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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

My History of History

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I started college when I was 32, after five years of having historical fiction and nonfiction published in various magazines and books, suc...
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U.S. Marshals and Nineteenth Century Violence

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Head over to the Western Fictioneers blog - HERE  -to check out my guest blog. It deals with both the American West (Especially Indian Terr...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Working: A poem for May Day in the Upper Cumberland

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WORKING Troy D. Smith Coal dust settles on me like black snow Choking in the darkness Sweat and soot making grime Soaking ...
Saturday, March 11, 2017

2017 Spur Award Winner

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I was deeply honored to have my novella "Odell's Bones" chosen as the winner of Western Writers of America's Spur Award i...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

A Survivor's Tale

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A SURVIVOR’S TALE By Troy Smith -- Sitting at the bedside Of this frail little woman Who helped raise me Holding her gossamer h...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Universal Truth

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UNIVERSAL TRUTH I have spent my life Arms outstretched Looking for truth “and the world Shall be better for this” Artist, author Poet, his...
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Sunday, September 25, 2016

A Question about Race and Politics

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The essay below –which wasn’t meant to be an essay –was in response to some specific questions from a (very conservative) student, as well ...
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Troy D. Smith
Troy D. Smith was born in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee in 1968. He writes in a variety of genres, achieving his earliest successes with westerns -his first published short story appeared in 1995 in Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, and he won the Spur Award in 2001 for the novel Bound for the Promise-Land and in 2017 for the short story "Odell's Bones" (being a finalist on two other occasions.) He received his PhD in history from the University of Illinois, and is currently a history professor at Tennessee Tech.
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