Durn it—I’ve long known Rod Miller was a much better bareback rider, poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, reviewer, screenwriter, and general all-around cowboy and storyteller than I could ever hope to be. Now the many momentous moments I first learned about in The Lost Frontier make it look like I need to add biographer and historian to the long list of Rod’s astonishing talents.

Will Bagley, award-winning author and historian

The Lost Frontier is the way history should be written: riveting, involving, and filled with verified facts that make the era of the Old West come alive. Miller is a talented writer and a first-rate historian—a combination rarely present in the same person.

Chris Enss, New York Times bestselling Western history author

Rod Miller’s humdinger of a new book, The Lost Frontier, is a jam-packed roundup of the most overlooked, underappreciated people, events, episodes, and accomplishments—good, bad, and ugly—of the Old West. No dry history here: The award-winning author’s subjects are fully fleshed, clothed, and howling for attention! I pity the reader—young or old, history buff or casual page-flipper—who overlooks this book. Give Rod Miller three minutes and you’ll sign on for the whole trip, an eye-opening tour through an Old West you only thought you knew. If this is history, make mine a double, barkeep!

—Matthew P. Mayo, Spur Award-winning author of Hornswogglers, Fourflushers & Snake-Oil Salesmen