House Of The Rising Sun – Novel By James Lee Burke

House of the Rising Sun by James Lee Burke Hackberry Holland is a man out of his time. He was a Texas Ranger, involved in many gun battles with the Mexican Army as well as the indigenous people of North America. But it’s 1918 and time has moved on. The old ways employed by men […]

Top 10 Lawmen In Westerns

This will be a contentious list as every fan of the western genre has their own, very strong, opinions as to who should make this list. Rebel Voice would opt for Rooster Cogburn, the John Wayne version, as well as Woodrow McCall and Gus McCrae from the Lonesome Dove epic (they were Texas Rangers before […]

Irish Folklore – The Wild Colonial Boy

The Wild Colonial Boy is an Irish-Australian ballad that recounts the exploits of an Irish emigre to Oz (or the son of Irish emigres) who got into all sorts of bother as he resisted the colonial authorities. In the original poem, his name was John (Jack) Donohoe (Donohue), said by some to have been a […]