Part 6 - Porter Rockwell: Legends of the Old West
Episode 6 of 6 in a series on Orrin Porter Rockwell that I wrote for Legends of the Old West. Porter Rockwell's legacy is a study in...
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Matthew Kerns
May 182 min read
Part 5 - Porter Rockwell: Legends of the Old West
In Episode 5 of 6 in a series on Orrin Porter Rockwell that I wrote for Legends of the Old West, we delve into the tragic events of the...
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Matthew Kerns
May 82 min read
Part 4 - Porter Rockwell: Legends of the Old West
Part 4 of 6 in a series on Orrin Porter Rockwell I wrote for Legends of the Old West. In episode 4, "New Zion," we explore the complex...
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Matthew Kerns
May 12 min read
Part 3 - Porter Rockwell: Legends of the Old West
Part 3 of 6 in a series on Orrin Porter Rockwell I wrote for Legends of the Old West. In "A Mormon Sampson," episode three of six in a...
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Matthew Kerns
Apr 241 min read
Part 2 - Porter Rockwell: Legends of the Old West
Part 2 of 6 in a series on Orrin Porter Rockwell I wrote for Legends of the Old West. In episode 2, "Destroying Angel," we delve into the...
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Matthew Kerns
Apr 171 min read
Part 1 - Porter Rockwell: Legends of the Old West
Part 1 of 6 in a series on Orrin Porter Rockwell I wrote for Legends of the Old West. In "Faith & Fervor", the premiere episode of a...
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Matthew Kerns
Apr 157 min read
Shaft
It might seem counterintuitive that the shared icon of masculine aspiration for a group of Southern, white, middle-class, suburban kids...
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Matthew Kerns
Apr 53 min read
A Review of Cast Out of Eden
Yesterday, I received my copy of Robert Aquinas McNally's new book, Cast Out of Eden: The Untold Story of John Muir, Indigenous Peoples,...
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Matthew Kerns
Apr 13 min read
New Photo of Giuseppina Morlacchi
This is a photo of Giuseppina Morlacchi, wife of Texas Jack and prima ballerina star of the original western, The Scouts of the Prairie. ...
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Matthew Kerns
Mar 252 min read
Disney, Texas Jack, & Antiques Roadshow
In a recent episode of PBS's "Antiques Roadshow," a piece of Americana sparked the imaginations and nostalgia of viewers as an original...
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Matthew Kerns
Mar 186 min read
Rescued by Texas Jack?
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… A westward-bound wagon train meets a grim fate at the hands of an Indian band. Chaos ensues,...
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Matthew Kerns
Mar 83 min read
Celebrating Morlacchi on International Women's Day
On this International Women's Day, we journey back to the vivid and tumultuous landscape of the American Wild West to spotlight a figure...
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Matthew Kerns
Mar 54 min read
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
The American Western and the superhero genre share a rich, intertwined heritage that has significantly influenced popular culture. At the...
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Matthew Kerns
Feb 2914 min read
Texas Jack Takes An Encore
This article, published in the April 2022 Wild West, received the 2023 Western Heritage Award for best magazine article from the National...
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Matthew Kerns
Feb 242 min read
2024 Owen Wister Award
Quintard Taylor: Honoring a Trailblazer in Western History with the 2024 Owen Wister Award The Western Writers of America (WWA) has...
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Matthew Kerns
Feb 232 min read
The Last Ride of Wild West
As the digital sun sets on the horizon of print journalism, another storied publication rides into history. 'Wild West' magazine, a...
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Matthew Kerns
Feb 211 min read
Podcast Review
Just got this note from a listener about my Texas Jack series with Legends of the Old West: I had a great time writing this series, and...
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Matthew Kerns
Feb 142 min read
Silver Screen Romance
It's hard to believe that Hollywood never latched onto the story of Texas Jack and Giuseppina Morlacchi, the handsome cowboy and the...
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Matthew Kerns
Feb 112 min read
Talking Texas Jack in Leadville
https://www.leadvilleherald.com/business/article_fbb844ee-b4c3-11ee-902c-5f7ca5c26bb7.html I had a great time at Two Dog Market in...
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Matthew Kerns
Feb 73 min read
4th of July Feast with Buffalo Bill
This menu, dated from a 4th of July visit by Buffalo Bill's Wild West to Szeged, Hungary, shows the menu for the meal that Buffalo Bill...
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