Lasting Legend News Today

Virtual talk about Pony Express set for May 19 Share AUGUSTA — The Kennebec Historical Society’s May Facebook live presentation will be about the book “Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express.” Author Christopher Corbett will give a virtual talk at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 19. “Orphans Preferred” was an attempt to explore an American tall tale, according to a news release. Rooted in fact and layered with fabrications and outright lies, there are f...

Book reviews 2020 Drift from a Driftless Place JOHN GIBBS is a resident of Gays Mills, Wisconsin. He is an award-winning weekly columnist for the Crawford County Independent newspaper in Gays Mills, Wisconsin. GAYS MILLS - You’ve probably heard the phrase ‘more truth than fiction.’ As it turns out, most of the books I read during the year (19) were truth, or non-fiction, rather than (16) in the fiction category, or stories made u...