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Good With a Gun

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by Tom Clavin

In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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The Shootist

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by Tom Clavin

Annie Oakley is one of those Wild West figures whose name is familiar…
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“The Only Stone You’ll Find”

by Tom Clavin

Tom Clavin tells the story of the establishment of Tombstone, the mining town…
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Friendship in the American Frontier: Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill

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by Tom Clavin

They were the two most famous plainsmen of the American West,…
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The Softer Side of Wild Bill Hickok

by Tom Clavin

It should surprise no one that Wild Bill Hickok was a ladies' man.…
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The Life and Death of Wild Bill Hickok

by Tom Clavin

Their names are legends on the American frontier: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Kit…
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John Wesley Hardin and the Wild West of Dodge City

by Tom Clavin The word “gunfighter” in America can be traced back to 1874, but it wasn’t…
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What Can We Learn from Red Dead Redemption?

by Tore C. Olsson

In his new book Red Dead's History, Tore Olsson reveals the gritty and brutal world that…
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Pat Nixon and “Panda Diplomacy”

by Heath Hardage Lee

As spring came to Washington in 1972, there was little rest for…
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The Decade in Southern History that (Almost) No One Is Talking About

by Tore C. Olsson

Imagine a bookcase large enough to contain all the works ever written…
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Uncovering Stories in Small Archives

by Kathleen Sheppard

Mary Charlton Jonas (1874-1950) returned to her work at the Egypt Exploration Society’s…
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Butch Gets Busted

by Tom Clavin

This month is the 130th anniversary of when Butch Cassidy was sent to prison in Wyoming for…
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Adventure, Shipwrecks, and the History of the World

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David Gibbins's day job is anything but normal. Gibbins has worked in underwater archaeology all his…
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John Colter: The First Mountain Man?

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by Tom Clavin

One of the joys of researching and writing (with Bob Drury) Throne of…
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Army Rangers on D-Day

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by Tom Clavin

As many of you are aware, this week marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day,…
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