paul talks with western fiction uber fan Steve Myall, proprietor of the Western Fiction Review website...
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In this Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment, Paul shares everything you need to know about Ralph Compton, his westerns, and the Ralph Compton Brand in under fifteen minutes...
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Winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Award, Patrick Dearen is the author of twenty-four books. Dearen was born in 1951 and grew up in the small West Texas town of Sterling City. He earned a bachelor of journalism from The University of Texas at Austin in 1974 and received nine national and state awards as a reporter for two West Texas daily newspapers. His newest novels are "Apache Lament," "Dead Man's Boot;" "When Cowboys Die;" and "The Big Drift."
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Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch are coming. They carry a handful of Western novels for close range review, a film pass to some of the best adaptations of all time for wide coverage, and they carry enough anecdotes about Elmore Leonard to inform on army—because sometimes they have to.
02:00 — Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Writing
04:02 — Rich and Paul share highlights from Leonard’s early writing career.
09:43— Short stories adapted to film and TV: 3:10 to Yuma, The Captives, and Moment of Vengeance
13:36 — Rich talks The Law at Randado and Paul looks at Escape from Five Shadow
14:59 — Rich shares some thoughts on Hombre
16:46 — Paul reviews Valdez is Coming
18:40 — Rich and Paul discuss Joe Kidd and Mr. Majestyk
21:30 — A look at 40 Lashes Less One and Cuba Libre
23:45 — Last Stand at Saber River and Gunsights
26:00 — Desperado and High Noon: Part II —The Return of Will Kane
30:19 — Paul goes on patrol with Border Shootout
31:00 — Paul and Rich justify Fire in the Hole and Justified
36:50 — Paul’s take on Silverado (1985) and recommendation of William Johnstone’s Deadtime
38:40 — Rich reviews The White Stallion by John Rose Putnam
40:40 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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Max Allan Collins talks with Paul about Mickey Spillane's western character Caleb York, writing the novelization to the feature film version of Maverick, and more...
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If you were an all-American kid in the winter of 1951, you might be forgiven for not recognizing the sea-change going on in the comic book industry until, like a vast wave from the eastern seabord it swept you up and carried you West. Join Richard Prosch as he rides solo, thundering over a pulpy four-color landscape, tracking down vintage Western Comic Books of the 1950s, including: All-Star Western, Kid Colt Outlaw, Two-Fisted Tales, Simon and Kirby, Dell Comics, and more.
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation, Rich Prosch sits down around the campfire with western wordslinger Charles Gramlich to talk writing, westerns, and the upcoming Legend of the Black Rose series...
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Episode Nine of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast dives into the dynamic duo of Randolph Scott and Budd Boetticher and the brilliant films they made together...Just give Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch 36 minutes to fill you in on seven of the most iconic films of the 1950s. You’d do it for Randolph Scott. (Randolph Scott!!)
01:36 — Paul shares the skinny on the Six-Gun Justice Book Club
02:29 — Rich recommends Steve Hockensmith’s Fathers’ Day Essay at SixGunJustice.com
03:10 — Paul shares Derrick Ferguson’s review of the 1951 film, Westward the Women.
11:30 — Rich’s review of the new Ralph Campton novel, TIN STAR by Jackson Lowry plus
13:50 — Paul and Rich visit about the legends: Randolph Scott and Budd Boetticher
21:36 — Rich and Paul take a look at Randolph Scott’s career, beginning with his Zane Grey series
25:32 — Scott and Boetticher live again — better, together with the Ranown Cycle
29:35 — Rich tracks down Seven Men From Now
31:45 — Paul targets Buchanan Rides Alone
33:01 — Rich visits The Tall T
34:48 — Paul expounds on Decision at Sundown
35:44 — Rich rides along with Ride Lonesome
36:54 — Paul finds Westbound never quite discovers its footing
37:36 — Rich pulls into Comanche Station
40:29 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
Thanks to Steve Hockensmith for “Dad’s in the Saddle Again,” at https://www.sixgunjustice.com/2020/06/dads-in-saddle-againa-fathers-day.html
Much gratitude to Robert Vardeman for his exclusive Q&A at https://www.sixgunjustice.com/2020/06/western-wordslingersrobert-vardeman.html
Shout-out to Michael Stradford for his tips on the Seven Men From Now paperback tie-in and Blu Ray set.
