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Meeting strangers in the wilderness

My post about Robert E. Howard’s anniversary was an unprecedented success (thanks, dear readers!) and it also brought some more goodness my way.

I was pointed in the direction of Frontier Partisans, a blog maintained by Jim Cornelius that is an absolute treasure trove of learned and opinionated articles about he Old (and Not So Old) West, barbarism, history, and adventure books.

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And tons of other good stuff – I’ll have to spend quite a while browsing the stacks and taking notes. Already I have found books to read, music to listen to, and characters to inspire future posts or stories.
And then there’s The Muster – Jim’s collection of links, which promises to bring me down a few previously unknown routes, to discover more wonders.

Isn’t that great?
I wish I got more suggestions like this (hint hint, nudge nudge). Continue reading