Lewis, P: BLUSTERS LAST STAND
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781681790961
ISBN-10: 1681790963
Pagini: 338
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Wild Horse Media Group LLC
ISBN-10: 1681790963
Pagini: 338
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Editura: Wild Horse Media Group LLC
Notă biografică
Preston Lewis is the award-winning author of more than 50 novels and nonfiction works. His honors include two Spur Awards from Western Writers of America and Six Will Rogers Gold Medallion Awards for traditional novel, short stories and western humor. He is a past president of Western Writers of America and the West Texas Historical Association, which has designated him a fellow and honored him with three Elmer Kelton Awards for best creative work on West Texas.His latest book is Betting on Horses: Racing as an Economic Development Tool in Frontier West Texas, 1886-1896. Published by Bariso Press, the nonfiction work examines how San Angelo boosters used horse racing to attract investors and settlers to San Angelo before the turn of the 20th century. Horses from three San Angelo stables raced at tracks across the nation in the 1880s and 1890s.Known for his research into obscure aspects of the American West, Lewis is an authority on cats in the Old West. He has published two books on the topic: Cat Tales of the Old West: Poems, Puns & Perspectives on Frontier Felines and More Cat Tales of the Old West: Triumphs, Trials & Trivia of Frontier Felines. Both were published by Bariso Press, which he and his wife established in 2021.In addition to Betting on Horses, his other books on West Texas are Cotton-Picking Folks: Eulogy for a Texas Depression Era Farm Family and To War and Back: The World War II Journey of Two West Texas Farm Boys, both published by Bariso Press under the direction of editor and publisher Harriet Kocher Lewis.Lewis is the creator of the eight-book comic western series "The Memoirs of H.H. Lomax," which has received numerous honors. He and his wife created the Magic Machine Series, which puts artificial intelligence to the test on various topics. Books in the series to date include Devotionals from a Soulless Machine, Jokes from a Humorless Machine, and Recipes from a Tasteless Machine. Lewis holds a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a master's degree from Ohio State University, both in journalism. He earned a second master's degree in history from Angelo State University. He and his wife reside in San Angelo.