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Who is Captain Jack?

Who is Captain Jack?

Who is Captain Jack? Paul Gordon St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada Captain Jack, whose real name was Kintpuash, was a Modoc sub-chief who lived on the...

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Stephen Harrigan

Stephen Harrigan

My favorite research memory is a tie between waking up in an igloo and being alone in the Alamo at night. I first thought about writing a book about...

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Terror in Colorado

Terror in Colorado

Charles F. Price’s Season of Terror: The Espinosas in Central Colorado, March-October 1863 is the first full-length book chronicling the Espinosa...

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Texas Jack Rides Again

Texas Jack Rides Again

Peter Brand’s Wyatt Earp’s Vendetta Posse Rider: The Story of Texas Jack Vermillion is a model of clarity and concision. John Oberland Vermillion,...

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Lone Star Empire

Lone Star Empire

This should be the seat of future empire!” Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar proclaimed in 1838. Straddling the Sunbelt,...

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The Saloon Keeper

The Saloon Keeper

The cowboys and Indians did not catch five-year-old Roger Kislingbury’s attention in 1949, the year his dad bought an RCA television that allowed...

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