“When I was young among our nation, I was poor. From the wars with one nation or another, I raised myself to be a chief.’ — Red Cloud The first thing that must be understood is that Red Cloud was an epic Frontier Partisan badass. Like the great Shawnee Tecumseh, he was named after a meteorite or comet. And like Tecumseh, he would become an … [Read more...] about Red Cloud — Mighty In War
In The Hoofprints Of Crazy Horse
The Frontier Partisans Muse took me by the hand last week and pulled me hard down the Bozeman Trail. On June 6, I headed out to Buffalo, Wyoming, for a newspaper conference and training session. The owners of my newspaper do these professional development sessions regularly, and I always wish I could take more time in our locations — but … [Read more...] about In The Hoofprints Of Crazy Horse
Once A World
Summer of 2019 was already shaping up pretty damn good in the world of Frontier Partisans literature and cinema, what with a Deadwood movie, the return of Yellowstone and a mountain of research books to read. But this piece of news blows the whole thing up: Craig McDonald’s tale of Hector Lassiter and the Punitive Expedition is hitting the streets … [Read more...] about Once A World
Out On The Border
Cruisin’ down the center of a two way street Wondering who is really in the driver’s seat Mindin’ my business along comes big brother Says, “Son you better get on one side or the other” Oh oh, I’m out on the border I’m walkin’ the line Don’t you tell me ’bout your law and order I’m tryin’ to change this water to wine — The … [Read more...] about Out On The Border
Honoring Wes Studi
(CNN) Wes Studi is set to make Oscar history. Studi, who is of Cherokee descent, will become the first Native American actor to receive an Oscar. The golden statuette will be awarded October 27 at the 11th annual Governors Awards... Studi is the first Native American to receive the honorary award. Buffy Sainte-Marie, the indigenous Canadian … [Read more...] about Honoring Wes Studi
The Fate Of Empires
Fred Anderson is The Man when it comes to French & Indian War scholarship. He is the author of the definitive narrative history of the Seven Years War, The Crucible of War, which was abridged as The War That Made America, to pair with the lavish PBS documentary series of the same title. The conflict is now recognized as the first “world war” — … [Read more...] about The Fate Of Empires
El Mozote
Gnadenhutten. The Ben Wright Massacre. Sand Creek. Wounded Knee. The annals of Frontier Partisan warfare are stained with so many tales of slaughter that cataloguing them all becomes a minefield of moral hazard. Gazing into this abyss is a reminder that man is a killer angel. My friend Greg Walker has published a hard-hitting piece on … [Read more...] about El Mozote
Working The Trapline — June 2019
For some time I’ve been looking forward to Andrew Offenburger’s Frontiers in the Gilded Age: Adventure, Capitalism, and Dispossession from Southern Africa to the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands, 1880-1917. This book begins in an era when romantic notions of American frontiering overlapped with Gilded Age extractive capitalism. In the late nineteenth … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — June 2019
Sarah’s Going Hunting — With A Rhino
Ever since 1984, I’ve been telling folks that The Terminator is not science fiction — it’s historical fiction from the future. The rise of AI is, of course, proving me right. Shoulda listened to Sarah Connor. Looks like we’ll get another chance. Linda Hamilton is reprising her iconic role in the new Terminator: Dark … [Read more...] about Sarah’s Going Hunting — With A Rhino
Rogue Heroes — By Order Of The Peaky Fookin’ Blinders!
One of those “Holy shit! The Universe can’t possibly be that cool…” moments. But then again, the Universe has just given us the Deadwood movie, so… Dig this from Deadline: Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight is to adapt Ben Macintyre’s book SAS: Rogue Heroes as a TV drama after Kudos optioned the novel. Knight is writing the script for the … [Read more...] about Rogue Heroes — By Order Of The Peaky Fookin’ Blinders!
