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Stalingrad: How the Red Army Survived the German Onslaught By Michael K. Jones. Foreword by David M. Glantz. 320 pp. Casemate, 2007. $32.95. A Red Army veteran once told this reviewer, “If you dig down anywhere in Volgograd, just pick a spot at random—you will find human remains.” That macabre revelation, delivered in a matter-of-fact, …
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Cripple Creek’s Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum Puts Visitors Behind BarsSpending time in jail, or even visiting one, is not usually cause for celebration. But it can be if the jail in question now serves as a first-rate museum. It helps, too, if you ha… Read MoreCamp Rucker, ArizonaUnlike most ghost towns, which grew out of mining, lumbering or agricultural ventures, Camp Rucker was a remote Arizona Territory cavalry post that became a ranching hub. In 1872 t… Read MoreThe Whoop-Up TrailTales from the rowdy route of mostly whiskey trade that ran from Fort Benton, Montana Territory, to Canada’s North-West Territories. The colorfully named Whoop-Up Trail was not nea… Read MoreAs Big as Texas: Sam HoustonVictory at San Jacinto secured independence from Mexico and made him a hero, but he faced countless trials and tribulations—before and after. Inside what many considered the uglies… Read MoreFive Kansas Cow TownsThe cattle might have been from Texas, the railroads from the East, but it was in Kansas after the Civil War that Longhorns met the Iron Horse to create a profitable industry for W… Read More
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