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J. Evetts Haley: A True Texas Legend

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Description:J. Evetts Haley was a celebrated rancher, a conservative political maverick who told the truth even when it bore a high personal cost, and a gifted historical writer.And no one knew the West--its people, its lands, its customs--like historian Haley.During a literary career that spanned more than half a century, Haley wrote more than 30 nonfiction books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. During the same period, the historian also was instrumental in the development of four outstanding archives--the Barker Texas History Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, his beloved Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum & Archives at Canyon, and the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library and J. Evetts Haley History Center in Midland.As a collector of historical artifacts he was superb, as an interviewer of wary ranchers and tight lipped lawmen he was extraordinary, as a gifted writer of Southwestern history whose style was called "poetic, insightful and honest," he was both unexcelled and prolific.However, Haley was no "snooty professor" as some assumed, but rather a rancher and cowman--a true man of the soil who learned his "lessons for life" from the dramatic nature on the Plains of Texas. As a result he mirrored that nature; he was strictly conservative and could be unforgiving, but he could also be gentle, delicate and tender through his writing and mannerisms.Famed Hollywood cowboy-actor John Wayne once said of Haley, "If the range could talk, the tales it could tell about the great Southwest would be fabulous indeed. And if the range did talk, chances are that the first thing it would say would be 'Get Evetts Haley. He's the one to tell my story.' "No one knew the West like J. Evetts Haley and he did tell that story in recounting the lives of Charles Goodnight, Jeff Milton, George W. Littlefield and many others.He rightfully can be called the "Historian of the Southwest."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with J. Evetts Haley: A True Texas Legend. To get started finding J. Evetts Haley: A True Texas Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 213

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Staked Plains Press

Release: 1996

ISBN: 0965062317

Description: J. Evetts Haley was a celebrated rancher, a conservative political maverick who told the truth even when it bore a high personal cost, and a gifted historical writer.And no one knew the West--its people, its lands, its customs--like historian Haley.During a literary career that spanned more than half a century, Haley wrote more than 30 nonfiction books and hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles. During the same period, the historian also was instrumental in the development of four outstanding archives--the Barker Texas History Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Southwest Collection at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, his beloved Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum & Archives at Canyon, and the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial Library and J. Evetts Haley History Center in Midland.As a collector of historical artifacts he was superb, as an interviewer of wary ranchers and tight lipped lawmen he was extraordinary, as a gifted writer of Southwestern history whose style was called "poetic, insightful and honest," he was both unexcelled and prolific.However, Haley was no "snooty professor" as some assumed, but rather a rancher and cowman--a true man of the soil who learned his "lessons for life" from the dramatic nature on the Plains of Texas. As a result he mirrored that nature; he was strictly conservative and could be unforgiving, but he could also be gentle, delicate and tender through his writing and mannerisms.Famed Hollywood cowboy-actor John Wayne once said of Haley, "If the range could talk, the tales it could tell about the great Southwest would be fabulous indeed. And if the range did talk, chances are that the first thing it would say would be 'Get Evetts Haley. He's the one to tell my story.' "No one knew the West like J. Evetts Haley and he did tell that story in recounting the lives of Charles Goodnight, Jeff Milton, George W. Littlefield and many others.He rightfully can be called the "Historian of the Southwest."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with J. Evetts Haley: A True Texas Legend. To get started finding J. Evetts Haley: A True Texas Legend, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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