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'John Brown's Body' - Stephen Vincent Benet and Civil War Memory

Gerald Swick — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:46:30 +0000

'John Brown's Body' by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1928, remains a vibrant tapestry of America's diversity and its unity, its 15,000 lines re-imagining the Civil War as Lincoln understood it.

Wild West Discussion - April 2012

David Lauterborn — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:30:19 +0000

Whom do you consider the most significant Lakota (Sioux) of the Old West: Sitting Bull, a warrior turned spiritual leader and Little Bighorn participant; Crazy Horse, another Little Bighorn participant and a relentless warrior in other battles; Red Cloud, a …

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.

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

Patton: The German View

aburchyski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:33:59 +0000

Popular knowledge is that the Germans so feared and admired the American general, they watched his every move. The truth is very different.

Alaska's Cutthroats

aburchyski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:32:35 +0000

When Japan captured a forbidding stretch of Alaskan soil, a group of tough-as-nails commandos led the charge to take it back

Why Eva Braun Deserves No Sympathy: Conversation with Heike Görtemaker

aburchyski — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:30:22 +0000

Sixty-seven years after her death, Eva Braun, the long-time mistress of Adolf Hitler, remains a mysterious figure. Heike G. Görtemaker, a German historian and author, attempts to add clarity to the life of a woman who met Hitler as …