Jun 24, 2013
An excerpt from the book American El Dorado: The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872.
by Ron Elliott
Preface
Many years ago, I saw a televised interview in which a famous novelist discussed the differences between fiction and nonfiction. One of the points he made was that, as...
May 2, 2013
May 2, 2013 “Surrender had played out for good with me…” Jesse James.When the Ford brothers assassinated Jesse James on April 3, 1882, the longest-running outlaw saga in American history was over. by Robert WalshConfederate bushwhacker, desperate outlaw, bank...
Apr 5, 2013
From George Washington through Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. presidents followed a relentless policy of removing Native Americans from their lands. President Andrew Jackson codified ethnic cleansing into law when he signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830.
by David Robb
In 1830...
Nov 26, 2012
Of all the infamous outlaws of the Old West, none has quite the notoriety of “Billy the Kid.”
by Robert Walsh
John Wesley Hardin. Jesse James. Cole Younger. “Curly” Bill Brocius. Gunslingers, killers, thieves, icons of the Wild West. Of all the infamous outlaws of the Old...
Jul 9, 2012
John Wesley Hardin
John Wesley Hardin was one of the most violent and heartless gunslingers of the Old West. He was also a narcissistic braggart, a pathological liar, and an unrepentant racist. Most of all he was a coldblooded killer.
by Robert Walsh
Texas. The Lone...
