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Following an American Patriot

Following an American Patriot

by | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized

On this summer month, when most Civil War minds think about the events 150 years ago at a town called Gettysburg, I’d like to draw your attention to a great American, and a Southerner to boot. Sam Houston died 150 years ago, hated by practically every Confederate in...
New Releases-Historical Non-Fiction

New Releases-Historical Non-Fiction

by | Jun 3, 2013 | Uncategorized

Greenwood Publishing Group: The Civil War and the West by Carol L. Higham (September). Hill and Wang: Wyatt Earp: A Vigilante Life by Andrew Isenberg (June). Riverbend Publishing: High Country Women: The Ladies of Yosemite by Chris Enss (May). Texas Christian...
Hot Summer Reads

Hot Summer Reads

by | Jun 3, 2013 | Uncategorized

I’m looking forward to the next chapter of the Mexican Revolution by two authors who have covered this history splendidly, The Plan de San Diego: Tejano Rebellion, Mexican Intrigue, by Charles H. Harris III and Louis R. Sadler (University of Nebraska Press, July...
The Bloody Bozeman

The Bloody Bozeman

by | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

Trails across the West in the mid-1800s crisscrossed Indian lands, often displacing the people who had been living on the land for generations. The Bozeman Trail is no exception. It cuts through some of the prime hunting grounds for the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and...
Gunfighter Graves

Gunfighter Graves

by | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized

“Doc Holliday…He Died in Bed.” Wow, who knew this deathbed twist would jolt True West’s Facebook fans to generate the first major top-rated feed in the magazine’s social media history? It is shocking that tuberculosis turned out to be the loaded gun that claimed...