Thought I would include a few tips on romance from some of my favorite frontier ladies. The love lessons learned by the women of the Old West are helpful and humorous. Agnus Lake – Agnes Lake Hickok is an overlooked and unique figure in American history. She first came to fame as a slack-wire walker read more…

I had some health issues this past week which kept me from updating the site on Friday. A few tumors were found on my head that had to be removed. I left the doctor’s office in a bit of pain and with multiple stitches in my dome. During the procedure I thought about how primitive read more…

I’m overwhelmed with the amount of information I’ve uncovered about Cherokee lawman Sam Sixkiller. He was an unbelievable fearless man. I haven’t even started writing about him yet, but feel I might like him as much as I do Bill Tilghman. I spoke with Walter Hill yesterday about the film version of Thunder Over the read more…

Thought I’d start the w/o July 19th off with a small sample of the new book I’m working on. Happy reading. Lawman Sam Sixkiller led his horse through a belt of sparse timber along the Illinois River in Southeast Oklahoma. He was a stocky, heavy-shouldered man with a neatly trimmed, droopy mustache and small dark read more…

Everyone in the world seems to be on vacation right now. I see folks drive by my place pulling their boats, campers, Ski-Dos, motorcycles, etc.. I’ve been trying to gather all the research I need to start working on the Sam Sixkiller story and everyone at the National Archives and various historical societies seems to read more…

Poet Percy Shelley wrote, “The breath of accusation kills an innocent name, and leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, which is a mask without it.” My thoughts are once again drawn to my brother and the pain he is going through. I regret ever persuading him to take a plea. After much research I’ve read more…

A few years ago Howard Kazanjian and I wrote a book entitled Happy Trails. It’s a scrapbook of the life and times of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. It’s a beautiful coffee table book that includes photos of Roy and Dale before they were in show business. I’m very proud of the volume and am read more…

Several items from the Roy Rogers/Dale Evans Museum are being auctioned off next week. The museum closed in December of last year. I hope the memorabilia make it to a good home. The auction will be held at Christy’s in New York next week and in conjunction with that event I will be giving away read more…

The first draft of the Elizabeth Custer book goes out to my brilliant editor today. I spent part of the long weekend working on the manuscript while watching a John Wayne movie marathon. The Cowboys is a wonderful film. I had forgotten just how wonderful. Red River and The Searchers remain my favorite Wayne films. read more…

The bulk of this week has been spent working on the Elizabeth Custer book entitled The Soldier’s Widow: Elizabeth Custer’s Life With & Without George. After I write the Introduction I’ll turn the manuscript into my publisher for the first round of edits. I’ve enjoyed working on this project, but I remain apprehensive about taking read more…