Tag Archives: Robert Olmstead

Telling History vs. Making Art: Fictions and Histories

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Final part of a series “[H]istory and historical fiction,” says historian Paul Ashdown, “are alternate ways of telling stories about the past.”[1] In that context, Ulysses S. Grant spoke more truth than he realized when he said “Wars produce many … Continue reading →

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A beautiful, despairing journey with a coal-black horse

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

There’s a kind of myth-making happening in Robert Olmstead’s novel Coal Black Horse. Published in 2007, I had the chance this past week to journey with the horse once more, and it was a trip well worth taking. Set in … Continue reading →

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