Trodding the Boards in the Old West
Theater has been the universal form of entertainment for eons. Across Europe and the civilized United States, troupes of actors and entertainers traveled from city to city putting on shows for the...
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Covered Wagon Women II
I didn’t go into writing planning to author books on the American West. My first novels were not set in that region. I sort of fell into it by accident. Now, I’ve discovered a love for the region and...
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Journey West – Catherine Sager Pringle
The Westward Movement of America (1841-1880) is one of the eras of history that fascinates me. I plan to write a novel about a couple on a wagon train, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. In the...
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Women of the West
WOMEN’S DIARIES OF THE WESTWARD JOURNEY, by Lillian Schlissel, relates letters, diaries and the lives of dozens of women who traveled the Overland Trail during the 19th century. While the men of this...
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And the Title Is…(drumroll…)
I’m putting the finishing touches on my WIP (work-in-progress). Can’t wait to get it turned in to my editor to see how she likes it. Jenny has amazing insight in to what makes a good story and she is...
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Falling In and Out of Love in the Wild West: Courting, Marriage and Divorce
Being we are close to Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d do a post on falling in love western style. Despite Victorian mores, marriage and courting in the Wild West was a good deal less formal than the...
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Gun Control in the Old West? Facts and Fiction
Guns were an equalizer in the West and required when there was little order and little visible presence of the law given the size of the territories that had to be covered and the lack of officers to...
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History on Film
I majored in History twice in college. Yes, one bachelor’s degree wasn’t enough, so I went back and got a second. In the pursuit of that second degree, I was blessed to take hands-down the best...
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Course description Step back into the Old West–a smoke-filled saloon with a professor playing the honkytonk piano, a bartender shining shotglasses with a towel, a mustached gambler dealing from the...
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