MICHAEL NEWTON

Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical injury; clan sagas recounted family origins and struggles for power; incantations invoked blessings and curses. Even in the present, Gaels strive to ...

The Old West’s deadliest—and only—pair of husband-and-wife gunfighters, J.D. and Kate Blaze, interrupt a lynching in The Old West’s deadliest—and only—pair of husband-and-wife gunfighters, J.D. and Kate Blaze, interrupt a lynching in Dakota Territory. Hooded killers are about to string up a pair of young black homesteaders, but the fast guns of ...