Tucson Festival of Books

Untold Stories


Some of the early twentieth century West's most interesting crime stories are the ones documented in history wrong. Authors Dorothy Denetclaw, Matt Fitzsimons, and Mark Archuleta correct the record and reveal the untold stories.


Panelists
Mark Archuleta

Mark Archuleta is an Emmy-winning screenwriter, journalist and performer. A fifth-generation Coloradoan of Spanish Basque descent, he grew up steeped in the history of the American West and the colorful characters who inhabited it....

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Dorothy Denetclaw

Dorothy Denetclaw is Tótsohnii born for Tł’ááschí’í. She has lived in Indian Wells, Arizona, her whole life. Dorothy is a survivor of the U.S. government’s boarding school system....

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Matt Fitzsimons

Matt Fitzsimons is a former newspaper reporter and the author of “Sons of Gunshooter” and “The Counterfeiters of Bosque Redondo.” He lives in San Diego, serves on the board of the Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation, and is a member of the Diné Studies Conference, based in Window Rock, Arizona....

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Books:
The Reel Thrilling Events of Bank Robber Henry Starr
From Gentleman Bandit to Movie Star and Back Again
Mark Archuleta
History / Biography
University of North Texas Press
January 2025
ISBN 9781574419788
320 pages
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The Sons of Gunshooter
A Navajo Resistance Story
Dorothy Denetclaw, Matt Fitzsimons
History / Biography
University of Arizona Press
March 2026
ISBN 9780816556168
240 pages
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