Synopsis "Saddlebag Dispatches-Spring/Summer 2019 (in English)"
If you enjoy stories of the West, you've come to the right place.Saddlebag Dispatches regales you with tales placed west of the Mississippi containing the spirit of the Old West in them, but you'll find some of the New West here, too. Inside, larger-than-life men and women drive pickups on highways in addition to riding horses down dusty trails. You will also discover some of the best nonfiction as well as poetry, interviews and... well, pretty much anything to do with the West.Twice a year, we feature interviews with the movers-and-shakers in Western writing, columns by writers steeped in the form, and poetry and fiction from some of the best authors in the business. For our Spring/Summer 2019 issue, we're back and better than ever with special coverage of the life and legacy of controversial western giant George Armstrong Custer, including articles from Terry Alexander, Michael Koch, Doris A. McCraw, and award-winning historian John J. Dwyer, and the photography of Venessa Cerasale and Casey W. Cowan. Find Cowboy Poetry from Michael Lee and Chet Dixon, new short fiction from Michael McLean, Dennis W. Doty, Marlon Hayes, Sharon Frame Gay, Gene La Viness, Susan K. Salzer, and RL Adare, the exciting final chapter of our long-running graphic serial Bender, the Graphic Novel by Michael and DA Frizell, and columns on all things western from our dedicated staff.
