Book Review: The Earps Invade Southern California
Co-authors Don Chaput and David D. de Haas recount the legendary Earps' last family gathering in turn-of-the-century southern California
James Baldwin’s Challenge to America: Not Your Negro and Not Willing to Settle
The esteemed 20th-century writer demanded that White society accept its culpability in the betrayal of Black people
The Disease That Killed the Young and the Beautiful
Before antibiotics, tuberculosis was a leading cause of death, a national fixation, and the scourge of artists
Counterculture San Francisco Discovered Its Sympathy for the Devil
Shaved-pated eccentric with eyes like Rasputin's formed a devil-worshiping church and made a bundle fleecing the gullible
Book Review: Indian Raids and Massacres
Drawing on Indian depredation claims from the National Archives, Jeff Broome chronicles five years of painful events on the frontier
How a Pioneering Silent Movie Helped Women Get the Vote
While Charlie Chaplin mocked suffragists, a Hollywood titan and a newspaper heiress put their weight behind a new medium and a message
Don Yena: An Alamo Painting to Remember
Texas native Yena captures the landmark battle with his sweeping, historically accurate rendering
Book Review: The Last Sovereigns
Dean of Western historians Robert Utley details the life of Lakota Sioux leader Sitting Bull after the Little Bighorn
Angelina Jolie to Sell the Only Painting Created by Winston Churchill During WWII
It’s the celebrity gossip military historians didn’t know they needed — until now.
Book Review: The Notorious Life of Ned Buntline
Julia Bricklin relates the colorful life of prolific pulp fiction writer Ned Buntline, who helped popularize Buffalo Bill Cody
Book Review: True Grit
Colorado's Ridgway Western Heritage Society offers John Wayne fans a wide-format, photo-laden 50th anniversary look at the filming of True Grit
The Etymology of Fun
It wasn't until the late 1600s that the English could have "fun"
Book Review: Billy the Kid, A Reader’s Guide
Richard Etulian assesses the vast array of written material and movies about Billy the Kid
Hessian Troopers: Myth and Reality
Hessians earned a scary reputation in America - even inspiring the "Headless Horseman" of Sleepy Hollow. But history shows these German soldiers were not so intimidating
Lust for Fame Made Smut This Puritan’s Chief Stock in Trade
'Special Agent' Anthony Comstock took reporters along when he raided purveyors of porn and prophylactics
