“The First World War saw the first widespread use of propaganda to stir patriotic fervour,”…
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The horse was once as essential to Western life as the six-gun, and breaking horses…
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Books Buffalo Bill: Scout, Showman, Visionary (2010, by Steve Friesen) This is my biography of…
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This Victorian-Era Performer Learned that the Stage Life in the American West Wasn’t All Applause and Bouquets
The California Gold Rush. The very words evoked the strong reaction of an American populace…
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As the Boxer Rebellion Stole Headlines from His Wild West, Buffalo Bill Put the Clash into His Show
Fresh from robbing the Deadwood Stagecoach, the Sioux performers of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West changed…
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Frenchman Henri Farman was already a celebrated cycling champion, race car driver and entrepreneur when…
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Oscar Wilde Bothered and Bewildered Westerners While Touring to Promote Gilbert and Sullivan
Of all the city slickers ever to venture into the 19th century American West, Oscar…
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The motor launch tied up at the small-boat pier in Seeadler Harbor in New Guinea…
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The Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Didn’t Have Buffalo Bill’s Reach, But Its Performers Took Hollywood by Storm
To the disbelief of gaping onlookers in the packed stands at El Toreo, Mexico City’s…
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The Scandal that Led to Harry S. Truman Becoming President and Marilyn Monroe Getting Married
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation came into being in 1929 through the merger of companies started by…