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Print for Tired Eyes: 3 Reasons Everyone Benefits from a Large Print Edition of a Book.
The most frequent question I get doing book signings and shows is about Large Print Edition availability of my books. Yes, you can get large print on e-books by turning up the font size, but many avid readers still prefer print books and need larger print to enjoy them. Pew Research tells us print book […]
The Land Run of 1889
On April 22, 1889 a shot was fired and horses, wagons and trains roared into the region of central Oklahoma known as the Unassigned Lands. President Benjamin Harrison’s March 23, 1889 proclamation, opened the land, and people came from across the country to claim it. According to the Homestead Act of 1862, if a settler […]
Letters from Indian Territory is Coming Soon
Coming soon “Letters from Indian Territory: 1880-1889” Letters from Indian Territory 1880-1888 Check out other Kent Brooks titles on Amazon or order signed copies on this site. Thanks for reading. Don’t forget to review on Amazon.com and Goodreads.com
The Perfect Christmas Gift for 2018…
… is one of our books. Check our our 2018 offerings on Amazon.com Peddling Books at the Eastridge Mall in Casper Wyoming and at a 2018 4H Christmas Craft Show.
Book Signing in Trinidad October 4, 2018
Looking forward to being in Trinidad October 4, 2018.
"Letters From Colorado: 1880-1889" is coming soon!
So what are you writing next? That is the most frequent question since I have finished “Old Boston: As Wild As They Come.” I have answered that the next story I am working on is related to Chapter 12 in that book. However, the search for information about Boston, Colorado for my book “Old Boston: […]
Old Boston: As Wild As They Come is now available
It’s now available via #amazon! “Old Boston: As Wild As They Come” https://amzn.to/2Ly1gGK On November 16, 1886, four members of the Atlantis Town Company stopped on the Southeast Colorado plains to stake out and establish Boston, Colorado. Frontier newspaperman Sam Konkel joined the town company and promoted Boston as “The Utopian City of the Plains.” Built to […]
Reading Old Time Newspapers: A Primer
It feels great to find interesting tidbits in old newspapers—for me it has been part of researching my book, for others, it may be finding an obituary, marriage announcement, or other types of notice. But sometimes historical newspapers used abbreviations and terms that are no longer common, leaving some of us scratching our heads. Let’s […]
Pre order "Old Boston: As Wild As They Come" now for the July 2, 2018 release date!
The back cover of my book is a 2017 picture from what would have been South Main Street Boston, Colorado 1886-1889. We often think of the old days in black & white when actually the sunsets then were as just as brilliant as ours. Reserve your Amazon pre-order at the link below to read the […]