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Six-Gun Justice Conversations are a new occasional bonus feature in which Six-Gun Justice co-hosts Paul Bishop or Richard Prosch get to hang out in the virtual Six-Gun Justice Saloon chewing the jerky with friends and writers who also love the western genre. There is no agenda or any particular western subject, simply an informal fifteen minute chat about westerns in whatever media comes up.
In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation, Paul sits down at the saloon poker table across from the prolific David Robbins, author of the Wilderness and Endworld series, and gets ready to deal the cards.
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In this Speed Listen installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, host Paul Bishop tells you everything you need to know about the western genre phenomenon of the Piccadilly Cowboys and the Adult Western sub genre in fifteen minutes (give or take)...
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In this Six-Gun Justice Conversation, Paul Bishop chews the jerky in the Six-Gun Justice virtual saloon with his longtime friend and western TV tie-in collector Peter Ackerman...
Six-Gun Justice Conversations are occasional bonus short editions featuring informal conversations with fans of the Western genre.
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Around Podcast City, and into the territory online, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch, Six-Gun Justice, and the smell of GUNSMOKE!
02:59 — Paul shares his praise for Hot Lead No. 4
05:09 — Rich takes a look at Ray Hogan’s Shawn Starbuck series.
05:54 — Paul reviews Television’s Cowboys, Gunfighters & Cap Pistols by Rudy D’Angelo
09:16 — Bobbi Jean Bell’s review of Stardust Trail by J. R. Sanders
11:40 — Paul and Rich ride into Dodge City to talk Gunsmoke.
14:48 — Rich tells the tale of Gunsmoke on Radio
19:00 — Paul leads the discussion: Gunsmoke on TV
30:00 — Team Chester or Team Festus?
35:54 — Who is that anonymous gunfighter in the opening scene?
39:58 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
Thanks to Bobbi Jean, Bell Co-Host - “The Writer’s Block Radio Show” on LA Talk Radio -
http://latalkradio.com/content/writers-block and Director of Author Events – “Rendezvous With A Writer OutWest – Where Readers & Writers Meet” For https://www.outwestshop.com/
A Word on Westerns at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlgonquinCowboy
Sixgun Justice Westerns is on Facebook, and you can visit our flagship web site for news, reviews, and features at: https://www.sixgunjustice.com Be sure to check out the new Quiz Feature.
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Thomas Rizzo is one of the most passionate and hardworking writers in today’s community of Western scribes. From his web site, www.tomrizzo.com, Tom offers a multitude of stories. Subscribers to Tom's newsletter enjoy his quick snippets of forgotten history, entertaining and always education short reads, first thing every weekday morning.
Tom has four nonfiction titles available, and one novel, Last Stand at Bitter Creek. It’s about a burned-out Union Army spy by the name of Grant Bonner who wants to get back to civilian life and resume his career after the Civil War. Highly recommended.
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From September 1958 until April 1963, The Rifleman aired on ABC TV, staring Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain, a widower cattleman homesteader in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The first single-parent on primetime TV, McCain’s son, Mark, was portrayed by Johnny Crawford. Other regulars included Paul Fix as town marshal Micah Torrence, Joe Higgins as blacksmith Nels Swenson and Joan Taylor and Hope Summers as general store owners Milly Scott and Hattie Denton, respectively.
Join wordslinger Richard Prosch as he goes behind the scenes with this iconic Western to share stories and trivia.
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Rich visits with Western romance author Mary Connealy. She is the author of many different books series including High Sierra Sweethearts, Kincaid Brides, Trouble in Texas, Wild at Heart, Cimarron Legacy, Lassoed in Texas, Montana Marriages and Sophie's daughters. Mary is also independently publishing a contemporary romantic suspense series called Garrison's Law.
She's a lifelong Nebraskan (Go Big Red!) and lives with her very own romantic cowboy hero. She's got four grown daughters and four spectacular grandchildren. She is a two-time Carol Award winner and has been a finalist for the Rita and Christy Awards.
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Episode Seven of the Six-Gun Justice podcast features Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch talking about Ben Haas, aka: John Benteen and his seminal creations for Belmont Tower books, Fargo and Sundance.
