Thursday, February 27, 2014

Dane Coolidge, The Texican (1911)

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This early cowboy western is a rollicking political satire, the likes of which a reader would find difficult to duplicate in a ...
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The Hanging Tree (1959)

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Based on a novel by Montana writer Dorothy M. Johnson, this western film is a dark study of mob violence. By unfolding the backs...
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Sunday, February 23, 2014

My left hand

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My new wheels I have been keeping a journal since coming home from the hospital after brain surgery. I’m posting some of it t...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Glossary of frontier fiction: K
(Kafir corn – kumtuks)

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Below is a list of mostly forgotten terms, people, and the occasional song, drawn from a reading of frontier fiction, 1880–1915....
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Dane Coolidge, The Soldier’s Way (1917)

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This is a ripping yarn set among a band of American mercenaries and soldiers of fortune during the last years of the Mexican Rev...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Dorothy M. Johnson: Gravel in Her Gut and Spit in Her Eye (2005)

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A BITS reader recently sent me a copy of this 30-minute video made for Montana PBS about the life of western writer Dorothy M. J...
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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Glossary of frontier fiction: J
(jerkwater - junto)

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Below is a list of mostly forgotten terms, people, and the occasional song, drawn from a reading of frontier fiction, 1880–1915....
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