Tag Archive: Tom Clavin
Kidnapped on the Frontier
Posted on April 22, 2021 4:49 pm Leave your thoughtsby Bob Drury & Tom Clavin
Daniel Boone heard the piercing shrieks coming from the river and recognized them as only a parent could. He was too late to see a group of Native Americans carry off his daughter Jemima … Read the article
Daniel Boone and the Bloody Struggle for America’s Frontier
Posted on February 19, 2021 9:25 am Leave your thoughtsby Bob Drury & Tom Clavin
Daniel Boone was too far away to hear his oldest boy’s screams as the tall Indian tore out the sixteen-year-old’s fingernails one by one.
Remarkable Revolutionaries: Five Books You May Have Missed
Posted on November 16, 2020 3:09 pmFrom the unbreakable family bonds and funding that fueled the War to the treacherous murder plots and extreme starvation in the Continental Army, here are five books about the American Revolution you might have missed.
“You Will Have to Fight Anyway”
Posted on June 16, 2020 2:23 pm Leave your thoughtsby Tom Clavin
In an excerpt from his latest book, Tombstone, Tom Clavin discusses the Earp family’s arrival in Arizona, focusing on Virgil Earp’s initial acts as a lawman.
“The Only Stone You’ll Find”
Posted on April 27, 2020 4:57 pm Leave your thoughtsby Tom Clavin
Tom Clavin tells the story of the establishment of Tombstone, the mining town that Wyatt Earp would one day cement in the annals of frontier history.
Men of Restless Blood
Posted on April 16, 2020 4:03 pm Leave your thoughtsby Tom Clavin
From New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin comes the true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral. Read on for an excerpt.
Wild Bill: Baseball “Player”
Posted on February 28, 2019 1:27 pm Leave your thoughtsby Tom Clavin
With Major League Baseball emerging from its winter slumber, fans tend to acknowledge what anniversaries the new season brings us. The 2019 season is the centennial of the infamous Black Sox scandal, when gangsters fixed the outcome … Read the article
John Wesley Hardin and the Wild West of Dodge City
Posted on February 23, 2017 3:44 pm Leave your thoughtsby Tom Clavin
The word “gunfighter” in America can be traced back to 1874, but it wasn’t until around 1900 that it was more commonly used. The term that most people used in the 1870s was “shootist,” or the more specific … Read the article