I’ve been spending a great deal of time working on the book about the “most intrepid posse.” I want to make sure that I cover all my bases and note all my sources. I always include a bibliography with my books, but this time I am going to mark particular sentences with numbers and list read more…

The Doctor Wore Petticoats is a fascinating glimpse into the heretofore unseen world of female physicians in horse and buggy days. Despite an urgent need for trained doctors in the Old West, women were told that they need not apply. Flora Hayward Stanford actually worked on such legendary folk heroes as Buffalo Bill Cody and read more…

Hearts West: True Stories of Mail-Order Brides on the Frontier Chris Enss Falcon (2005) ISBN 9780762727568 Reviewed by April Sullivan for Reader Views (7/06) Around the 1850s, pioneering American men left the east and headed west to uncharted territory like California, Oregon, and Wyoming to find gold or claim land. But what happened when they read more…

I doesn’t appear that I’ve had many visits to my site yet. I guess I’ve got to give it some time. I would really appreciate the chance to be able to dialogue with other authors. If you stop by this page, sign the guest book and let me know if you’d like to talk about read more…

At the request of some of the people I’ve met while doing book signings, a guest book section has been added to the website. I hope everyone who visits will take a moment and sign the book and let me know what interests you about the subject of women of the Old West. I will read more…

I spent the day in North Lake Tahoe. I was a speaker for the monthly historical society meeting and it was a sincere honor to have been invited to do so. The staff at the Gatekeeper’s Museum where the event was held were kind and the museum itself was filled with a wonderful Indian basket read more…

So many times when I’ve been doing research for one story I happen onto interesting facts about a seemingly unrelated person’s life. Such is the case with the book about schoolmarms of the Old West and the chapter I’m writing on Sister Blandina Segale. This dedicated nun and school teacher kept a diary that described read more…

One of my favorite magazines about the Old West is Chronicles of the Old West. It’s not only a well edited newspaper, but the folks that handle the publication are quality individuals. Sunny and Dakota Livesay are two of the nicest people you’d ever want to meet and are quite knowledgable about Old West history. read more…

I stopped by the local bookstore today and was pleased to see a copy of Tales Behind the Tombstones on the shelf. I hadn’t seen it in it’s final form. I’m grateful to have another book on the market and hope that it is well received. I dedicated it to a good friend of mine, read more…

It’s amazing how many different accounts are written on one historical event. And everyone insists their version of the event is accurate. Many historians out there claim to be the experts on a subject and are offended should you bring up another version of the story. In the “letter to the editor” in the most read more…