To understand the present, we must confront the ghosts of 1876. They still haunt the American soul.

By: Max McCoy

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: July 12, 2026

Words: 2,392

Last Updated: 1 week, 3 days ago

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I’ve spent much of my life in the bloody summer of 1876.

Those months are beyond the memory of any living individual, but as a writer I’ve dwelled in that long-ago season through research. I’ve written novels in which the events of 150 years ago were a backdrop for my imagination, from the killing of Wild Bill Hickok in a Deadwood saloon in Dakota Territory to the James-Younger Raid on Northfield, Minnesota. My boots have …

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