Civil War Times Reviews: The Confederacy’s Bid for a Continental Empire
Texans' futile battle for access to gold and Pacific ports
Looking for Pandemic Leadership? George Washington Is the Best Example
The first president's cool head and respect for science helped a young America survive smallpox and yellow fever
Book Review: Where the Rivers Ran Red
Michael Donahue's well-researched book chronicles the Indian fights of George Armstrong Custer
Charles E. Rankin: Bound to the Western Story
The retired University of Oklahoma Press chief editor isn’t about to ride off into the sunset
Book Review: “Horses Worn to Mere Shadows”
Robert Watt presents the stirring second volume of his trilogy about Mimbreño Apache Chief Victorio
Letter From Wild West — June 2020
Contributor Gregory Michno recognizes that disagreements and controversy go with the territory when one writes about history
Book Review: Terror on the Santa Fe Trail
Title aside, Hocking takes a balanced look at the Jicarilla Apaches and their relationship with the famed Kit Carson as Indian agent
Fort William Henry, 1757: A Fate Worse Than Surrender
On capturing Fort William Henry in 1757, the French commander offered his British prisoners safe passage—but his Indian allies weren’t feeling as magnanimous
American History Reviews: The Eyes of Texas Are Upon This Book
History of the Lone Star State connects the prominent dots and tells stories of the lesser known
Book Review: Surviving Genocide
Jeffrey Ostlers relates the clashes and pores over statistics to determine whether or not the Indian wars amounted to genocide
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Russia Got Into Its Own “Folly” in Alaska
A battle at Sitka in 1804 began the vast northwest territory's tilt into American hands
John Smith, the Working Class Hero Who Saved Jamestown
Farmer's son endured combat, enslavement, and near-execution before his talents as a diplomat brought peace with the Algonquians
When the Sioux Ambushed Pawnee Hunters at ‘Massacre Canyon’
Eager to attack their traditional foes, a powerful Oglala/Brulé force thundered down on a hapless Pawnee hunting party in southwest Nebraska
California Artist Rick Hill: King of the Hill
He’s earned kudos for his Western and wildlife sculpture and has high hopes for his oil paintings
Brenden W. Rensink: People of the Borderlands
In his recent book Native but Foreign the author takes a close look at the Yaquis on the southern border and Crees and Chippewas on the northern border
