Frontier Partisans

The Adventurers, Rangers and Scouts Who Fought the Battles of Empire

Looking For ‘Revenge’

October 24, 2020, by JimC

“The die was cast so deeply in blood that none of them would be forgiven by their memories.” — Jim Harrison, Revenge   * Woke up thinking about Revenge. Not a personal quest for vengeance, at least at this moment. I’m talking about the novella by the late, great Jim Harrison and the 1990 movie that Tony Scott made from it, starring … [Read more...] about Looking For ‘Revenge’

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‘Boone: An Unfinished Portrait’

August 24, 2020, by JimC

It seems that every generation must have its own take on Daniel Boone, both as a man and and as a symbol of the American thrust into the trans-Appalachian wilderness. We’re about to get another one... Boone: An Unfinished Portrait by Daniel Firth Griffith. Who was Daniel Boone? Was he a woodsman-philosopher or American Patriot? In this … [Read more...] about ‘Boone: An Unfinished Portrait’

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The Big, Bad Wolfes Are At The Door

August 21, 2020, by JimC

Ordinarily, I would plow through a 272-page borderland thriller from James Carlos Blake in handful of days. Maybe two. I haven’t done that with The Bones of Wolfe. The demands of work — newspaper and Frontier Partisans — have forced me to slow it down and read in small chunks. Not necessarily the best way to let the momentum of Story sweep you … [Read more...] about The Big, Bad Wolfes Are At The Door

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Hemingway In The Yellowstone High Country

August 7, 2020, by JimC

By Rick Schwertfeger, Captain, Frontier Partisans Southern Command I must be crazy. I’m writing about Ernest Hemingway, one of the most studied, well-known, complex, deeply flawed, and yet extraordinary Americans. And many Frontier Partisans may know much more about the man than I do. But, we’ll see that author Chris Warren found more to … [Read more...] about Hemingway In The Yellowstone High Country

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Redskins, Rangers And Revisionism

July 20, 2020, by JimC

I wasn’t going to weigh in at all on the Washington, DC NFL team’s decision to drop the “Redskins” moniker after years of pressure. The matter is in my territory — the popular culture’s ever-evolving relationship with frontier history — but I just can’t get worked up about it. I know Indians who hate it and Indians who could give a shit about it. … [Read more...] about Redskins, Rangers And Revisionism

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Western Swing & Waltzes

June 16, 2020, by JimC

The cowboy campfire at Frontier Partisans is active these days. As Craig Rullman works on the trailer for the Len Babb Movie Project and Paramount TV gets set to drop Season 3 of Yellowstone (aka Jim’s Cowboy Soap Opera), Colter Wall has announced his third album Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs. I won’t dwell on the fact that … [Read more...] about Western Swing & Waltzes

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Wild Things — More From The Trapline

June 13, 2020, by JimC

Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers is now on the shelves. My bookstore gave me an advanced reader copy back in February, and I will be popping for the HC for the library — which should give you an indication of its quality. As I noted in the March trapline, it’s revisionist history of the best kind — the kind that gazes … [Read more...] about Wild Things — More From The Trapline

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Where Are The Apaches?

May 14, 2020, by JimC

Our compañero Lane Batot filled a significant hole in the Frontier Partisans library. The Pony Express arrived last week with his gift of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ two Apache novels (plus a bonus book on lions in Africa). They will be my nightstand reads in the coming weeks. So THOSE Apaches are here. We’ll have to wait till May 27 for Black … [Read more...] about Where Are The Apaches?

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Ted Franklin Belue — Godfather Of Frontier Partisans

May 6, 2020, by JimC

Got a very nice note from Ted Franklin Belue a couple of days ago. He had some nice things to say about the work here, which is deeply pleasing to me, because Ted Franklin Belue is a kindred spirit and, in fact, one of the godfathers of Frontier Partisans. Belue is the author of two essential frontier histories: The Hunters of Kentucky and The … [Read more...] about Ted Franklin Belue — Godfather Of Frontier Partisans

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There’s A Panther In The Sky

April 23, 2020, by JimC

I’ve probably given Tecumseh short-shrift here at Frontier Partisans. He is widely regarded as the most talented leader of the indigenous resistance to American power and the pan-Indian movement he sought to create in the early years of the 19th Century was the last best chance to establish a genuine (non-reservation) native sovereignty in the … [Read more...] about There’s A Panther In The Sky

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