James Bailey Blackshear

Husband, Father, Grampie, Author, Bibliophile, Walker, New Texican

[James Bailey Blackshear @JB_Blackshear]

@townbrad Landry's firing was a cataclysmic event in Dallas. I would say Jerry was just as hated, if not more so, than Nico. Looking back now that might seem inconceivable to some, but that does not make it any less so. NOBODY did more for Dallas than Tom Landry.

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History is like a car wreck. The policeman comes. Interviews everyone. The drivers. Several onlookers. No two people saw the same thing. Where you were when the event occured shapes your reality and colors history.

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On April 30, 1881 Gov. Lew Wallace signed Billy the Kid's death warrant, approving his execution, scheduled for May 13. That same evening he found out The Kid had killed 2 deputies and escaped the Lincoln Co. jail 2 days earlier.

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I just started a Substack! You can subscribe to it here https://t.co/4uyESb5vKo

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#newmexico, #history, #southwesthistory

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I have a non-fiction chapter in the anthology Los Llaneros: The Mexican Southern Plains, 1500-1900, OU Press, to be published in June 2026 and next winter a novel coming out on Lew Wallace and Billy the Kid, THREE WEEKS ON THE PRETTY RIVER by Stoney Creek Press

[James Bailey Blackshear @JB_Blackshear]

I have a non-fiction chapter in the anthology Los Llaneros: The Mexican Southern Plains, 1500-1900, OU Press, to be published in June 2026 and next winter a novel coming out on Lew Wallace and Billy the Kid, THREE WEEKS ON THE PRETTY RIVER by Stoney Creek Press

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Ironically, Sunstone Press recently printed a hardcopy edition of my 2013 paperback book HONOR AND DEFIANCE; this spring OU Press will I release a paperback edition of my 2016 FORT BASCOM book. #NewMexicoHistory #NewMexico

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Check out Andrew Klavan's youtube, A Klavan Christmas Special, his take on Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Excellent.

[James Bailey Blackshear @JB_Blackshear]

Check out Andrew Klavan's youtube, A Klavan Christmas Special, his take on Dicken's A Christmas Carol. Excellent.

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Just finished Stoker' Dracula. Wow. Scary? No doubt. Great literature. A detective novel cloaked in a horror tale. One of the heroes is a Texas cowboy. Who knew?

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@theoldgreywolf There's a doc on Lightfoot on Prime and he gets into this a little bit

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@townbrad At least we only have to watch the Cowboys lose once per week.

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@jonmachota Antenna tv is free and as good as any streaming or cable service. Watching on rabbit ears.

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@MikeDoocyFox4 You sticking with that?

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@NationMffl It wasn't much fun.

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@jimodonnell2 True

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@BarstoolNYC You never saw Fran Tarkenton. He did this every other play.

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Want to watch a thought provoking, beautifully filmed movie with a wonderful score? Prime offers up THE RELUCTANT CONVERT. Articulate, challenging and out of the mainstream. It will surprise you. Give it a try.

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@TheTNHoller Seems like the same questions national news reporters asked Biden

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@NotJackKemp @corbydavidson Ask him about coaching Don Perkins at UNM