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Book Review: Empire and War
The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War by James Bradley; Little, […]
Wild West Book Reviews: A Rough Ride to Redemption
A Rough Ride to Redemption: The Ben Daniels Story by Robert K. DeArment and […]
A Powerful Texas Rancher Had a Longtime Affair — Setting Up a Comanche Battle Decades Later
Tom L. Burnett’s relations with the Comanches didn’t stop with Chief Quanah Parker and land deals. He also became involved with Jennie Ho-we-ah. Their descendants would go head-to-head years later.
When the Medal of Honor Recipient Shot the Medal of Honor Recipient
A double-barreled shotgun featured in the tragedy. In the nearly 150 years since Congress […]
The Guns of the Arizona Rangers Included Model 1895 Winchesters
The territorial lawmen also carried large-caliber Colts. Shortly after World War II a panoramic […]
The Hot Lake Sanatorium Was Hot During the Heyday of Healing Waters
People flocked to the Oregon resort-spa-hospital in the 1920s. At the turn of the […]
California Grizzly Tales
Hunters killed off the last grizzly bears in the state in the 1920s, but for centuries these ferocious predators had terrorized Indians, vaqueros, Forty-Niners and ranchers.
Interview: Tim Weiner / spy trade expert
Tim Weiner has won the Pulitzer Prize for his national security reporting and the […]
Author Christopher Knowlton
Former Wall Street writer Knowlton shows his range by penning a roundup of the beef business