Best 'Wyoming books' to buy this Christmas

"Books and booze," is how one of my coffee buddies answered, when I asked his ideas for the perfect Wyoming-oriented Christmas gifts.

He had been giving out bottles of Wyoming Whiskey and Koltiska liqueurs over the past years plus he bought six of my Wyoming's 7 Greatest Natural Wonders books and a bunch of Chuck Box and Craig Johnson western potboilers.

It is hard for me to argue with his selections, but this column is my annual attempt to compile a list of wonderful Wyoming-oriented books that will make both the giver and the receiver happy.

CJ Box of "Joe Pickett" fame has a new book The Hi...