Author Mark Lee Gardner

Mark Lee Gardner has researched and written about the American West since he was in high school. A short time after earning a master's degree in American Studies from the University of Wyoming, Mark became the director of History Colorado's Baca and Bloom Houses in Trinidad. He spent four years running this historic site overlooking the fabled Santa Fe Trail, after which he began his career as an independent historian, consultant, and full-time writer. Mark has written a number of critically acclaimed and award-winning books, from material culture studies such as Wagons for the Santa Fe Trade to his bestselling nonfiction titles To Hell on a Fast Horse: The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett (2010); Shot All To Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape (2013); and Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill (2016). Mark's latest book is The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation, which was chosen by True West magazine as the best nonfiction book of 2022. Mark’s new book Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone is available now wherever you get your books. BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Gun-Holliday-Reckoning-Tombstone/dp/059347189X Follow The Show Online: YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4dHNzumLLaFOIRqm4kcaAA INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justfoolinabout/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@justfoolinaboutpodcast for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.