01:43 — Rich shares his review of Spotted Tail by David Heska Wanbli Weiden, illustrated by Jim Yellowhawk and Pat Kinsella.
03:49 — Paul takes a look at The Name is Buchanan by Jonas Ward.
05:54 — Rich reviews Hank the Cowdog, a chapter series for young readers by John Erickson.
07:50 — Paul’s latest eBay deal — a bound collection of TV and Movie Western Magazine.
10:50 — Rich and Paul dive into the literary world of Fargo and Sundance.
19:40 — The difference between a pseudonym and a house name.
20:39 — John Benteen’s beginnings at Belmont Tower books.
22:30 — Paul and Rich investigate the mystery of mis-numbered Fargo series
26:00 — Fargo and Faradan
27:50 — Sundance after Ben Haas
29:45 — Rich and Paul agree on Cutler and Rancho Bravo
34:05 — Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
Coming up in Episode 08: “Around Dodge City, and into territory on west, there’s just one way to handle the killers and the spoilers: that’s with a U.S. Marshal, and the smell of GUNSMOKE!”— premiering Monday, May 25, 2020.
Inspiration for Sixgun Justice comes from the good guys at the Paperback Warrior podcast: http://www.paperbackwarrior.com
Special thanks to the Voices of the West Podcast and the Steve McQueen-centric podcast, Speeding Bullitt.
A Word on Westerns at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlgonquinCowboy
Sixgun Justice Westerns is on Facebook, and you can visit our flagship web site for news, reviews, and features at: https://www.sixgunjustice.com
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Six-Gun Justice Conversations are a new occasional bonus feature in which Six-Gun Justice co-hosts Paul Bishop or Richard Prosch get to hang out in the virtual Six-Gun Justice Saloon chewing the jerky with friends and writers who also love the western genre. There is no agenda or any particular western subject, simply an informal fifteen minute chat about westerns in whatever media comes up. In this first Six-Gun Justice Conversation, Paul downs some bad whiskey and pickled pigs feet along with comic book legend and western lover Chuck Dixon...Like the full-length Six-Gun Justice Podcast episodes and the Six-Gun Justice Speed Listens, the bonus Six-Gun Justice Conversations are available on all your favorite podcast platforms.
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In this Speed Listen installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, host Paul Bishop tells you everything you need to know about True Grit—the novel and the movies—in under fifteen minutes...
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Episode Six of the Six-Gun Justice podcast features Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch pitting the original 3:10 to Yuma (1957) against the 2007 remake, and dipping their toes into Wild Wild West, Legend, Brisco County, Jr. and the beginnings of the Steampunk sub-genre.
01:06 — Rich reviews Coyote's People by Andrew McBride
02:15 — Paul stages a sneak attack on eBay and his Western book shelves and snags some TV tie-ins and The Bells of San Juan by Alan LeMay
03:54 — Rich shares his thoughts on Rio Ruidoso by Preston Lewis
5:28 — Rich and Paul compare and contrast the original 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and its remake, 3:10 to Yuma (2007).
18:18— Weird Westerns and the sub-genre of Steampunk
20:00 — Paul and Rich take a look at Wild Wild West
25:52 — Paul looks at Legend
27:30 — Rich reviews Brisco County, Jr.
28:58 —Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
Coming up in Episode 07: A showdown with writer Ben Haas, aka: John Benteen, author of Fargo and Sundance— premiering Monday, May 11, 2020.
Inspiration for Sixgun Justice comes from the good guys at the Paperback Warrior podcast: http://www.paperbackwarrior.com
Special thanks to the Voices of the West Podcast and the Steve McQueen-centric podcast, Speeding Bullitt.
A Word on Westerns at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlgonquinCowboy
Sixgun Justice Westerns is on Facebook, and you can visit our flagship web site for news, reviews, and features at: https://www.sixgunjustice.com
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In this fast-draw installment of the Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen series, Richard Prosch takes a run at the popular TV and radio series, Have Gun, Will Travel.
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On this episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch take on one of the Western genre's biggest legends—Louis L'Amour...
