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August 5, 2016
Santa Fe, NM “Collected Works” August 25 Booksigning
Santa Fe, NM “Collected Works” August 25 Booksigning
Posted on August 5, 2016 by www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
I am very excited to have been asked to join other authors speaking about their work and signing their books at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM at 6:00pm on Thursday, August 25.
I will be there to discuss my research and the process of writing Where They Bury You and its sequel, Chief of Thieves, both published by Sunstone Press. I am looking forward to it—hopefully see you there.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
Posted on August 5, 2016 by www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
I am very excited to have been asked to join other authors speaking about their work and signing their books at Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM at 6:00pm on Thursday, August 25.
I will be there to discuss my research and the process of writing Where They Bury You and its sequel, Chief of Thieves, both published by Sunstone Press. I am looking forward to it—hopefully see you there.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
May 7, 2016
"Chief of Thieves"National Indie Excellence Awards Western Finalist
Chief of Thieves has been awarded as Finalist in the Western 2015 category of National Indie Excellence Awards:
http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-...
All the characters are humbled by the recognition, especially Lily.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-...
All the characters are humbled by the recognition, especially Lily.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
February 25, 2016
WO MAN DICH BEGRÄBT
WO MAN DICH BEGRÄBT
Posted on February 25, 2016 by stevenwkohlhagen Edit
Finding yourself always puzzled about what to get that German friend for his/her birthday or for Weihnachten?
Where They Bury You now available in German, as WO MAN DICH BEGRÄBT from Edition Barenklau.
available here from Amazon: http://www.amazon.de/Wo-man-dich-begr... .
Chief of Thieves in German coming soon to an Amazon link near you.
Posted on February 25, 2016 by stevenwkohlhagen Edit
Finding yourself always puzzled about what to get that German friend for his/her birthday or for Weihnachten?
Where They Bury You now available in German, as WO MAN DICH BEGRÄBT from Edition Barenklau.
available here from Amazon: http://www.amazon.de/Wo-man-dich-begr... .
Chief of Thieves in German coming soon to an Amazon link near you.
February 19, 2016
"Now We’re Going To Kill You”
"Now We’re Going To Kill You”
Posted on February 19, 2016 by stevenwkohlhagen Edit
"Rope and Wire" is a terrific site published by Scott Gese. It publishes Western short stories and other homages to “the West and those who write about it.” see: http://www.ropeandwire.com/
"Rope and Wire" just published "Now We’re Going To Kill You," my short story adapted from a chapter in my novel "Chief of Thieves". http://www.ropeandwire.com/Steve-Kohl...
If you’ve read the novel, then you might get a kick out of seeing Lincoln and Nick again. If you haven’t read "Chief of Thieves" yet, well gosh, think of this as a preview of Coming Attractions!!
Posted on February 19, 2016 by stevenwkohlhagen Edit
"Rope and Wire" is a terrific site published by Scott Gese. It publishes Western short stories and other homages to “the West and those who write about it.” see: http://www.ropeandwire.com/
"Rope and Wire" just published "Now We’re Going To Kill You," my short story adapted from a chapter in my novel "Chief of Thieves". http://www.ropeandwire.com/Steve-Kohl...
If you’ve read the novel, then you might get a kick out of seeing Lincoln and Nick again. If you haven’t read "Chief of Thieves" yet, well gosh, think of this as a preview of Coming Attractions!!
February 5, 2016
Coming to Charlotte at a book store near you!
Did you know that many of our famous historical events, such as Paul Revere’s ride, didn't happen quite like they're taught to us? In fact, many American figures we regard as heroes were, in actuality villains, or at least scoundrels.
These are just some of the fascinating revelations I found while researching my latest historical novel, Chief of Thieves. I'll tell you all about it at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC next Thursday, February 11 at 7pm.
Chief of Thieves
These are just some of the fascinating revelations I found while researching my latest historical novel, Chief of Thieves. I'll tell you all about it at Park Road Books in Charlotte, NC next Thursday, February 11 at 7pm.
Chief of Thieves
November 21, 2015
“Chief of Thieves” Wins Finalist in 2015 USA Best Book Awards
2015 USA Best Book Awards have announced that Chief of Thieves has won as a Finalist in the “Fiction: Western” Category.
A hearty congratulations to Lily, Auggy, and John Arnold!
