Walter Hill is saddling up for another Western, set on the Mexican borderlands in 1897. I’m in, of course. Hill is our kinda people. He is a frontier storyteller. He directed The Long Riders and Geronimo: An American Legend. He long ago copped to the fact that everything he does is a Western, regardless of its “official” genre. A couple of years … [Read more...] about ‘Dead For A Dollar’
Buccaneers, Barbacoa, Boers & Biltong
I am an unapologetic meat eater. My family noted my alarmingly prodigious carnivorous instincts and appetites from a very early age. I would have happily lived on a Plains Indian or Mountain Man diet comprised almost exclusively of meat — by preference buffalo. This being Father’s Day, Marilyn is planning to grill a steak in celebration. Which … [Read more...] about Buccaneers, Barbacoa, Boers & Biltong
Mr. Big Is Full Of Holes
Somebody ventilated a rhino-poaching kingpin in South Africa. No one is shedding any tears, but it appears to be a criminal hit, so... From Sowetan Live: Alleged rhino poaching kingpin Sydney Petros Mabuza was gunned down in Hazyview, Mpumalanga, on Thursday afternoon. His car, a Ford Ranger, was found riddled with 17 bullet holes. Mabuza, … [Read more...] about Mr. Big Is Full Of Holes
Working The Trapline — Traveling Obsidian And Podcast Update
This is so damn cool: From Ancient Origins: A team of archaeologists and anthropologists from the University of Michigan found something highly unusual while exploring the underwater realms of Lake Huron in the Great Lakes region. Supervised by their team leader, anthropologist John O’Shea, they were digging on the Alpena-Amberley Ridge, a … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Traveling Obsidian And Podcast Update
Juneteenth
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday, June 15, unanimously passed a resolution establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. As far as I’m concerned this is a no-brainer. The emancipation of Black slaves, proclaimed in 1863 and finally enforced everywhere in U.S. … [Read more...] about Juneteenth
‘Murder At Emigrant Gulch’
Daughter Ceili scouted up this piece of news from the Frontier Partisans Cinema front: From Deadline: Production has wrapped on Murder At Emigrant Gulch, the Western-thriller starring Gabriel Byrne, Thomas Jane and Isaiah Mustafa, directed by Richard Gray (Robert The Bruce). Cast to have joined the film since we revealed the project include … [Read more...] about ‘Murder At Emigrant Gulch’
Sidetrails — The Loretto Incident
Hey pards — there’s a new Sidetrails podcast up on our Patreon page. The Loretto Incident recounts one of the more romantic episodes of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade, when a parlay with the Blackfeet went bad and Jim Bridger ended up with “some feathers in his ass...” Frontier Partisans patrons help keep the campfire burning. If ye wish to join … [Read more...] about Sidetrails — The Loretto Incident
South Of The Border
The Almighty Algorithm kicked up something a little offbeat while I was killing time before my virtual bookstore event with Michael Punke the other night: The Final 24 — Janis Joplin. It was an episode from a Canadian doco series documenting the demise of celebrities to include Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Tupak Shakur, Anna Nicole Smith, … [Read more...] about South Of The Border
Talkin’ Hundred-In-The-Hand Blues
This thing happened on Thursday evening. Boy was it fun. I could sit around a campfire and talk frontier history with Michael Punke for hours. Maybe days. Really enjoyed this, and pretty proud of the way it came out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-pZnQ7ChQI Y’all really should pick up this book. You’ll dig it. … [Read more...] about Talkin’ Hundred-In-The-Hand Blues
Erskine’s Grave
Reader Reese Crawford sent a podcast recommendation and it’s so good I don’t want to let it get buried in the post comments. Turns out that MEAT EATER features a number of podcasts, one of which is called Bear Grease with Clay Newcombe. The episode Reese recommended is titled Death of a Bear Hunter — and it’s just fantastic. Here’s the … [Read more...] about Erskine’s Grave