03:33 — Paul shares quick reviews of Cry Viva! by William Hopson and Sergeant Gringo by Jack Cummings
05:26 — Rich covers both volumes of The Reel West
07:45 — Paul and Rich offer an overview of Louis L’Amour’s career
13:40 — Rich on L’Amour’s poems and short stories
15:50— Paul talks Hopalong Cassidy
19:27 — Rich’s favorite L’Amour titles
19:54 — Paul reviews the The Iron Marshal movie adaptation
23:34 — Rich and Paul dig into a mixed bag of L’Amour films
31:30 — What about L’Amour’s Lost Treasures?
32:45 —Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
Coming up in Episode Six: 3:10 to Yuma (1957) Vs. 3:10 to Yuma (2007), as well as Weird Westerns— premiering Monday, April 27, 2020.
Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal at YouTube: https://youtu.be/aU2VckhQUCA
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Special thanks to the Voices of the West Podcast and the Steve McQueen-centric podcast, Speeding Bullitt.
A Word on Westerns at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlgonquinCowboy
Sixgun Justice Westerns is on Facebook, and you can visit our flagship web site for news, reviews, and features at: https://www.sixgunjustice.com Be sure to check out the new Quiz Feature.
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Welcome to the Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen #3--Western Fanzines.
In this installment, host Paul Bishop tracks down the best in Western fiction magazines, non-fiction magazines, and Western fanzines.
Speed Listens are bi-weekly mini-podcast installments (15 minutes or less) recorded in support of the full-length Six-Gun Justice episodes. Regular co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch trade off hosting Speed Listen installments while continuing to host the regular Six-Gun Justice Podcast episodes together...
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Episode Four of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast finds co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch talking about the new crop of western writers who are using the World Wide Web to great advantage.
01:01 — Paul shares his experience at the Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Book Show.
03:58 — Paul and Rich discuss the Whitman TV tie-in books.
06:00 — Rich talks about Whitman’s 1954 entry, Rin-Tin-Tin’s Rinty.
07:16 — Rich tells listeners about indie authors Bill Joiner, Ken Farmer, and Dean Wesley Smith
09:47— Paul shares two terrific titles by Bill Pronzini
11:00 — The Gold Rush of Western Indie E-Books
13:44 — Paul and Rich trade off with some favorite writers including Vonn McKee, Scott Harris, David Edgerley Gates, and Lane Warensky.
21:57 — Paul introduces listeners to B. N. Rundell
24:25 — Rich reviews the short-lived television series, Shane, based on the Jack Schaefer novel starring David Carradine.
25:25 —Paul discovers Tim Conway’s Rango
26:57 —Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
Coming up in Episode Five: Western Icon Louis L’Amour premiering Monday, April 6, 2020.
Inspiration for Sixgun Justice comes from the good guys at the Paperback Warrior podcast: http://www.paperbackwarrior.com
Special thanks to the Voices of the West Podcast and the Steve McQueen-centric podcast, Speeding Bullitt.
A Word on Westerns at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlgonquinCowboy
Sixgun Justice Westerns is on Facebook, and you can visit our flagship web site for news, reviews, and features at: https://www.sixgunjustice.com Be sure to check out the new Quiz Feature.
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SIX-GUN JUSTICE PODCAST—SPEED LISTEN #2
JOHN WAYNE'S LONE STAR MOVIESWelcome to the second Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Speed Listens are occasional, down and dirty, mini-podcast installments of 15 minutes or less recorded in support of the full-length Six-Gun Justice episodes. Regular co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch trade off Speed Listen presenting duties while continuing to host the regular Six-Gun Justice Podcast episodes together.
This Speed Listen installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast dodges bullets to ride behind the scenes of John Wayne's early Lone Star Westerns...
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Co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch launch into an in depth discussion of current western writers living up to the reputations of the icons from the past...
01:18 — Paul and Rich share a few reviews, including Muskrat Hill by Easy Jackson, the Australian TV-show, Mystery Road, Where the Wildflowers Dance by Phil Mills, Jr.
06:22 —What was the first western book Rich ever read?
07:53 —What western titles did Paul read first?
10:31 -Paul reviews O’Rourke’s Revenge and Whiskey When We’re Dry.
12:22— Paul and Rich go beyond the usual suspects of Louis L’Amour and Max Brand to shine a light on contemporary western writers who are dominating traditional Western publishing.
14:00 — A look at the William W. Johnstone titles.
16:09 — Where to start reading Johnstone?
