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Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory released this week. Amazon has it back ordered, but they should catch up in early January. The Kindle version is also available.

Once in awhile history gives us something 'unexpected'. Unexpected history sounds like an oxymoron, but it happens when we discover something about a familiar character or event that is little known or overlooked in popular history. You don't come across unexpected history every day, but when I do it's usually a great premise for a book. Boots and Saddles: A Call to Glory is one of those stories. I hope you enjoy it. If you do, please give it a review on Amazon.

Merry Christmas,
Paul Colt

Five Star Publishing released A Question of Bounty: The Shadow of Doubt today. If you follow us on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-C... you know how much fun we’ve been having over the Billy the Kid controversy. As I said in a recent pre-release post, if you suggest Pat Garrett’s legendary claim might be a lie, you better circle the wagons! You’re going to hear from the ‘Garrett-killed-the-Kid-period’ crowd. And we did. Those who have read advance copies of the book, including a reviewer at the prestigious Book List, aren’t so quick to dismiss the possibility. I’ll leave it for you to decide. Hope you enjoy the book. If you do, be sure to give it a review on Amazon.

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Ride easy,
Paul

They say history is written by the winners. In truth it’s written by whoever holds the pen. Nowhere is that more true than in the nineteenth century. The power of the printed word may have reached its zenith in that century. Today those words come down to us with the cachet fact; but are they? Close examination sometimes reveals a prismatic lens through which we view the past as seen by those who record it. Nineteenth century history is filled with examples- Libbie Custer’s idyllic biographical portrayals of her husband; the historical legacy of the Grant administration as taken from the talking points of his political adversaries; to name but two. Such may be the case with Pat Garrett’s claim he killed Billy the Kid. You can decide for yourself in A Question of Bounty: The Shadow of Doubt.

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Ride easy,
Paul