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Idealistic Uncle and Cynical Nephew: Lucius Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, and the Civil War – Part 2
Emerging Civil War welcomes back guest author Max Longley. See Part 1 here… Part Two: Ambrose and Uncle Lucius in the Civil War – and the war’s effects on them (mainly on Ambrose) Ambrose served at the battlefront while his … Continue reading
Manticores, Myths, and Memory (conclusion)
(Part four of four) Paul Ashdown and Ed Caudill are co-authors of the latest book in the Engaging the Civil War Series, Imagining Wild Bill: James Butler Hickok in War, Media, and Memory (Southern Illinois University Press). Their work on … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Engaging the Civil War Series, Memory, Personalities
Tagged David Hume, Deadwood, Ed Caudill, George Armstrong Custer, Imaging Wild Bill, Jesse James, John S. Mosby, Manticore Quintet, manticores, manticores-myths-and-memory, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Paul Ashdown, SIUP, Southern Illinois University Press, Wild Bill Hickok, Wild West, William T. Sherman
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Wild Bill Hickok as Lawman
by Paul Ashdown Wild Bill Hickok was a sometime lawman, but he would have a tough job finding work in the criminal justice field today. His resume was shaky. He’d been tried, and acquitted, several times for murder and manslaughter. … Continue reading
Posted in Personalities
Tagged Deadwood, Imaging Wild Bill, Paul Ashdown, Wild Bill Hickok
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Imagining Wild Bill
ECW is pleased to welcome our friend Paul Ashdown, co-author of the newest book in our Engaging the Civil War Series, published in partnership with Southern Illinois University Press: Imagining Wild Bill: James Butler Hickok in War, Media, and Memory. … Continue reading