17:54 — Paul’s Ralph Compton title recommendations.
19:29 — Rich and Paul visit about their own personal histories in the cowboy way.
22:58 —Paul and Rich go back and forth, sharing their favorite western writers and their best books.
28:15 — More western memories.
32:40 —Shoot-outs and Shout-outs
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Welcome to the very first Six-Gun Justice Speed Listen installment. Speed Listens are occasional short podcast installments in support of our full-length Six-Gun Justice episodes. There is no set release schedule for Speed Listen installments, but regular co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch will trade off presenting duties when the opportunities for Speed Listens arise while continuing to host the regular podcast episodes together.
This Speed Listen installment of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast dodges bullets to ride behind the scenes of The Magnificent Seven...
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On Episode Two of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch share their latest adventures in western reading and offer up their views on two iconic movies as they discuss the pros, cons, and comparisons between The Magnificent Seven and The Wild Bunch...
01:20 — Rich and Paul talk about the latest batch of western books they’re reading, including a new short story anthology, vintage titles by Brian Garfield, reference books on Rawhide, Wagon Train, The Wild Wild West, and a unique western paperback checklist.
05:41 — Paul and Rich engage in a free-wheeling conversation comparing and contrasting The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Wild Bunch (1969).
09:08 — Paul’s summary of The Magnificent Seven
10:35 — Rich’s summary of The Wild Bunch
11:31 — Discussing director Sam Peckinpah
14:00 — Reviewing the bridge explosion scene in The Wild Bunch
16:50 — Looking at the portrayal of women and children in both films
18:32 — The importance of each film at the time of its release--and now
24:58 —Rich reviews Champagne Cowboys by Leo W. Banks
27:04: Paul reviews Gun Glory by R.A. Jones
Coming up in Episode Three: The New West (Part 1) premiering Monday, March 16, 2020.
Inspiration for Six-Gun Justice comes from the good guys at the Paperback Warrior podcast: http://www.paperbackwarrior.com
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The first official episode finds hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch visiting about book store finds, sharing reviews and discussing Paul’s favorite western, The Cowboy and the Cossack by Clair Huffaker.
02:00 — Rich describes a recent visit to Springfield, Missouri’s Half-Price Bookstore and shares his finds. Books mentioned include The Comancheros by Paul Wellman, Jim Steel #6—Aztec Gold by Chet Cunningham, and the Fury series by Jim Austin, a.k.a. James Reasoner and L. J. Washburn.
06:36 — Paul continues the conversation with the show’s main feature, an overview of The Cowboy and the Cossack, the story of a 19th century cattle drive across the Siberian trail.
10:28 — Why no movie version? Paul explains, and Rich mentions Huffaker’s work on The War Wagon.
12:01 — Rich reviews The Sons of Philo Gaines by Michael R. Ritt.
16:06 — Paul and Rich discuss Western Fictioneers
16:58 — Paul reviews Hot Lead Cold Justice by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins.
The episode finishes up with Paul and Rich trading their current reading list and chatting about the Owlhoot APA.
Thanks to John Kilgallon for being our first Patreon member.
Episode Two: The Magnificent Seven Vs. The Wild Bunch will premiere Monday, February 7th, 2020.
Learn more about Western Fictioneers: http://www.westernfictioneers.com and https://westernfictioneers.blogspot.com
True West magazine: https://www.truewestmagazine.com
Inspiration for Sixgun Justice comes from the good guys at the Paperback Warrior podcast: http://www.paperbackwarrior.com
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In this introductory episode, hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch talk about the inspiration and goals for the podcast while offering up their favorite western genre authors, TV shows, and movies.
The free-wheeling conversation offers quick takes on writers Steve Frazee, Louis L’Amour, Ben Haas, Clair Huffaker, Frank O’Rourke, Mari Sandoz and others.
Paul shares his love for The Magnificent Seven, The Professionals, Steve McQueen in Wanted: Dead or Alive, and Clint Walker in Cheyenne. Rich opines on Ride the High Country, The Outlaw Josie Wales, Maverick, and is challenged on The Rifleman.
Episode One: West of the Imagination will premiere Monday, February 24, 2020.
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Be sure to pick up the single best western fanzine ever, Justin Marriott’s Hot Lead: https://amzn.to/2GhShZR_
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