A hearty congratulations to Lily, Auggy, and John Arnold!
November 1, 2015
Western Fictioneers Where Are You?
I attended the Western Fictioneers Conference in St. Louis the past two days.
All these writers together. Friendships formed. Wonderful event thanks to the organizers (yes, that means you, MIcki!).
I’m at the bar at the hotel tonight. It appears a posse has come and taken all my friends to the hoosegow. Nobody here but me and a bunch of civilians from Missouri and New Jersey. I think i need a fund for bail?!?
Seriously, it was a great time. Thanks to all the writers and all the work.
I’ll close with an ode to Dusty: this place is lousy with skeeterbugs. Get me back to the West
swk
All these writers together. Friendships formed. Wonderful event thanks to the organizers (yes, that means you, MIcki!).
I’m at the bar at the hotel tonight. It appears a posse has come and taken all my friends to the hoosegow. Nobody here but me and a bunch of civilians from Missouri and New Jersey. I think i need a fund for bail?!?
Seriously, it was a great time. Thanks to all the writers and all the work.
I’ll close with an ode to Dusty: this place is lousy with skeeterbugs. Get me back to the West
swk
August 4, 2015
Historical Novel Society reviews “Chief of Thieves”
Finally! Somebody gives Auggy the Bear the credit he deserves in Chief of Thieves.
The Historical Novel Society reviews the book: https://historicalnovelsociety.org/re...
And, oh yes, they do say “This book is an exciting, well-written saga of the Plains Indians War…(with) enough drama and action to compel readers to turn the pages. I highly recommend (it).”
And then, of course, there is Auggy the Bear!
Posted on August 4, 2015 by stevenwkohlhagen
The Historical Novel Society reviews the book: https://historicalnovelsociety.org/re...
And, oh yes, they do say “This book is an exciting, well-written saga of the Plains Indians War…(with) enough drama and action to compel readers to turn the pages. I highly recommend (it).”
And then, of course, there is Auggy the Bear!
Posted on August 4, 2015 by stevenwkohlhagen
July 5, 2015
"From 0 TO 80 In a Few Weeks: Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming" by Steve Kohlhagen
If you go out and hop into your friendly neighborhood time machine in order to check out Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming in April of 1867, you will find............Well, you will find nothing.
Prairie dogs? Sure. Buffalo? Sure. Plains Indians? Sure. Plains? Sure. But settlers? None. Zero. Zilch. A few brave souls or miners riding by now and then, for sure. But no sign of anything approaching a town or a settlement. Maybe a cattle rancher dropping by for a speculative visit in case the rumors of the coming railroad were true.
And the rumors were true.
On July 5, 1867 a surveying party set up camp and established a land office at what would later become Cheyenne. They platted a town to serve the coming Union Pacific Railroad stop. And presto! Out of prairie dog villages, a boom town!
The first house was built. Then the first two story house was built, both that very month. When the railroad actually arrived four months later, on November 13, there were already 4,000 residents and a nearly two month old newspaper, The Cheyenne Leader. By all accounts, these 4,000 or so fortune seekers, saloon owners, "girls" and their employers, and gamblers were all "the scum of society."
Nevertheless, the citizens held a meeting on September 27 and decided to elect an (uninvited) delegate to Congress, which they did on October 8 (more than a month before the railroad would actually arrive). The settlers were excited about the coming cattle boom, but in no way were they ready to let any grass grow under their feet! When the first winter arrived 6,000 people had set up shop in "The Sodom of the West."
By January 1868, it was time to deal with the worst of the scum, and the town's vigilantes came into full swing, warning citizens explicitly to "Beware of the Vigilance Committee." At the end of 1868, by which time the railroad had reached westward to what would be Laramie, the town had three newspapers and three banks. Population estimates exceeding 50,000 were being thrown around. This was clearly too high, but the picture is clear. A more reliable estimate held that by 1871 an estimated 60,000 cattle were grazing within 100 miles of the town, where, a mere four years earlier, only antelope, buffalo, and prairie dogs had more or less quietly roamed the plains (see
http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/... for some fascinating pictures of this thriving town in 1868 and 1869.)
