Jody Hedlund’s Christian Romance The Doctor’s Lady (Bethany House, $14.99) is loosely based on the missionary couple Marcus and Narcissa Whitman who ventured to Oregon Country from New York in 1836 to work among the Cayuse and Nez Perce. In the novel, the dangerous trip is made fascinating through accurate descriptions of difficulties encountered along the way. The couple experiences the usual romantic misunderstandings as their marriage evolves from an arranged partnership to a mu

October 2011
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- Who is the Indian who appeared on a TV talk show, claiming to have been at the Little Big Horn as a child?
- Where is Morgan Earp’s wife, Louisa, buried?
- True West Book of the Month
- The Assassination of Governor Boggs
- The Doctor’s Lady
- Rawhide Ranger, Ira Aten
- Violent Encounters
- Quantrill at Lawrence: The Untold Story
- On the Trail of the Dalton Gang
- The Modern Tom Wilsons
- Gretchen Wilson
- The Tombstone that Might Have Been
- Judgment of Paris
- Six-Guns Blaze in Smokewood, Nevada
- Buckin’ for Buck
- Berries, and I Don’t Mean Whistle
- What’s It Like to Live There—Topeka, Kansas
- Did Doc Holliday Start the Fight?
- Artists We Love
- Wall Drug of South Dakota
- Wall Drug of South Dakota
- Artistas & Fashionistas
- How common were common-law marriages in the Old West?
- The Historic Arkansas Museum has a Bowie knife that’s marked Number 1. Is it the original?
- Did depositors lose their money when a bank was robbed in the Old West?
- Stan Lynde
- Sioux Success, Against All Odds
- Tributes to Kevin Jarre (1954-2011)
- October 2011 Events
- A Grave Matter
- 1956’s The Last Frontier
- Lone Ranger in Limbo
- Harrison Ford as Wyatt Earp
- John Ford’s Stamp
- Roy Rogers Turns 100
- Deadwood Strikes Gold with Mining Relic