Wyatt Earp and Mattie Blaylock: the Illinois Years
0November 13, 2021 by Pamela Nowak
Few people familiar with the legend of Wyatt Earp know about the years Wyatt spent in Illinois. It’s a part …
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Category Pam's Characters, The Research Behind Pam's Books, Uncategorized | Tags: Mattie Blaylock, Necessary Deceptions, Pamela Nowak, Peoria, Wyatt Earp
Josephine Marcus Earp
0November 10, 2021 by Pamela Nowak
Wyatt’s third wife, Josephine, is the second of my protagonists in NECESSARY DECEPTIONS. Josie is fascinating in that she rarely, …
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Category Pam's Characters, The Research Behind Pam's Books, Uncategorized | Tags: Josephine Marcus, Necessary Deceptions, Pamela Nowak, Wyatt Earp
Mattie Blaylock
0October 30, 2021 by Pamela Nowak
NECESSARY DECEPTIONS centers on the braided stories of Celia/Mattie Blaylock and Josephine/Sadie Marcus, the last two wives of Wyatt Earp. …
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Category Pam's Characters, The Research Behind Pam's Books, Uncategorized | Tags: Mattie Blaylock, Necessary Deceptions, Pamela Nowak, Wyatt Earp
Aurilla Sutherland, Wyatt’s first wife
0October 23, 2021 by Pamela Nowak
Little is known about Wyatt Earp’s first wife. Urilla (Aurilla) Sutherland was the daughter of William and Permelia Sutherland and …
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Category The Research Behind Pam's Books, Uncategorized | Tags: Necessary Deceptions, Pamela Nowak, Urilla Sutherland, Wyatt Earp
The Earp Family
0October 17, 2021 by Pamela Nowak
Wyatt Earp, husband of NECESSARY DECEPTIONS protagonists Mattie Blaylock and Josephine Marcus, was an extension of the entire Earp family. …
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Category Pam's Characters, The Research Behind Pam's Books, Uncategorized | Tags: Necessary Deceptions, Pamela Nowak, Wyatt Earp
Film and the Legend of Wyatt Earp
0October 9, 2021 by Pamela Nowak
The legend of Wyatt Earp emerged full force in 1939 with the release of FRONTIER MARSHAL. The heavily romanticized film …
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Category The Research Behind Pam's Books, Uncategorized | Tags: Josephine Marcus, Mattie Blaylock, Necessary Deceptions, Pamela Nowak, Wyatt Earp
A Different View
0August 15, 2020 by Pamela Nowak
As I continued my study of the oral histories left by the members of the Fool Soldiers, I was struck …
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Category The Research Behind Pam's Books | Tags: Dakota Conflict, Never Let Go, Pamela Nowak, Sioux Oral Histories
A Peak into the Publishing Process
0July 25, 2020 by Pamela Nowak
Since this week WAS to be release week for NEVER LET GO (until COVID-19 pushed things back by six months), …
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Category Uncategorized | Tags: Never Let Go
Using Depredation Claims as a Research Source
0July 18, 2020 by Pamela Nowak
The Depredation Claims filed by the survivors of the Lake Shetek settlement provided a host of clues to their lives, …
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Category Pam's Characters, The Research Behind Pam's Books | Tags: Lake Shetek, Minnesota, Never Let Go, Pamela Nowak
Depredation Claims
0July 11, 2020 by Pamela Nowak
In the immediate months following the U.S.-Dakota War, Whites who had suffered material loss began filing claims for monetary compensation …
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Category The Research Behind Pam's Books | Tags: Dakota Conflict, Depredation Claims, Never Let Go, Pamela Nowak