California-based author Lee Silva has earned his reputation as a Western historian, Old West firearms expert and Wyatt Earp authority.
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Daily Quiz for December 2, 2011
The Type XXI German U-boat, deployed late in World War II, had this nickname.
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‘Two-Gun’ Hart: The Prohibition Cowboy
With a Western gunfighter’s looks and the nickname and nerve to match, Richard “Two-Gun” Hart enforced Prohibition even as his notorious lawbreaking brother made national headlines
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Letter from Wild West – February 2012
In 2012 Americans will mark the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act, while New Mexicans and Arizonans throw their respective 100th birthday parties.
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Daily Quiz for December 1, 2011
This ruler is quoted as having said, "I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse."
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Secret Doomsday Bunker
During the Cold War, the U.S. Congress had its own secret fallout shelter tucked away in the West Virginia hills.
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Letter From American History: February 2012
The father of our country grows up in Woody Holton’s article “George Washington’s Moral Metamorphosis.”
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Daily Quiz for November 30, 2011
On August 4, 1855, a small Anglo-American fleet engaged and defeated a more numerous force of war-junks manned by Chinese pirates in this battle.
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White Death, Part 2: The Winter War
Last time out we were discussing the Winter War, the conflict between the Soviet […]
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Daily Quiz for November 29, 2011
Regarded as one of history’s greatest composers, this man, orphaned at age nine, was also a renowned organist and had great abilities as a singer and violinist.