No hangings in Medora; mayor withdraws request
March 26, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
No one will swing from a gallows in Medora.
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Deadwood balances rough image with modern gambling
March 21, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP) The store signs of this Old West village are drawn with a typeface reminiscent of “Wanted: Dead or Alive” posters. The streets are paved with bricks that evoke the dusty 1800s. Continue Reading
Bad writing abounds in ‘The Hero of a Hundred Fights’
December 3, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Literature is full of flamboyant B.S. artists, right up to James Frey. All of them tried to pass off pure fiction as non-fiction. Frey didn’t want to be found out, but Ned Buntline seems not to have cared. Continue Reading
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