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Tim Trask - Art of the West

Johnny D. Boggs | Published: August 05, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Sculptor Tim Trask gives Tombstone founder Ed Schieffelin another marker.

Interview with Author Jeff Guinn

Johnny D. Boggs | Published: August 05, 2011 at 4:02 pm
In an early Christmas present for Earp enthusiasts, Santa Claus author Jeff Guinn tackles the O.K. Corral.

Walter Noble Burns: The Wild West’s Premier Mythmaker

Mark Dworkin | Published: August 05, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Walter Noble Burns wrote a trilogy that made household names of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp and Joaquín Murrieta. But the author’s own story is little known.

Letter from Wild West - October 2011

Gregory Lalire | Published: August 05, 2011 at 1:20 pm
Texas produced more than its fair share of Old West gunslingers.

The Unknown War Returns on DVD

Gene Santoro | Published: August 04, 2011 at 10:57 am
The Unknown War WWII and the Epic Battles of the Russian Front Hosted by Burt Lancaster, 1978. 16.5 hours. $39.97. In 1978, the Soviet Union's leaders were miffed by the landmark series The World At War, which they felt …

What Narrative? Edward R. Murrow's "I Can Hear it Now"

Robert M. Citino | Published: July 28, 2011 at 9:41 am
I've been spending the past few columns discussing "the narrative" of World War II, our accepted version of the conflict, and how important it is to challenge it when we think it needs changing. I've obviously touched a nerve. There …

Letter From American History - October 2011

Published: July 22, 2011 at 11:49 am
Peter Carlson, The Bible According to Thomas Jefferson, from Editorial

Book Review: Manstein, by Mungo Melvin

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 10:57 pm
Though long overshadowed by Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein is widely considered Germany's greatest operational commander and strategic planner.

Book Review: Neptune's Inferno, by James D. Hornfisher

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Guadalcanal was the largest, most complex military operation of its time and spelled the beginning of the end of the Pacific War.

Book Review: Wellington's Two-Front War, by Joshua Moon

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Sir Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington, battled British bureaucracy even as he faced off against Napoléon on the Iberian Peninsula.

Book Review: The Moro War, by James R. Arnold

HistoryNet Staff | Published: July 08, 2011 at 6:28 pm
In Moro War, James Arnold delivers a lucid account of America's largely successful campaign against a Filipino Muslim insurgency in the wake of the Philippine Insurrection.

Massacre & Retribution: The 1779-80 Sullivan Expedition

Ron Soodalter | Published: July 08, 2011 at 2:15 pm
The brutal 1778 Cherry Valley Massacre prompted a wide-ranging punitive expedition that broke Iroquois power

Letter From American History - August 2011

Published: June 09, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Elliott West, Soothsayer, from Editorial

Wild West Discussion - August 2011

Published: June 03, 2011 at 4:59 pm
Most people agree that Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett shot down Billy the Kid in Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory, in July 1881, but did the sheriff give the Kid a square deal and/or just what he deserved? And has …

Interview with Outlaw-Lawman Biographer John Boessenecker

Candy Moulton | Published: June 03, 2011 at 2:55 pm
In his latest book the attorney tracks bandido Tiburcio Vásquez.

Letter from Wild West - August 2011

Gregory Lalire | Published: June 03, 2011 at 9:53 am
Lincoln County, N.M., is as much Pat Garrett country as Billy the Kid country.
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