When it comes to good, gritty outlaw western novels off the beaten path, one author always stands out: James Carlos Blake. The first book of his I read was In the Rogue Blood and I gotta tell you; as a writer it blew my socks off! The character development and attention to historical detail…
Tag: Of Kith and Kin
Lessons from the Past: 3 Reasons to Carry Backup
Lessons from the Past: 3 Reasons to Carry Backup To some, notorious Old West gunfighter John Wesley Hardin was a psychopathic murderer and racist. To others, Hardin was a genuine American hero. Whether Hardin was a terrorist or a freedom fighter was a question that dogged him throughout his lifetime. Now, 150 years after…
Know Your Southern History: Southern Reconstruction 1865-1877 (Part 1 of 7)
Southern Reconstruction 1865-1877 Reconstruction was not a plan to rehabilitate the Southern economy. It was a plan to remake the South into the ideological image of the North, plunder its resources and economy, insure Republican political power in Washington for the long term, and punish the South for its rebellion and sins. The…