Lt. Col. Hector Santa Anna was with the Army Air Corps/USAF and entered service on July 1942. The following is an excerpt from the 2nd edition of ‘Arizona’s Hispanic Flyboys,’ by Rudy Villarreal. It is available at Bullion Plaza Museum and through Amazon.com. “Author Rudolph C. Villarreal has chronicled some …
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Arizona’s Deadliest Gunfight: Draft resistance and tragedy 1918
TUCSON- On a cold winter morning, Jeff Power was lighting a fire in his remote Arizona cabin when he heard a noise, grabbed his rifle, and walked out the front door. Someone in the dark shouted, “Throw up your hands!” Shots rang out from inside and outside the cabin, and …
Read More »‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ gets high marks from readers
“How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World elegance.” —The Washington Post A Gentleman in Moscow shows what one can accomplish in a crumbling world with the right attitude about changing fortunes. The hero of the book, Count Alexander Rostov …
Read More »Arizona authors release suspense novel set in Globe
Unsolved murders haunt small city in ‘Which Lives to Fear’ PHOENIX — Two Arizona writers recently released a suspense novel, “Which Lives to Fear,” about a reporter trying to solve a string of murders which have haunted her family – and the small city of Globe – for years. “The …
Read More »Book Reviews: Once They Moved Like the Wind
There are not many books written on the great leaders who make up Native American history, but this book counts among them. Centered on the Apache Wars of the 1880s, author David Roberts shows the triumphs and the tragedies and the accomplishments of leaders like Cochise, Geronimo, Victorio and Mangus …
Read More »THE GREAT SOUL TRIAL…… one mans search for life beyond
One of the longest and most sensational trials in Arizona history revolved around a Miami man, James Kidd who lived in the area and worked for the Miami Copper Company for nearly 30 years in the early 1900’s. While his life in the area, as well as his disappearance in …
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