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Buffalo Bill Delighted Italian Fans by Bringing His Wild West Across the Ocean Blue at the Turn of the Century
To this day virtually everyone in the United States has heard of William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody. Even those not…
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To Depict the Frontier Era with Authenticity, This Artist Walks in the Footsteps of Mountain Men
A historian with a brush and a palette, David Wright considers it his mission to depict America’s frontier era with precision.…
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Western Writers of America Announces Its 2024 Wister Award Winner
Each year since 1961 Western Writers of America has bestowed on a respected individual its Owen Wister Award for lifetime…
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The Ercoupe Is Easy to Fly–But You Better Not Be in a Hurry
So you’ve had a “fender bender” in your plane and are in need of some wings. What do you do? …
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What’s More Engaging Than a War Movie? This Documentary About the Filming of War Movies
War Movie: The American Battle in Cinema (on DVD and Blu-ray, five-part documentary, 315 minutes), Cantilever Films, written and directed…
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Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Set to Star in President Garfield Assassination Historical Drama
Michael Shannon (“Nocturnal Animals”) is to play assassinated President James A. Garfield with Matthew Macfadyen (“Succession”) as his killer Charles Guiteau in…
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‘Masters of the Air’ Recap: Part I and II
The B-17 was known for its ability to take extreme punishment and stay airborne. A fact that is driven home…
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I’ll trade you Swoose for Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby!
Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby, the Boeing B-17G featured on the cover of Aviation History’s Summer 2023 issue, has completed another…
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His Sergeant in Vietnam Became His Hero. He Never Forgot It.
Willie Johnson was a 35-year-old African American from South Carolina with a wife and six kids. What did I, a…
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Meet the Heroes Who Delivered Aid and Comforted the Dying on the Battlefields of World War I
In the agony of trench warfare and no man’s land, the sound of a skitter and a wet nose —…
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