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Writing an Honest Biography or Autobiography

At the WWA conference in Amarillo in 1983, famous western biographer J. Evetts Haley recalled reading Thirty-One Years on the ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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