Archives: Thomas Mayne Reid

Beginning the modern idea of the American West, the real target of Prohibition, and forensic science reform: newsletter, January 18, 2019

January 21, 2019 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: newsletter, writers, writing.

This newsletter was sent to all of the subscribers on Jim’s list (2,927) on Friday, January 11, 2019. You may have heard this story already. When the newspaper in Portland, Maine, announced it would no longer pay freelancers to book write reviews, the most famous author among their readership — Stephen King, no • Read More »

Tags: Arthur Conan Doyle, Baseball Joe, great American West, Mark Lawren Schad, Politico, prohibition, Seeing Suffrage, Stephen King, subscribing to a news website, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Mayne Reid

Capt. Mayne Reid and the beginnings of the modern idea of the American West

January 16, 2019 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: books, journalism, writers, writing.

“Go West!” has been the clarion call for Americans since the days of the early Republic. West across the Alleghenies, west across the Mississippi River, west across Texas and the Great Plains — whatever is west of where we are has represented openness, wonder, opportunity, and adventure. In more modern times, writers like Zane Grey • Read More »

Tags: Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Louis L'Amour, Mexican War, Robert Louis Stevenson, the literature of the American West, The Rifle Ranger, The Scalp Hunters, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Mayne Reid, Zane Grey