Johnny D. Boggs

Photo of Johnny D. Boggs Fueled by a lifelong passion for American history and a more recent desire to make mortgage payments, Spur Award-winning author Johnny D. Boggs has written more than 20 nonfiction books and novels, plus thousands of newspaper and magazine articles. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife, son and basset hound.


Stories by Johnny D. Boggs

The Top 10 Cattle Drives

Droving with Rawhide, Lonesome Dove and the Fort Worth herd.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 04/01/2008
Best Western Art Museum of 2008

Booth Western Art Museum in Cartersville, Georgia.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 04/01/2008
Western Museums We Love

Our top 10 Western museums of 2008.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 04/01/2008
Honorable Mentions: Western Museums We Love of 2008

Museums that showed creativity with their exhibits in 2007.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 04/01/2008
The Vision of Walter Hill

The good news is that Walter Hill didn't beat the crap out of me, although it crossed his mind.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 03/01/2008
A Feast Along the Alferd Packer Trail

He was a shoemaker, Army veteran, hunter, guide, scout, miner, convict, harness maker, cane carver, horsehair braider, "jack whacker" and, of course, a cannibal.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 03/01/2008
Why Does Everyone Love Louis...

A Western novelist today examines the influence Louis L'Amour has had on the genre.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 02/01/2008
Top 10 Things to Do in El Paso

The editors thought I was joking when I pitched this idea. "Ten things to do in El Paso? What's No. 1? Leave?"

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 01/01/2008
On the Trail of Sheriff Pat Garrett

Be warned: Nature's Call can be troublesome in this part of the country.

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 01/01/2008
(Not Really) Roughing it on the Mark Twain Trail

By jingo, does everybody in Hannibal, Missouri, think he's Mark Twain?

Author Johnny D. Boggs Date 11/01/2007