Welcome to Jane Little Botkin
Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, award-winning author Jane Little Botkin melds personal narratives of American families with compelling stories of western women, labor radicals, miners, lawmen, and outlaws in settings rich with a history that transitions into the New West.
Jane is currently writing her newest biography--The Breath of a Buffalo, A Biography of Mary Ann Goodnight and researching for Hank Boedeker, Lawman and Friend of Butch Cassidy. Check here for updates.
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Welcome to Jane Little Botkin
Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, award-winning author Jane Little Botkin melds personal narratives of American families with compelling stories of western women, labor radicals, miners, lawmen, and outlaws in settings rich with a history that transitions into the New West.
Jane is currently writing her newest biography--The Breath of a Buffalo, A Biography of Mary Ann Goodnight and researching for Hank Boedeker, Lawman and Friend of Butch Cassidy. Check here for updates.
Follow Jane by subscribing to her newsletter. Email jane@janelittlebotkin to register.
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Slow Living in the White Mountain Wilderness
Eight years ago, my husband and I decided to purchase a recreational home, i.e., a cabin, in Ruidoso, New Mexico, almost ten hours from our primary home in Dripping Springs, Texas. We first met on Sierra Blanca’s ski slopes in 1976, so the location had a romantic appeal for our newly retired lives. Besides, our…
A Song, a Movie, and a City
When Marty Robbins first made a West Texas town famous with his hit song “El Paso,” he did more than just earn a No. 1 country single for the original version, as heard on the 1959 album Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. He changed the face of a city struggling to become consequential within the Lone…
I Accepted a Challenge: Researching and Writing Mary Ann Goodnight’s Story
During a visit to the Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch House Museum several years ago, I inquired if there were any books on Mary Ann Goodnight. The docent in charge quipped, “No one has written a biography on Molly Goodnight, and besides, there is only a smidgeon of information!” Then she squeezed her index…