The same amazing story then moved 50 miles west. On to what was to become Laramie.
The land agent for the Union Pacific Railroad arrived at that spot in April, 1868 to find a tent city of 200 people anticipating his arrival. These hardy souls were already camped out in wagons, tents, sod-roofed dugouts, and railroad-tie cabins.
In the first week, four hundred town lots were sold. In the first two weeks, 500 "businesses" arrived.
On May 9, the final track was laid and on May 10, the first train arrived to find a thriving shack and tent city of 2,000 people, the vast majority of whom were described as "rakes," three card monte dealers, poker players, gamblers, their "shrill voiced painted consorts," and other "dregs." Various descriptions suggest that there were no churches, but there were already 23 saloons, and, in addition, several "hog ranches" and "parlor houses." The ratio of men to women was reportedly 6:1. I have no way of knowing for sure, but I'm guessing that there were very few housewives and schoolmarms among those 300 females.
By October, the population had soared to 5,000 in five months (amusingly, the 2010 census shows fewer than 31,000), and the good citizens, like their neighboring community of Cheyenne, 10 months older and 50 miles to the east, had had enough of their roaring carnival. On October 28, 1868 the "Vigilance Committee" arrested the three half brothers who had been terrifying what passed for the law abiding citizens. The three were arrested in their Bucket of Blood Saloon, and the citizens of the thriving five month old town awoke the next morning to the sight of them, and several of their comrades, hanging from various buildings on the public streets.
In a few short months, Laramie and Cheyenne had arrived as full-blown Western towns.
And---you guessed it (drum rolls to a shameful self-promotion)---both towns star in Chief of Thieves:
Where They Bury You, Chief of Thieves, Sunstone Press, is now available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
Amazon Author Page
Facebook
Twitter: @StevenKohlhagen
stevekohlhagen@comcast.net
Prairie dogs? Sure. Buffalo? Sure. Plains Indians? Sure. Plains? Sure. But settlers? None. Zero. Zilch. A few brave souls or miners riding by now and then, for sure. But no sign of anything approaching a town or a settlement. Maybe a cattle rancher dropping by for a speculative visit in case the rumors of the coming railroad were true.
And the rumors were true.
On July 5, 1867 a surveying party set up camp and established a land office at what would later become Cheyenne. They platted a town to serve the coming Union Pacific Railroad stop. And presto! Out of prairie dog villages, a boom town!
The first house was built. Then the first two story house was built, both that very month. When the railroad actually arrived four months later, on November 13, there were already 4,000 residents and a nearly two month old newspaper, The Cheyenne Leader. By all accounts, these 4,000 or so fortune seekers, saloon owners, "girls" and their employers, and gamblers were all "the scum of society."
Nevertheless, the citizens held a meeting on September 27 and decided to elect an (uninvited) delegate to Congress, which they did on October 8 (more than a month before the railroad would actually arrive). The settlers were excited about the coming cattle boom, but in no way were they ready to let any grass grow under their feet! When the first winter arrived 6,000 people had set up shop in "The Sodom of the West."
By January 1868, it was time to deal with the worst of the scum, and the town's vigilantes came into full swing, warning citizens explicitly to "Beware of the Vigilance Committee." At the end of 1868, by which time the railroad had reached westward to what would be Laramie, the town had three newspapers and three banks. Population estimates exceeding 50,000 were being thrown around. This was clearly too high, but the picture is clear. A more reliable estimate held that by 1871 an estimated 60,000 cattle were grazing within 100 miles of the town, where, a mere four years earlier, only antelope, buffalo, and prairie dogs had more or less quietly roamed the plains (see
http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/... for some fascinating pictures of this thriving town in 1868 and 1869.)
The same amazing story then moved 50 miles west. On to what was to become Laramie.
The land agent for the Union Pacific Railroad arrived at that spot in April, 1868 to find a tent city of 200 people anticipating his arrival. These hardy souls were already camped out in wagons, tents, sod-roofed dugouts, and railroad-tie cabins.
In the first week, four hundred town lots were sold. In the first two weeks, 500 "businesses" arrived.
