The overall content of this impressive book reaches far beyond the expectations of its title. Black history in general is given a fresh insight with...
Forgotten Lives: African Americans in South Dakota (Nonfiction)
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Articles
Boots ‘n’ Beans (Nonfiction)
From his standard “Chuck Wagon Beans” to “Mad Jack’s Gunpowder Beans Resapee” to “Boston Bombers,” hilarious cowboy cartoonist Boots Reynolds offers...
Roger Clyne
Our heroes and villains roam the borderlands, and tequila and gunpowder figure prominently in our lyrical tales. When we employ horns, they’re...
Here Comes the Cavalry
Boots and saddle troopers, did you know that several firearms companies are producing replicas of the 1873 cavalry Peacemaker? Military Colt copies...
A Bullet for Your Troubles
October 03, 1900 It’s cold, just after dawn in Colorado’s Brown’s Park area when Isom Dart comes out of his cabin, dressed heavy with long...
Buffalo Bill On Stage (Nonfiction)
Scholars of Buffalo Bill Cody continue to uncover the fine details of the scout and showman’s many pursuits. Sandra K. Sagala canvassed newspapers...
Salt Warriors (Nonfiction)
Salt has been of immense value to humans for eons, and there’s no shortage of it. Yet Texas managed to generate its own “salt war” in the 1870s. The...
Edith and the Mysterious Stranger (Young Adult)
Spunky, well-educated Edith is a hardworking nurse who won’t suffer the company of foolish men. She returns home to Idaho to care for her pregnant...
Missy (Fiction)
Missy, the name Victorians call laudanum or liquid opium, is also the nickname of Dol McQueen, for this 19-year-old Fallen Dove dotes on the...
The Trespassers (Fiction)
Jeff Keys is a Civil War veteran-turned-mercenary. He joins some ragtag oddballs in their quest to find five million dollars in stolen Confederate...
Killstraight (Fiction)
Daniel Killstraight, a Comanche who studied at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, returns home in time to witness the execution of his...
The Comanche Empire (Nonfiction)
Hamalainen moves the Comanches up a notch in terms of their resistance to invaders, beyond that of Apaches and Sioux. He claims that their...