Hey everyone, this is the update I've been teasing for a few months.

For new listeners who might not know, I wrote a book called The Summer of 1876, Outlaws,

Lawmen, and Legends in the season that defined the American West.

The weaves together several overlapping stories that all happened in the summer of 76.

The Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Rise of Deadwood and the Murder of Wild Bill Hickock,

the beginning of the partnership of Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson in Dodge City, the disastrous

Northfield raid by the James Younger gang, and some highlights of the first season of

baseball for the National League.

The book will be published May 30, 2023, and I've promised in previous updates to tell

you a story that was told to me about the significance of pre-ordering a book and how

it relates to the New York Times bestseller list.

So we're going to do story time here in a second, which involves a famous and infamous

book, a legendary Hollywood movie, and a lawsuit against the New York Times.

I think you'll like it, but before I launch into the story, here are some announcements.

I'm doing a book tour.

It's only two cities, so I don't know if that qualifies as a tour, but either way it's

going to be fun.

On Wednesday, June 7th, my sister and I will be in Deadwood, South Dakota for a launch

party.

We're doing a presentation at the Adams Museum, then I'm signing some books, and then

we're hosting an after party at our favorite bar, the Saloon Number 10.

If you're in the area or want to make the trip, that's June 7th, 2023, a little over

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