Author Discussion on American History
Authors Jeff Guinn, Brian Castner and Rinker Buck reflected on aspects of American history including the southern border war, the Klondike Gold Rush and life on the Mississippi River.
420 viewsAuthors Jeff Guinn, Brian Castner and Rinker Buck reflected on aspects of American history including the southern border war, the Klondike Gold Rush and life on the Mississippi River.
420 viewsHistorian Jeff Guinn looked back at the U.S. Army’s “Punitive Expedition” of 1916, a retaliatory attack on Pancho Villa’s forces in Mexico after the guerilla leader’s incursion of Columbus, …
592 viewsJeff Guinn talked about his book, The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. He spoke at the 5th annual San Antonio Book Festival.
1,308 viewsJeff Guinn, author of The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple; Annie Jacobsen, author of Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government’s Investigations into Extrasensory P…
872 viewsJeff Guinn presented a history of the “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” which occurred on October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona. The author, with access to newly available documents, reported…
1,696 viewsAuthors talked about their books about the history of the American West. Topics included the difficulties of writing about subjects steeped in legend, and the importance of research and of p…
580 viewsAuthors discussed their books about the history of the American West. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Leo Banks moderated. Panelists: Jeff Guinn, The Last Gunfight:…
624 viewsFrom the 2010 Tucson Festival of Books, a panel discussion on writing history for a popular audience. The panelists included: Hampton Sides, Hellhound On His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Lu…
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