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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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Manticores, Myths, and Memory (part three)
(Part three 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). Yesterday, they explained their … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Engaging the Civil War Series, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Custer's Last Stand, David Madden, Ed Caudill, George Armstrong Custer, Imagining Wild Bill, John Marszalek, John S. Mosby, Little Big Man, Lost Cause, manticores, manticores-myths-and-memory, March to the Sea, Paul Ashdown, Sherman Sentinels, SIUP, Southern Illinois University Press, The Gray Ghost, They Died With Their Boots On, William T. Sherman
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Manticores, Myths, and Memory (part two)
(Part two 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). In yesterday’s opening … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Memory, Personalities
Tagged E. L. Doctorow, Ed Caudill, Engaging with the Civil War Series, Forrest Gump, Frederick Whittaker, George Armstrong Cuter, Gone with the Wind, Harry Turtledove, Inventing Custer, John Mosby, Little Bighorn, Manticore Quartet, manticores, manticores-myths-and-memory, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Paul Ashdown, SIUP, Southern Illinois University Press, The Gray Ghost, The March, Twilight Zone, William Faulkner, William T. Sherman, Winston Groom
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Manticores, Myths, and Memory (part one)
(Part one 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). In this series, … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Engaging the Civil War Series, Memory, Personalities
Tagged Alan McGlashan, Ed Caudill, Engaging the Civil War Series, George Custer, Imaging Wild Bill, James Butler Hickok, John Mosby, Judson Kilpatrick, Lt. Col. George Ward Nichols, Manticore Quartet, manticores, manticores-myths-and-memory, mythology, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Paul Ashdown, pop culture, SIUP, Southern Illinois University Press, The Story of the Great March from the Diary of a Staff Officer, Wild Bill Hickok, 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
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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
New from the “Engaging the Civil War” Series: Imagining Wild Bill
It’s always exciting when a new book arrives from the printer, but right now, it’s especially exciting. Since the onset of COVID, our Emerging Civil War books have been racked up like airplanes circling O’Hare Airport waiting out a Christmas … Continue reading
