Frontier Partisans

The synchronicities around here... Just been palavering with Patrons and others about taking up King Philip’s War as a major podcast series this fall. Pretty much have determined to do it, and lined up some research materials just a couple of nights ago. Then this morning I see that the old, fraught history of the Plymouth colony and the … [Read more...] about Trouble At Plimoth Plantation

Back in the early 1990s, George Lucas conceived of something breathtakingly ambitious: He’d educate young people on the history of the 20th century by entertaining them with the adventures of a young Indiana Jones. The series followed the intrepid budding archaeologist from childhood through young adulthood, meeting a wide and wild range of major … [Read more...] about The Treasure Of Indiana Jones

The new episode of the Frontier Partisans Podcast — Once Upon A Time in Los Angeles — is up. You can access it here or on most podcasting platforms. This one centers around that most piratical of Mountain Men, Thomas ‘Pegleg’ Smith. I don’t call him piratical just because of his Long John Silver appendage — he really would have fit right in … [Read more...] about A Pegleg Podcast

Reader Thanatos asked that I weigh in on Prey, and I try to satisfy the readership around this here campfire. Thanatos had some issues with the sci-fi/horror film that dropped on Hulu on August 5. Thanatos is much more versed in Predator lore than I am, so I can’t really offer much on how it rates in the franchise that started back in 1987 with the … [Read more...] about Let Us ‘Prey’

The Terminal List took a Daniel Winkler tomahawk to the critics. From Variety: Per Nielsen, Amazon Prime Video’s Chris Pratt-led thriller series “The Terminal List” was watched for 1.6 billion minutes during the July 4-10 viewing window, its first full week of availability after premiering on July 1. The series took the No. 2 position on Nielsen’s … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Taking A Tomahawk To The Critics

His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die. — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian John McAfee fascinates me. I posted on his weird and wild world back in 2017, noting … [Read more...] about Running With The Devil

I’ve always been intrigued by the story of Thomas Tew. The Rhode Island privateer-turned-pirate was one of the most successful pirates in history (according to a Forbes magazine ranking, he was the third-richest pirate in history with a haul worth $103 million, 2010 dollars). I think my interest in Tew was sparked by a great old Howard Pyle … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — Pirates, Witches & Blood Of My Blood