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Author Archives: John Koster

Posted inFeature

Did These Western Bumblers Invent the Selfie — and Preserve Plains Indian Culture by Mistake?

by John Koster5/10/20225/10/2022

A Prussian prince named Max ventured out West in 1832 and had the good sense to bring along trained artist Karl Bodmer.

Posted inStories

This German Aristocrat Beat a 12-Year Prison Sentence As a Nazi War Criminal

by John Koster1/8/20221/27/2022
Posted inUncategorized

Spirit of the Samurai

by John Koster2/26/2020
Posted inStories

General John Stark: A Patriot Who Rose Above Rank

by John Koster12/27/20191/21/2020
Posted inStories

The Doc Who Rode With Custer

by John Koster5/23/20196/19/2019
Posted inUncategorized

Curley With Custer, But Not to the End

by John Koster10/3/2018
Posted inUncategorized

Death of an “American Dictator”

by John Koster9/10/2018
Posted inStories

The Scapegoats at Chancellorsville

by John Koster6/4/20184/27/2020
Posted inUncategorized

Giovanni Martini: The Message Got Through

by John Koster5/14/2018
Posted inUncategorized

One Deadly Dude: The Marquis de Morès

by John Koster5/10/2018

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