Frontier Partisans

Graham McTavish, who played Dougal MacKenzie with braw swagger in Outlander, is turning his historical Highlander chops to the page. He’s signed on to write The Redshanks Trilogy, the first book of which will be published next year. Looks like this will be set amid the tumult of the 17th Century War of Three Kingdoms, and the story carries an … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Highlanders, Paintings & Pumpkins

So... The Nugget Newspaper — my outfit in Sisters, Oregon — is doing a thing next October (2027). Dig the caper: The Nugget Newspaper is partnering up with Collette, an award-winning guided tour operator, for an October 2027 trek out into “America’s Cowboy Country.” I’m not the tour guide; they’ve got a pro for that. I will be what I guess you’d … [Read more...] about Trekking Out Into Cowboy Country

Hawken Horse’s rendition of the traditional Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier is out. The song’s origins date back to the 17th Century in Ireland, and it was brought across the sea by immigrants. It became popular during the American Revolution and was revived repeatedly through the American Civil War. Oh me, oh my, she loved him so It … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — A Firearms Revolution, The Return Of James Reece, Kings Mountain

Sad news received last night that country singer and songwriter John Anderson has died at 71. Anderson had one of the most distinctive voices in the genre, a voice that Trigger at Saving Country Music described as: ...like caramel being run through a volume pedal.  I believe that my first exposure to John Anderson was his rendition of … [Read more...] about Seminole Wind

The estimable historian Brady Crytzer has announced his next book, which details the multiple crises that unfolded on the western frontier during George Washington’s presidency in the 1790s. The western confederacy of tribes destroyed two armies sent into the Ohio country against them, and the Whiskey Rebellion threatened to unravel the unity of … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Drone Blasters, Poor Yorik & Long Rifles

Manuel Pérez-Sanjulián Clemente — known to the world as the artist Sanjulián has died at 85. Sanjulián was a giant in the world of fantasy and horror illustration — he had a masterful touch in evoking the macabre and uncanny. His Western and frontier-oriented art is less well-known, but no less potent. As I noted in a 2019 post, Sanjulián’s West … [Read more...] about The Passing Of Sanjulián

Deploy the tomahawks! The second season of The Terminal List — based on True Believer — will drop in a week. They just released a featurette on the effort to make the story feel authentic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktjcXtOfCPE And a clip... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7pjX2Bnlh0 * Bryan Burrough is in the midst of the … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Pirate Lore, Rangers Of The North & Terminal Authenticity