Beyond the Bushwhackers

On this episode of Beyond the Bushwhackers on Road Gang Radio, host Jimmy Mac welcomes back historian Matthew Hulbert, Elliott Associate Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College and series editor of American Wars and Popular Culture at LSU Press, for a deep dive into the real history behind pistols, gunfighters, and the mythology of the Wild West. The conversation explores how firearms moved...

On this edition of Beyond the Bushwhackers on Road Gang Radio, hosts Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler welcome Dr. Matthew Hulbert, Elliott Associate Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College and Series Editor of American Wars and Popular Culture at LSU Press. Matthew brings his deep expertise in 19th-century America to uncover the origins of Boot Hill cemeteries and the colorful, often deadly, ta...

In this episode of Beyond the Bushwhackers on Road Gang Radio, hosts Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler sit down with Matthew Hulbert, Elliott Associate Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College and Series Editor of American Wars and Popular Culture at LSU Press. Matthew’s research focuses on 19th-century America, guerrilla warfare in the western borderlands, and how the Civil War is remembered in...

Step into the Old West with this edition of Beyond the Bushwhackers, hosted by Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler. Historian Matthew Hulbert joins the show to dive deep into the life, myths, and legacy of Wild Bill Hickok, one of America’s most famous gunslingers, lawmen, and gamblers. Was Hickok really as fearless as legend says? How did his reputation grow, and what role did dime novels play? What tru...

In this episode of Beyond the Bushwhackers on Road Gang Radio, hosts Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler are joined by Matthew Hulbert, Elliott Associate Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College and Series Editor of American Wars and Popular Culture at LSU Press. Together, they dig into the controversial life and legacy of Pat Garrett — the Old West lawman best known for killing the legendary outla...

On this edition of Beyond the Bushwhackers, Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler are joined by Dr. Matthew Hulbert, Elliott Associate Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College and Series Editor of American Wars and Popular Culture at LSU Press, to explore one of the most controversial—and misunderstood—figures of the American West: Tom Horn. Was Tom Horn a hired gun, a government scout, a misundersto...