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Author Gregory Michno
Indian wars expert Gregory Michno doesn’t shy from controversy in his books about the 1864 Sand Creek massacre and other conflicts
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Daily Quiz for April 5, 2015
This was America’s first official National Monument.
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DVD Review: Bronco, by Warner Archive
An offshoot character of the popular Warner TV Western “Cheyenne,” Bronco Layne rubbed elbows with historical figures of dubious authenticity.
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Lillian Smith: The On-Target ‘California Girl’
Young Lillian Smith was Annie Oakley’s rival as a trick-shot artist in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West, but her most astonishing act was her transformation at age 30 into ‘Princess Wenona.’
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Interview: Damian Shiels / The Irish in the American Civil War
In an exclusive interview, Damian Shiels, author of “The Irish in the American Civil War,” discusses the experiences and motivations of the Irish in mid-19th century America, Gen. Patrick Cleburne, and more.
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Montana’s Forgotten Massacre
Unlike the contentious fights at Wounded Knee and Sand Creek, the 1870 Marias Massacre was an egregious massacre of Piegan Indians that is little remembered today.
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Book Review: American Carnage, by Jerome A. Greene
Author and former National Park historian Jerome Greene takes the most even-handed look yet at the 1890 battle and subsequent slaughter on South Dakota’s Wounded Knee Creek.
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Book Review: Tom Horn in Life and Legend, by Larry D. Ball
Larry Ball digs deep to separate the real man from the myth in this biography of cowhand, prospector, packer, scout, Pinkerton agent and range detective Tom Horn.
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Book Review: Kit Carson and the First Battle of Adobe Walls
Both on paper and in person Alvin Lynn tracked Kit Carson’s participation in the 1864 First Battle of the Adobe Walls.