Book Review: Fight to the Finish
Ron Jackson recalls one of the most dramatic, if long forgotten, bare-knuckle bouts of the Old West era
Book Review: Doc Holliday’s Nemesis
Peter Brand plumbs the life of gambler Johnny Taylor, one inextricably linked to that of Doc Holliday
Book Review: Tales of the Oregon Country
Oregon has its share of frontier drama, as Carole Nielson proves in this compilation
Mark Nelson: A Tip to the ‘White Hat’
The author delivers the first biography of Indian wars officer William Philo ‘White Hat’ Clark
December 2019 Readers’ Letters
Readers share dispatches about outlaw Jack McCall and the First and Second Battles of Pyramid Lake in Nevada
Letter From Wild West — December 2019
In the late 19th century an unlikely cast of characters helped rescue buffalo from the brink of extinction
Book Reviews: Did the Peach Orchard Prompt Pickett’s Charge?
Authors dissect argument that fighting on Gettysburg's second day affected Lee's momentous decision
Is Civil War History Losing Ground?
While park visits are down, other measures of interest indicate the field is thriving
Civil War Scholar on the Art of Merging Museums
CEO of newly redesigned American Civil War Museum talks about creating a diverse narrative of an American crisis
How Settler Abbie Gardner Survived a Massacre and Kidnapping
Taken hostage by an angry, starving Sioux tribe who slaughtered her family, Abbie Gardner stayed alive, and later made a career of telling her story of survival
Field Notes: National Gallery of Art Acquires Rare Collection of Gardner Images
"Sketch Book of the War" considered one of the 19th century's most important photographic works
Man in Black’s Death at Pea Ridge Dooms Southern Prospects in Trans-Mississippi
Flamboyant Texan Ben McCulloch was the best leader the Confederates had in Arkansas
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Pacific Exploration Voyage Almost Sunk by Crazy Commander
An early and ambitious American expedition developed a nightmarish side
Amputee Veterans Proved They Wouldn’t Be Left Out
Men who lost their dominant right hand entered penmanship contests to show they could still be productive
