A few years back, I did a presentation on my book Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans at a local church. During the Q&A period, a young woman in the back threw out a challenging question: How do you know what you say you know? This young woman had tattoos and attitude, and some of the audience was taken aback and … [Read more...] about Ground Truth?
Lift. Shoot. Write. Indian Summer At The Range
It’s been a while since I’ve done a training post — and some things have changed that are worth talking about. Here in Central Oregon we had an abrupt shift to autumn conditions, which has included several days of fine Scottish weather that made me break out O, The Dreadful Wind and Rain. Saturday, however, delivered about as perfect an Indian … [Read more...] about Lift. Shoot. Write. Indian Summer At The Range
Nothing But Gunpowder
Hawken Horse scouted up a painting of an Assiniboine hunter who has what is, in my estimation, the most badass name in all of Frontier Partisan history. Allow me to introduce Päsesick-Kaskutäu (Nothing But Gunpowder). Imagine swaggering into the trading post with plenty of plews, looking all hard in your fur-hooded capote, and the women say, … [Read more...] about Nothing But Gunpowder
The Burning Of The Valleys
The final episode of the American Revolution on the Frontier podcast series on the war on the New York frontier is up. It’s titled The Burning of the Valleys. You can access it here or on most all the podcast platforms. After the Sullivan Expedition destroyed so much of the Seneca Country in Western New York in 1779, the British came back with a … [Read more...] about The Burning Of The Valleys
Murder & Vengeance On The Appalachian Frontier
Daniel & Rebecca Boone paid a heartbreakingly heavy price for Daniel’s dream of finding home and fortune in the fabled land of Kain-tu-kee. The couple’s son James was murdered by native banditti in 1773, and son Israel died in battle at Blue Licks in 1782. Daniel’s brother Ned Boone fell in an ambush in Kentucky in 1780. In 1773, Boone, … [Read more...] about Murder & Vengeance On The Appalachian Frontier
The ’Nam: 1966-1969
Guest post by Matthew Ilseman * All in all, this ain’t Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. So goes the first story in The ‘Nam; 1966-1969 Omnibus. Back in the 1980s, Marvel Comics decided to print a war comic about the Vietnam War. Chief editor Jim Shooter gave the job of development to fellow editor Larry Hama, a Vietnam veteran … [Read more...] about The ’Nam: 1966-1969
East Of Eden, North To Montana
Turned in one of the most intense and most successful Frontier Partisans Biathlons in the storied annals of that endeavor this morning. Both high volume and high tempo, which I don’t do too often anymore. Conditions were perfect, and the shooting was about as good as I am capable of doing — which is gratifying. I went out deliberately to go hard … [Read more...] about East Of Eden, North To Montana
Working The Trapline — Bottles Of Rum, Cherokee War, The Timbers Of Fennario
UPDATE: It never fails — five minutes after I post the trapline haul, something fresh pops up that needs to be added. This one couldn’t wait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ZPXbO8dpA * I don’t understand a bit of this — but I like every part of it. Must be the … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Bottles Of Rum, Cherokee War, The Timbers Of Fennario
Mohican Maxxing
Took Marilyn out to a joint we’ve been wanting to get to for a long time in celebration of her birthday. Good food, fun vibe. Ceili and Jarod joined us, which gave me an opportunity to inform our son-in-law that he is succeeding admirably in the arena of Mohican Maxxing. What is this? you ask. Yes, this is a thing. Well, it’s a meme, … [Read more...] about Mohican Maxxing
Firearms Of The Frontier Partisans — A Patriot Rifle & Pulpy Goodness
Benjamin Martin was a Frontier Partisan. Mel Gibson’s character in The Patriot (2000) was a composite of several historical figures, including South Carolina partisan leader Francis Marion aka The Swamp Fox. His background fighting the Cherokee in the Carolina backcountry in the 1760s is a key element of his character — and his loadout — once he … [Read more...] about Firearms Of The Frontier Partisans — A Patriot Rifle & Pulpy Goodness
