Ethan Hawke in Gothic Civil War TV Series
Ethan Hawke has signed on with Blumhouse TV to develop and star in a limited series based on James McBride’s 2013 National Book Award-winning gothic Civil War novel The Good [ … ]
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Pauline Cushman – Female Spy of the Civil War
Born in New Orleans on June 10, 1833, Pauline Cushman grew up to be a raven haired woman so beautiful that, when arrested as a female spy of the Civil [ … ]
The Mysterious Private Thompson, Female Civil War Soldier
The Mysterious Private Thompson, Laura Leedy Gansler, Free Press a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., $25.00, Hardcover. It is not unusual for women to become soldiers in our day [ … ]
The Devil’s Triangle Ben Bickerstaff, Northeast Texans, and the War of Reconstruction in Texas
The Devil’s Triangle, James Smallwood, Kenneth Howell, Carol Taylor, University of North Texas Press. Paper, $19.95. Non-fiction, Maps, Notes, Bibliography, Index. This book is a well-written study of the War of [ … ]
The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a 2007 Dark Western written and directed by Andrew Dominik. Adapted from Ron Hansen’s 1983 novel of the [ … ]
Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls; Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws
Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls; Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws, Jerry Thompson, University of Oklahoma Press, $24.95, Paper. Nonfiction, U.S. History, Illustrations. Maps, Notes, Bibliography, [ … ]
Django Unchained (2012) – Tarantino Western
Django Unchained is a 2012 American revisionist Western film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. The Tarantino [ … ]
The Bender Tragedy: Family of Serial Killers
The Bender Tragedy, Mary E. York, Geo. W. Neff Books & Job Printer, 1875. Nonfiction, $12.99, Paperback. Photos. “Dedicated to the Memory of My Husband: Dr. William York, Murdered in [ … ]
Faces Like Devils: Old West Vigilantes
In the nineteenth century, vigilantes roamed the country, dispensing their own justice, flaunting societies laws and morals. In Faces Like Devils, Matthew J. Hernando closely examines one of the most famous [ … ]
Empire of the Summer Moon – A Wild West Tale
This stunning wild west tale of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West was a major New York Times bestseller. In the tradition of Bury My [ … ]