Jim DeFelice gives readers a smooth, enjoyable and fairly fast read through the history of the legendary Pony Express
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Book Review: Brigham Young and the Expansion of the Mormon Faith
Mormon professor Thomas Alexander furnishes a surprisingly balanced picture of the controversial LDS leader.
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Glenna Goodacre Leaves a Legacy in Bronze
The retired master sculptor’s gifts to the art world include the Sacagawea dollar and many other beautiful works
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Book Review: Fight to the Finish
Ron Jackson recalls one of the most dramatic, if long forgotten, bare-knuckle bouts of the Old West era
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Book Review: Doc Holliday’s Nemesis
Peter Brand plumbs the life of gambler Johnny Taylor, one inextricably linked to that of Doc Holliday
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Book Review: Tales of the Oregon Country
Oregon has its share of frontier drama, as Carole Nielson proves in this compilation
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Mark Nelson: A Tip to the ‘White Hat’
The author delivers the first biography of Indian wars officer William Philo ‘White Hat’ Clark
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Daily Quiz for September 26, 2019
This writer was the primary theorist behind American military thought at the start of the Civil War.
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Beyond the Norm: Japan’s Failed Cutting-Edge Floatplane
The Kawanishi E15K incorporated a variety of advanced features in an aircraft type that was on its way out.
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Daily Quiz for September 25, 2019
This Chinese term, which means “work together”, entered the American military lexicon in World War Two.