Tennis player Richard Williams won the U.S. mixed doubles’ title, U.S. single’s title, Wimbledon men’s doubles’ title, and an Olympic Gold Medal despite nearly losing his legs as a result of this.
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Daily Quiz for August 20, 2012
The Man with a Thousand Partners is the autobiography of this businessman.
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Interview: Wes Cowan / Auctioneer
Wes Cowan blended his fascination with history and love for antiques to create the internationally recognized Cowan’s Auctions.
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Maurice Turetsky: Art of the West
Maurice Turetsky moved to Santa Fe at middle age with no notion of Billy the Kid – the figure he found has become highly personal in his artwork.
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Letter From Wild West – October 2012
“Killin’ Jim” Miller may have been the deadliest gun for hire in the West – that is, until the good citizens of Ada, Oklahoma, put a permanent end to his bad ways.
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Book Review: Indian War Veterans / Memories of Army Life and Campaigns in the West, 1864–1898
Retired National Park Service historian Jerome A. Greene has put together an insightful collection of personal remembrances from soldiers who fought in the 19th-century Indian wars.
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Book Review: Butch Cassidy, My Uncle, by Bill Betenson
Bill Betenson, whose great-great-uncle was the outlaw Butch Cassidy, paints a portrait of his infamous relative…who may have survived, the author says.
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Book Review: Golden Age Western Comics, edited by Steven Brower
Golden Age Western Comics offers a nostalgic, if incomplete, peek at the postwar boom in Western-themed comic books.
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Film Review: Maverick (2012)
Maverick will appeal to fans of classic TV shows, with its sharp, funny writing and unique twist on the code of the West.
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Greatest Aircraft Carrier Duel
Operation A-Go was meant to trap the U.S. Fifth Fleet in the Marianas. What followed was a disaster for Japan—and a “Turkey Shoot” for the Americans.