“I have often wondered why we don’t have greater Western stories than we do. Great stories are there waiting to be dug out. There are hundreds of people far more worthy than the notorious Billy the Kid (upon whom the spotlight has fallen for years), unknown outside of their home neighborhood, robust people living in a raw and virile land, a land that is huge and beautiful and rich in material wealth. There’s the challenge and perhaps that is the difficulty. The West was too big to be written about and bound between two hard covers.” —Wayne D. Overholser