Frontier Partisans

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

Christmas In The Colonies

December 22, 2022, by JimC

Christmas is a time for nostalgia. We look back on our own childhood memories —and sometimes we project ourselves back to an early, purportedly simpler time when things were better in our fair land. But if we’re looking for a quaint snowglobe scene in an early American Christmas, we’re looking in the wrong place. In the years of America’s … [Read more...] about Christmas In The Colonies

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Winter Solstice

December 21, 2022, by JimC

Winter Solstice greetings, compadres! This is always one of my favorite days of the year, when the mystical connections feel strong and deep. The long night is not threatening or depressing to me — I find it soul stirring. This morning, the wind was howling around the house, as a series of fronts moves through the Pacific Northwest. The … [Read more...] about Winter Solstice

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Working The Trapline — The Colorado X, The Trusty Side-By-Side & The Call Of The Wild

December 19, 2022, by JimC

“I feel so stuck. I have no income. I’m a failure as a writer. I’ve shut down my business. I’ve got an empty nest. My career is at a standstill and I’m reworking my relationship with my spouse. I thought, ‘I have to get moving.’”  — India Wood. Hiker. Frontier Partisans Patron Chas Clifton scouted up an article on a woman who decided that … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — The Colorado X, The Trusty Side-By-Side & The Call Of The Wild

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Training To Fight The Modern Wars Of Empire

December 16, 2022, by JimC

By Rick Schwertfeger Captain, Frontier Partisans Southern Command   I jumped. At night, on oxygen, out of a plane from 20,000 feet! Cold as hell, well below freezing. I’d be airborne for thirty or forty minutes, and land a good 40 miles upland from where I dropped! This was a HAHO: High-Altitude, High-Opening operation: the aircraft drops … [Read more...] about Training To Fight The Modern Wars Of Empire

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The Renegade’s Journey

December 15, 2022, by JimC

Frontier Partisans reader Monk has scouted up a forthcoming tome that is going to send me on a good three-day bender come the end of February. A Tip o’ the Baldwin Hat to him for this shot straight into the Frontier Partisans x-ring. Spanning 13 years, two continents, several wars, and many smoke-filled and bloody battlefields, John … [Read more...] about The Renegade’s Journey

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In The Black Spot Of Fennario

December 15, 2022, by JimC

In the timbers of Fennario Wolves are runnin’ ’round... — Hunter/Garcia; Dire Wolf The Almighty Algorithm is on to me. It knows that I’m a sucker for dark, gloomy, possibly sinister forests; folklore; atmospheric folk music... I had not heard of the French/Belgian production Zone Blanche until this morning. Two seasons of it have been … [Read more...] about In The Black Spot Of Fennario

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Working The Trapline — 10 Years Of Cabin Fever

December 13, 2022, by JimC

A startling realization struck as Lady Marilyn and I enjoyed Corb Lund’s set earlier this month. His masterpiece album Cabin Fever is 10 years old. Damn — that decade went by quick. Cabin Fever has a special place in Clan lore, and not simply because it is a damn fine album chock full of expertly crafted songs. In the winter of 2012-13, it served … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — 10 Years Of Cabin Fever

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Talkin’ Tomahawk Blues

December 9, 2022, by JimC

Thriller author Jack Carr loves his Daniel Winkler tomahawks. He’s made the crossed tomahawks his brand (literally; he has a branding iron — as one does). His most recent podcast includes a sit-down with Winkler, whose reputation was built on crafting period-correct frontier knives and ’hawks, and evolved into crafting purpose-built knives and … [Read more...] about Talkin’ Tomahawk Blues

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Cimmerian Winter

December 9, 2022, by JimC

Synchronicity rides the Frontier Partisans trail again. The Regal theater in Bend is hosting a Fathom Events 40th Anniversary screening of John Milius’ Conan The Barbarian on Monday, December 12. As I wrote in a post on the anniversary of the release date last May, the movie premier in 1982 was a moment for my older brother and me. John introduced … [Read more...] about Cimmerian Winter

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On The Run In The Colonies

December 8, 2022, by JimC

Henry Every (or Avery, if you prefer) is among the most remarkable Frontier Partisan outlaws in history. He took the Mughal ship Ganj-i-Sawai, (Anglicized as the Gunsway) off the coast of India in 1695, outraging the powerful Muslim ruler, endangering the position of the East India Co., and kicking off the first worldwide manhunt, recounted in the … [Read more...] about On The Run In The Colonies

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