Win, Place and Show
The release date for my next book, Betting on Horses: Racing as an Economic Development Tool in Frontier West Texas, 1886-1896, has been set for March 21 from Bariso Press. This book is different from my previous ones, a nonfiction historical account of a little-known aspect of horse racing on the frontier. As a popular […]
Two-Thirds There
An old adage has it that everyone has at least one book in them and a few people can come up with two, but it takes three published books to be considered a legitimate author. So, I was pleased when New Mexico Showdown first appeared in print. Pinnacle published New Mexico Showdown in 1989 and […]
Old-Timer
You know you are getting old when you read a history book and realize you knew nine of the people mentioned. Encountering those names was an unexpected pleasure when I got a review copy of Rounded Up in Glory: Frank Reaugh, Texas Renaissance Man by Michael R. Grauer. Reaugh (1860-1945), pronounced “ray,” was a Texas artist […]
Killing Custer
I have just sent to my publisher, Wild Horse Press, the manuscript for the fourth book in The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax series. This book explores Custer and the Little Bighorn with Lomax right in the middle of things. In fact, if Custer had only listened to Lomax, things might have turned out differently that […]
Hard Times
The Redemption of Jesse James is now back in print and available in both hardback and e-book format from Amazon. Never fond of Jesse James as a historical figure, I made him a peripheral character in this historical novel and focused on life in Washington County, Arkansas, during the Civil War. Since my Lewis ancestors […]
Seatwork
When the kids were young and we would ask them what they did in school that day, they would often answer “nothing, just seatwork.” Now that I am retired, I have plenty time for writing or seatwork, as I have come to call it. Generally, I aim for 10 or more pages a weekday. […]
Fort Griffin Fandangle
Of all the Old West towns I’ve read about over the years, Fort Griffin, remains my favorite, but not until this year had I ever had the opportunity to attend the Fort Griffin Fandangle, produced by the citizens of nearby Albany, Texas. We attended the opening performance of the 77th edition of the Fandangle on […]
Texas Falling
I missed the first installment of Texas Rising as I was out of town, but picked up the second part of the History Channel’s mini-series. I must admit I was disappointed. While I favor historical movies and westerns, this one left me perplexed because of its historical inaccuracies, which far exceed acceptable dramatic license in […]