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Book Review: Kit Carson, by David Remley

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:46:39 +0000

David Remley sifts the existing scholarship to provide a balanced profile of a Kit Carson that was neither hero nor villain but a complex and nuanced frontier figure.

Book Review: Wyatt Earp in San Diego, by Garner A. Palenske

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:25:26 +0000

Garner Palenske relates the little-known story of Wyatt and Josie Earp's post-Tombstone life in San Diego.

Book Review: Ned Wynkoop and the Lonely Road from Sand Creek, by Louis Kraft

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:59:28 +0000

With this new biography Louis Kraft establishes himself as the authority on Indian wars figure Ned Wynkoop.

TV Series Review: Hell on Wheels

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:50:58 +0000

Hell on Wheels aspires to the success of such successful series as Mad Men or Deadwood, but the jury remains out.

1874: The Year of the Locust

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:19 +0000

Like hail and rain they fell from the sky—120 billion hungry insects hell-bent on ravishing the Great Plains farmland. The locusts, farmers quipped, 'ate everything but the mortgage.'

Wild West - April 2012 - Letters from Readers

David Lauterborn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:18:14 +0000

In the February issue of Wild West, readers chime in on the Fort Worth Five photograph, Finn Burnett and the very much alive town of Columbia, Calif.

Letter from Wild West - April 2012

David Lauterborn — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:37:33 +0000

Red Cloud often gets third billing—behind Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse—in the annals of Sioux history, but that is selling short his historic contributions, says R. Eli Paul, editor of the great chief's autobiography

Table of Contents - April 2012 American History

ckreiser — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:44 +0000

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Titanic Repercussions
Understanding the scope and shock value of the Titanic in terms of 9/11
by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Power Play
We the people have Gouverneur Morris to thank (or curse) for today's …

Letters From Readers - April 2012 American History

ckreiser — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:02:10 +0000

Founding Fakes?
Woody Holton's piece on George Washington's moral journey (February 2012) is too short to prove his thesis. It provided insight into "Father" George's early machinations, but little is presented to show that he became a moral person. What …

Letter From American History - April 2012

ckreiser — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:01:32 +0000

Hands-On History

Does a story about a pop star belong in a history magazine? That's the question some members of our staff raised when Stephen Harrigan, author of the bestselling novel The Gates of the Alamo, proposed a piece …