Billie Bierer’s Buffalo soldier Reads
In her novel The Audacity of Patience Levi, Billie Bierer based her lead character on the female Buffalo Soldier Cathy Williams. Shared here are some Buffalo Soldier reads she found useful for her research. Find out how the author got interested in Williams’s story...
Zebulon Pike, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
The formative years of the American West were teeming with treachery and provocative national and international politics—facts unmistakably voiced in this book by editors Matthew L. Harris and Jay H. Buckley. The naive, yet eager patriot Zebulon Montgomery Pike played...
The Bandit Queen’s Treasures
Myra Maybelle Shirley, better known to the world as Belle Starr, made a name for herself in a world of shoot- ’em-up men. She had three outlaw husbands, and depending upon who you listen to, she reportedly had romantic relations with any number of other famous...
How Did Davy Really Die?
March 6, 1836 Just after midnight, Gen. Santa Anna orders his 2,064 troops to move toward their assault positions. Select soldados (soldiers) stealthily sneak up on Tejano sentries, who lie in dugouts positioned away from the Alamo, and slit the guards’ throats. Just...
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