Archive for 'October,2011'
A Cowboy’s Spurs
Western stars Tex Ritter and Gene Autry both had a hit song with “I’ve Got Spurs that Jingle Jangle” during the glorious golden age of pulp fiction. The song was written by Joseph Lilley and Frank [...]
Gliding Their Way to Glory: Military Glider Planes
While battle planes like the American Mustang P-51, the British Spitfire and Japanese Mitsubishi Zero have been made legendary by the silver screens of Hollywood, lesser known is the role that glider planes ended up playing [...]
Is a Witch Doctor a Witch?
In the western tale, Shadows from Boot Hill, Brazos is tormented by a witch doctor. But here is a good question, is a witch doctor a witch? The answer is no. In its original meaning a witch doctor [...]
Today in History, Oct. 26
On Wednesday, October 26, in 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral took place at roughly 3:00 PM. It was a 30-second shootout that left three cowboys dead, and Virgil and Morgan Earp [...]
Today in History, Oct. 18
On October 18, in 1867, the U.S. formally took possession of Alaska. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles. A vast and beautiful territory, Alaska has a unique, little known back story as well. Alaska sits just [...]
This Week in History, Oct. 8-11
The first transcontinental air race in the United States was launched on October 8th, 1919, sponsored by the Army. It started with 63 planes competing in the race between California and New York. There were 15 [...]
Pulp Fiction’s “The Falcon Killer”
Originally published in 1939 this story takes place in the Orient where “The Falcon Killer, (Tzun Kai),” is really Bill Gaylord, China’s war ace fighter pilot. Born to American parents but being raised in Peking, Gaylord [...]
Theatre of the Mind with Golden Age Stories Audiobooks
Theatre by definition (According to the American English Dictionary) “is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle—indeed any [...]
The Wild West, An American Story!
While Europe was experiencing unprecedented growth during the industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th century, America was undergoing the growing pains of a new nation. It was a nation so vast as to be unfathomable [...]
The Pulp Fiction Revival of “The Phantom Patrol”
This Sea Adventure story was originally published in “Five-Novels Monthly” magazine, in January of 1935, and tells the story of Chief Petty Officer Johnny Trescott who gets captured by pirates and drug runners during an attempt [...]
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