Here’s a new literary treasure for all fans of the frontier wars and military posts. Fort Abraham Lincoln is examined at length here, from daily...
Fort Abraham Lincoln, Dakota Territory (Nonfiction)
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Chuck Lewis
Oklahoma Rough Rider (Nonfiction)
Never heard of Billy McGinty? Most of us haven’t, but this guy did everything. He was an Oklahoma cowboy, a Roosevelt Rough Rider, a performer with...
Captain Ransom, Texas Ranger
Yet another biographical tribute to a Texas Ranger, this one written by the subject’s granddaughter. Henry Ransom served as a ranger in the first...
Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers (Nonfiction)
What an intriguing book! Ed and Lon Maxwell rivaled the James boys in their career of horse stealing, robberies and killings, but none of it...
The Legacy of the Mastodon (Nonfiction)
If you like reading about the Old West, this is about as old as you can get! Here we have figures such as giant sloths, dinosaurs and other such...
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...
Forgotten Lives: African Americans in South Dakota (Nonfiction)
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...
The Feud That Wasn’t (Nonfiction)
This book has more violence per page than anything I’ve ever read. Rather than a feud of any kind, the action here entails murders, robberies and...
Mavericks: A Gallery of Texas Characters (Nonfiction)
Here’s a collection of some of the more interesting 20th-century Texas eccentrics Fowler calls “performing artists.” Like the millionaire who played...
Bud Ballew: Legendary Oklahoma Lawman (Nonfiction)
Deputy Sheriff Bud Ballew’s district near Ardmore, Oklahoma, in the first two decades of the 20th century bristled with restless oil boomtowns....
Life of a Soldier on the Western Frontier (Nonfiction)
The primary purpose of the Western frontier army was to subdue Indians. The reason it took so long was because the Indians could probably smell...
Country Music Originals (Nonfiction)
Students and lovers of today's Country music will appreciate this scholarly recognition of the pioneers responsible for introducing their music to...