Way back in the days when internet forums were social media, I haunted the Robert E. Howard Forums like they were a Stygian tomb. My engagement there led to a blogging gig at The Cimmerian (hat tip to Deuce Richardson), which in turn led to launching Frontier Partisans. One forum thread asked us barbarians what martial arts we pursued. I said that … [Read more...] about The Way Of The Gun
Working The Trapline — On the Trek; Dark Horses; Counterinsurgency
An age of madness dawning... I don’t know when this will be available for streaming in the USA, but I sure will be keeping my eye on the horizon. The Trek is billed as a a Western/Horror/Psychological Thriller set in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa in the mid-19th Century. A group of 1846 settlers crossing the Kalahari desert descend into … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — On the Trek; Dark Horses; Counterinsurgency
North To Alaska
Way up north Way up north North to AlaskaWe’re goin’ north, the rush is onNorth to AlaskaWe’re goin’ north, the rush is on — Johnny Horton / Mike Phillips / Tillman Franks * They called it the Last Frontier — and Alaska drew frontiersmen like a magnet. Gold was discovered in the Klondike in 1896, and the rush was on... the last of the great gold … [Read more...] about North To Alaska
Working the Trapline — Deerslayer; Jungle Stories; Tiger Stripe; Stealth Camping & A Revolution
It’s release day for The Deerslayer by Aspen Ridge (Hawken Horse). You know what to do... I’ll be listening to this all day at work and — unless I am smoked out — this will be the soundtrack for Wednesday’s Frontier Partisans Biathlon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K05wOYJxLlc&list=RDK05wOYJxLlc&start_radio=1 * Jim Corbett is … [Read more...] about Working the Trapline — Deerslayer; Jungle Stories; Tiger Stripe; Stealth Camping & A Revolution
Battle Of Wyoming Podcast
It has come down in history as “The Wyoming Massacre,” but what happened in a beautiful corner of northeast Pennsylvania on July 3, 1778, was a battle — a fight between American militia forces and Loyalist/Iroquois partisans on a deep-penetration raid to break up Pennsylvania and Jersey settlements and hit at the Continental Army’s source of food … [Read more...] about Battle Of Wyoming Podcast
The Western Stories of Robert E. Howard
Guest post By Matthew Ilseman It is not a surprise that Robert E. Howard, being from Texas, wrote Westerns. Of all the states in the union, Texas is the one most identified with the Wild West. Texans also identify with the Wild West. Perhaps more than they should… While Howard was (along with Tolkien) one of the pillars of modern fantasy, wrote … [Read more...] about The Western Stories of Robert E. Howard
Working The Trapline — A Cold War Adventure; Lioness Roars; Outbreak-To-Anarchy
The final trailer for Lioness Season 3 has dropped and, by Crom!, it looks like a billion bucks. This may actually fill the Strike Back-shaped hole in my heart. Season 2 really upped the game, and this one looks like it has solid production values, and has ratcheted up the stakes. Premiers August … [Read more...] about Working The Trapline — A Cold War Adventure; Lioness Roars; Outbreak-To-Anarchy
Barrett’s Rangers At Bushy Run
It was a classic Frontier Partisan tactical maneuver — and it won a battle of great strategic significance. History has never given proper due to the Frontier Partisan Ranger who made it happen... Warriors of the Shawnee, Delaware, and Mingo, along with a contingent from the Great Lakes, had ambushed a column marching toward Fort Pitt at the … [Read more...] about Barrett’s Rangers At Bushy Run
Piratical Home Defense
The mind of a Frontier Partisan wanders down eccentric pathways — a condition exacerbated by the powers of the Almighty Algorith, which has learned the Frontier Partisan mindset well, and regularly places sign in its path to coax my moccasins further and further along (or is it Furthur?) On Sunday, taking pause from editing and writing fire … [Read more...] about Piratical Home Defense
A School Massacre
One of the most cruel and violent actions in cruel and violent era took place in the Conocogheague Valley country of Pennsylvania on July 26, 1764. Native warriors inspired by the Odawa Pontiac and the Seneca Guyasuta had risen up against the British Empire that had recently won the North American interior from the French in the French & … [Read more...] about A School Massacre
