Official Site of True West Magazine, Since 1953
James Allder's Blog – July 2011 Archive (4)
130th Anniversary of the death of Billy "Kid" Bonney
To commemorate the death of a historical figure who is still very controversial today, I've posted an a brief passage from my book "Western Legend," wherein other historical figures of the American Wild West (Frank James, Virgil and James Earp, and Tom Horn) discuss their own first or second-hand knowledge of Billy "the Kid" Bonney. And to make the passage come alive, I integrated a few photos and a couple YouTube videos, for general reference and entertainment.
Enjoy…
ContinueAdded by James Allder on July 14, 2011 at 4:04pm — 9 Comments
WESTERN LEGEND FOOTNOTES
These are some footnotes and general notes, intended to be referenced or read within the context of certain passages within my book. The Publisher's editors pushed them to the very back of the book (which would've only confused the reader,) so I simply removed them.
But they are interesting, if you're reading the book.
…
ContinueAdded by James Allder on July 9, 2011 at 12:51pm — No Comments
Map of Tombstone, AZ in 1881
Using various sources (including among others, a map by Mr. Bell, and one provided by the National Archives,) I drew up my own to give the reader of a specific chapter in my book "Western Legend" a better understanding of the geography of Tombstone. I felt the narrative would be less confusing if I provided this along with a key or legend. The publisher, unfortunately, could not figure out how to scale down the file size and get it into the pdf, so the map was removed from Chapter 10. As…
ContinueAdded by James Allder on July 6, 2011 at 12:17pm — 4 Comments
"WESTERN LEGEND" e-book Now Available from Whiskey Creek Press !!
“WESTERN LEGEND” SYNOPSIS
By the Autumn of 1899 the coffin has all but closed shut on the American Wild West.
Men once considered the quintessence of the term, “desperado” now seek legitimate standing in their respective community. Some, even long for…
ContinueAdded by James Allder on July 1, 2011 at 9:57am — No Comments
Latest Blog Posts
- Another Morbid, Typical Tidbit on the identification of Clell Miller's Skeleton
- TNT passed on Tin Star, a.k.a. "Gateway" Bummer.
- Hatfields and McCoys on History Channel
- NBC Orders Another WESTERN to Pilot
- Merry Christmas, Western - "Hell on Wheels" gets a 2'nd season !!
- Mary Doria Russell's "Doc" Coming to TV, directed by Ron Howard.
- 130 Years Ago Today a Street Fight a Good Many Yards Away From the OK Corral, Made History !
Most Popular Blog Posts
- Why is COWBOYS & ALIENS Not Doing Better ??
- Hatfields and McCoys on History Channel
- Good Breakdown of Westerns coming soon to TV
- Top 25 Western Movies
- Map of Tombstone, AZ in 1881
- Merry Christmas, Western - "Hell on Wheels" gets a 2'nd season !!
- Here Comes Another Western TV Series for TNT, called "Gateway."
Blog Topics by Tags
- Magazine (12)
- True (12)
- West (12)
- by (11)
- James (11)
- Western (11)
- Allder (11)
- Written (11)
- Legend (10)
- Press (5)
- Creek (5)
- Earp (5)
- Whiskey (5)
- Horn (4)
- Tom (4)
- and (3)
- Historical (3)
- McCoys (3)
- Virgil (3)
- Fiction (3)
- Frank (3)
- Gateway (3)
- Wyatt (2)
- Hell (2)
- Pulp (2)
- Bank (2)
- on (2)
- the (2)
- Russell (2)
- TNT (2)
- TV (2)
- Texas (2)
- The (2)
- Tombstone (2)
- Nacogdoches (2)
- Northfield (2)
- Wheels (2)
- Hatfields (2)
- Post (1)
- Anniversary (1)
- Hattfields (1)
- Archives (1)
- Arizona (1)
- at (1)
- Henry (1)
- Raid (1)
- Armstrong (1)
- Ralph (1)
- e-book (1)
- History (1)
- Ray (1)
- Barclay (1)
- of (1)
- Robbery (1)
- Bell (1)
- Howard (1)
- Ron (1)
- Billy (1)
- Bob (1)
- truewestmagazine.com (1)
- James-Younger (1)
- Smurfs (1)
- Box (1)
- John (1)
- Star (1)
- Boze (1)
- Kid (1)
- Stevie (1)
- Channel (1)
- Kurt (1)
- Clell (1)
- Lamb (1)
- Conan (1)
- Corral (1)
- Letterman (1)
- Cowboys (1)
- Longmire (1)
- Theater (1)
- Tin (1)
- Crichton (1)
- Mary (1)
- David (1)
- McCarty (1)
- Denver (1)
- Top (1)
- Doc (1)
- Michael (1)
- Doria (1)
- Miller (1)
- TrueWest.com (1)
- Mojo (1)
- Vaughan (1)
- Fargo (1)
- Movies (1)
- NBC (1)
- Wells (1)
- National (1)
- & (1)
- Gang (1)
- 1881 (1)
© 2013 Created by True West.