On May 9, the final track was laid and on May 10, the first train arrived to find a thriving shack and tent city of 2,000 people, the vast majority of whom were described as "rakes," three card monte dealers, poker players, gamblers, their "shrill voiced painted consorts," and other "dregs." Various descriptions suggest that there were no churches, but there were already 23 saloons, and, in addition, several "hog ranches" and "parlor houses." The ratio of men to women was reportedly 6:1. I have no way of knowing for sure, but I'm guessing that there were very few housewives and schoolmarms among those 300 females.
By October, the population had soared to 5,000 in five months (amusingly, the 2010 census shows fewer than 31,000), and the good citizens, like their neighboring community of Cheyenne, 10 months older and 50 miles to the east, had had enough of their roaring carnival. On October 28, 1868 the "Vigilance Committee" arrested the three half brothers who had been terrifying what passed for the law abiding citizens. The three were arrested in their Bucket of Blood Saloon, and the citizens of the thriving five month old town awoke the next morning to the sight of them, and several of their comrades, hanging from various buildings on the public streets.
In a few short months, Laramie and Cheyenne had arrived as full-blown Western towns.
And---you guessed it (drum rolls to a shameful self-promotion)---both towns star in Chief of Thieves:
Where They Bury You, Chief of Thieves, Sunstone Press, is now available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
Amazon Author Page
Twitter: @StevenKohlhagen
stevekohlhagen@comcast.net
July 3, 2015
Amazon Review of "Chief of Thieves": "A true story, a timely message and a powerful conclusion"
I was very moved and gratified by this Amazon Review of Chief of Thieves that, among other things concludes that "This book transcends flag-waving and cheers to deliver an understanding of both sides in conflicts between Indians, American settlers and the army right after the Civil War."
By BobK on June 30, 2015:
Where They Bury You brought the history of the Southwest to life in a way no textbook ever has for me. There was something almost magical about Steven Kohlhagen’s character development and broad understanding of the subject.
The follow-up, Chief of Thieves, for me was an even more captivating read. When I want a book close by so I can read even another paragraph in a down moment, that book has my attention. Something about Kohlhagen’s writing bears the mark of a brilliant storyteller…almost a lost art among us Anglos. Perhaps the Native Americans maintain a bit of that in order to preserve what’s left of their cultures.
I now want history taught the way Steven Kohlhagen teaches – through story and by sharing the insights from both sides of situations. This book transcends flag-waving and cheers to deliver an understanding of both sides in conflicts between Indians, American settlers and the army right after the Civil War.
Chief of Thieves culminates in a vivid depiction of the battle of Little Big Horn. The story comes from enough camera angles so it makes absolute sense.
This is a compelling story of life in America’s southwest in the late 1800’s. Even better, it’s an easy read following the lives of our ancestors and maybe for the first time, understanding how they thought about life.
9781632930453-Perfect.indd
Chief of Thieves, Sunstone Press, is now available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
Amazon Author Page
Facebook
Twitter: @StevenKohlhagen
stevekohlhagen@comcast.net
By BobK on June 30, 2015:
Where They Bury You brought the history of the Southwest to life in a way no textbook ever has for me. There was something almost magical about Steven Kohlhagen’s character development and broad understanding of the subject.
The follow-up, Chief of Thieves, for me was an even more captivating read. When I want a book close by so I can read even another paragraph in a down moment, that book has my attention. Something about Kohlhagen’s writing bears the mark of a brilliant storyteller…almost a lost art among us Anglos. Perhaps the Native Americans maintain a bit of that in order to preserve what’s left of their cultures.
I now want history taught the way Steven Kohlhagen teaches – through story and by sharing the insights from both sides of situations. This book transcends flag-waving and cheers to deliver an understanding of both sides in conflicts between Indians, American settlers and the army right after the Civil War.
Chief of Thieves culminates in a vivid depiction of the battle of Little Big Horn. The story comes from enough camera angles so it makes absolute sense.
This is a compelling story of life in America’s southwest in the late 1800’s. Even better, it’s an easy read following the lives of our ancestors and maybe for the first time, understanding how they thought about life.
9781632930453-Perfect.indd
Chief of Thieves, Sunstone Press, is now available at Barnes & Noble and Amazon.
www.StevenWKohlhagen.com
Amazon Author Page
Twitter: @StevenKohlhagen
stevekohlhagen@comcast.net
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