The Battle of the Rosebud pitted the vaunted warrior Crazy Horse against the greatest Indian fighter the U.S. Army had at the time—that is, Crook not Custer
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Frankly Speaking About Frank James
Jesse James and older brother, Frank, were both notorious, but who was the meaner of the two?
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Book Review: The Last Ride of the James-Younger Gang / Jesse James and the Northfield Raid 1876
Author Sean McLachlan and Osprey Publishing offer an in-depth analysis of the infamous robbery attempt, notable for extensive use of photos, maps, and graphics.
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Interview: Ann Kirschner / Investigating Earp
According to Ann Kirschner, the gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a love story, fought over Josephine Marcus, a woman of beauty and spunk barely out of her teens.
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Book Review: The Lost Cause / The Trials of Frank and Jesse James
Jesse James on trial? Well, yes, sort of. Author James P. Muehlberger explores the only civil lawsuit ever filed against the James brothers.
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Book Review: Lady at the O.K. Corral / The True Story of Josephine Marcus Earp
“The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a love story, fought over Josephine Marcus, a woman of beauty and spunk barely out of her teens…” says author Ann Kuschner.
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Book Review: Shot All to Hell / Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West’s Greatest Escape
Even readers familiar with earlier books on the Northfield bank raid will delight in the exciting yet smooth way the intriguing story plays out in the hands of author Mark Gardner.
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Terrible Justice: Sioux Chiefs and U.S. Soldiers on the Upper Missouri, 1854-1868, by Doreen Chaky
North Dakota journalist and scholar Doreen Chaky crafts a thoroughly detailed and mutually sympathetic overview of the Sioux conflict before 1870.
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Daily Quiz for May 31, 2013
Ignacy Hryniewiecki killed Czar Alexander II with this.
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Why was a Pennsylvania brigade held in Washington during Gettysburg?
During the American Civil War one brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves stayed in the […]