A Plough Horse

An Interview with Larry McMurtry, Part 2

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A Minor Regional Writer

An Interview with Larry McMurtry, Part 1

Oct 9 • 

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The Siege and Fall of the Alamo (1914), Part 2

Bodies of Texans are scattered about the [Alamo] building and enclosure in the rear.

Oct 2 • 

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September 2025

The Wildness Inside

All America lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past but still lives in us.

Sep 25 • 

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The Disappearing Frontier and the Cost of Freedom

A man can be free as a wolf, yet unable to do what he wants at all.

Sep 18 • 

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The Siege and Fall of the Alamo (1914), Part 1

The First Feature-Length Alamo Film

Sep 11 • 

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American Mythos: Why the West Still Beckons

The Cost of Vengeance: Reviewing Aaron Gwyn’s ‘The Cannibal Owl’ and Derrick G. Jeter’s ‘Blood Touching Blood’

Published on MILLER’S BOOK REVIEW 📚 • Sep 4

August 2025

Texas Camel Corps

The camel has his virtues—but they do not lie upon the surface.

Aug 28 • 

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Texas Tales: The Lynching of "Moss Top"

The one who had the machete had a mop of frizzy hair that looked like a buffalo’s mop.

Aug 21 • 

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"My Good Friend": Xavier Wanz

“Well, I’m going to miss Wanz.”

Aug 14 • 

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Chuckwagon Grub: Pan de Campo

The colorful history of the Lone Star State is inextricably associated with the romance of cowboy culture, and among the many legacies of this proud…

Aug 7 • 

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July 2025

Quanah Parker Asks for the Body of His Mother

Would you protect me if I was to come to Austin .

Jul 24 • 

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