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Felix Grub stood in the opening, smaller than I remembered him from the sound of his voice in Copperhead Flats, a narrow-shouldered man in his…

SHE MARRIED A “POOR” MOUNTAIN COWBOY — BUT ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT, HE TOOK HER TO THE HIDDEN MANSION AND CHANGED EVERYTHING The autumn wind…

“BY WINTER, YOU’LL BE PREGNANT WITH MY SON,” THE GIANT APACHE TOLD THE LONELY WIDOW — AND SHE COULDN’T LOOK AWAY The whistle of the…

Part 1 Rain was running down the windows of Dr. James Okafor’s office in long gray threads when Diane Walker came in carrying the photograph…

Carter. Not proof of an original surname, but a chosen or acquired one after emancipation. Enough to begin searching church registries and burial records. The…

THEY SHAMED HER AS A MAIL-ORDER BRIDE — BUT ONE COWBOY SHOCKED THE TOWN BY CALLING HER “MINE” The whistle of the train echoed through…

Part 1 The box had been wrapped in newspaper so old it gave off a dry, faintly sweet smell when Dr. James Mitchell cut the…

“That we were taught to think of documentation as something institutions bestow,” she said. “Birth certificates, deeds, licenses, state seals. As though identity only becomes…

SHE WHISPERED, “I’M TOO OLD FOR THIS” — BUT THE YOUNG COWBOY STAYED ALL NIGHT The wind had a mean streak that evening, dry, cold,…