THIS APPEARED IN THE MARCH 29 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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By Gerald KolpanYou may have heard that Ted Kennedy’s replacement in the Senate, Scott Brown, is trying to raise money by claiming the Democrats have drafted lefty darling Rachel Maddow to run against him. Last week, the MSNBC host flatly denied the rumor, saying [...]
It was back on October 24th, 1969 that much of America became familiar with Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longbaugh in the persons of Paul Newman and Robert Redford.
That was on that date 40 years ago that 20th Century -Fox Released Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. It was one of the most popular [...]
Hi, Everyone!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted because my Mac died. I had to get another one, etc.
But I’m still here and I’m so glad that this new blog is now starting to get replies.
Lots of folks out there are interested in the life and times of Etta Place, The Sundance Kid, The Hole [...]
Here’s Tom Alderman’s review of the ETTA Audio Book that appeared in the Huffpost on July 17.
Thanks very much, Tom!
Tom Alderman
Media analyst, trainer and founder of MediaPrep
Posted: July 17, 2009 03:51 PM
An Audio Book Review: Forget Butch and Sundance, Etta’s the Real Star Here
ETTA, A NOVEL, by Gerald Kolpan
Genre: Faux-Biography
Length: 10 hours
Narrator: Kirsten Potter
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Etta Place can shoot [...]
150 years for Bernie Madoff.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid would say yee-ha!
Bernie is exactly the kid of bastard they would love to take off: rich, greedy and full of himself. The kind of guy who, back in the day have spent most of his time trying to figure out the best way to cheat [...]
Judging by the amount of radio interviews I’ve been doing, people really care about the Sundance Kid.
Ever since news got out that Utah filmmaker Marilyn Grace and physical anthropologist John McCullough had unearthed the remains of one William Henry Long, wireless hosts from coast to coast have been asking me for my opinion. I guess they [...]
It’s hard to believe, but 2009 marks the fortieth anniversary of the classic film, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. The picture, released on October 24, 1969, has indelibly etched stars Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the two outlaws, but the truth about Robert Leroy Parker (Butch) and Harry Longbaugh (Sundance) is actually more [...]
I’ve been writing the past few days about how a well known forensic anthropologist and a documentary filmmaker have dug up the grave of one William Henry Long of Duchesne, Utah and believe the remains are those of Harry Longbaugh (or Longabaugh or Longenbaugh), the outlaw known as the Sundance Kid and the hero of [...]
As a nation we seem to love outlaws and hate terrorists.
Outlaws are rebellious and romantic. They tweak the system (whatever that is), and stick it to the Man (whoever he is).
Terrorists are after our way of life; they’re not afraid of killing innocents; they can strike at any time, willing even to give their lives [...]
Legend says that Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were both killed by Bolivian federales in 1908; and up until now there’s been plenty of evidence to back that upBut now, documentary film maker Marilyn Grace and forensic anthropologist Dr. John McCullough, say they may have found the body of Harry Longbaugh, the Sundance Kid, in a grave [...]