Monthly Archives: September 2023

Rediscovered: The Weather Channel c. 1888

Posted on September 20, 2023 by Don

Mostly in connection with the Texas writer Robert E. Howard, I’ve been in and out of the Lone Star State several times and got to deeply savor some of the storms. Tornadoes even hit a couple of towns over from … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: “Wild Bill, I Presume?”

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Don

In building up his history of the Old West in his new book, Nathan Ward naturally brings in Wild Bill Hickok. Couldn’t leave him out, in my opinion. It’s like the IMDb Top Four Known Fors. Right now I think … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Cowboy America

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Don

“Wild cattle that refused to move with the herd and kept returning to the brush the cowboys might make docile by sewing their eyelids shut; after about two weeks, when the thread had decayed enough for the eyes to reopen, … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And Charlie Watts

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Don

Terry Zobeck, keeping his eye to the pavement, let me know about the latest trove of rare and first edition Hammett hitting the auction block. And get this angle: those books and typescripts all come from the collection of the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Biography Month Redux

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Don

Today is the official publication date for Nathan Ward’s newest bio, Son of the Old West — The Odyssey of Charlie Siringo: Cowboy, Detective, Writer of the Wild Frontier. Something to kick off another Biography Month here on These Mean … Continue reading →

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