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Amateur Historians

by Rich Wandschneider | May 16, 2011 | Alvin Josephy, American Heritage, New York Westerners, Wallowa County, Wallowa County Museum

Alvin Josephy loved amateur historians. When I opened the Bookloft in Enterprise in 1976, he was still working full time at American Heritage in New York City, writing his big history books and newspaper and magazine articles in the midnight hours. He and his wife,...

The “Westerners”

by Rich Wandschneider | Nov 9, 2010 | Alvin Josephy, Appaloosa Horse, Brand Book, New York Westerners, Westerners

Hello all,It’s been a while since I posted anything new on the blog. Apologies. Still getting used to this new technology. And I am going to pass on the heavy lifting this time to Jo Tice Bloom and the Western Historical Quarterly for a marvelous little...
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