In this installment of William Broyles and Stephen Harrigan’s serialized novel, Jim Bowie’s young ward unwillingly misses the ...

In this installment of ‘The Bowie Knife That Killed Dracula,’ the infamous vampire is spurred to action by a disturbing vision.

Reading Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” (1897) in high school was a revelation. First, the novel did not translate accurately into the many film versions I have seen. Second, the novel was presented in ...

As we’ve documented on these pages before, the Bowie knife — made famous by James “Jim” Bowie on a Mississippi sandbar in 1827 — is about as American as a knife can get. Though the fighting knife ...