Titles From Wild Horse Press
Non-Fiction
Bob Crosby: World Champion Cowboy By Thelma Crosby & Eve Ball
Bob Crosby - World Champion Cowboy is the story of one of rodeo's greatest all-around cowboys. Originally published 40 years ago, the book tells the story of not only the man, but also the story of a golden era of rodeo. The cowboys and cowgirls earned the notoriety of movie stars and rodeos were major productions that traveled the world. Crosby's story is lovingly told by his wife, Thelma, with the able assistance of Eve Ball. The Crosby family was rodeo royalty at a time when rodeo was as much a show as a sport. But not only does the book tell Bob Crosby's story, but also gives us a glimpse of other cowboys such as Richard Merchant, Carl Arnold and Tex Austin. Read More . . .
Best Supporting Actors: Rodeo Clowns By Tommy Sheffield
Written by Tommy Sheffield, Best Supporting Actors tells the story of many of rodeo's best clowns and bullfighters. Tommy Sheffield has been a top rodeo clown for four decades and has worked with many of the men profiled. He tells of his experiences working with them and their views on life and rodeo. Read More . . .
The Fastest Gun in Hollywood: The Life Story of Peter Brown By Peter Brown as Told to Alexx Stuart
Peter Brown is best known as Deputy Johnny McKay on Lawman and Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on Laredo, but his show business career has spanned five decades from theatre to prime time television to movies to daytime soap operas. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Ann-Margret and Hugh Hefner are just a few of the many stars he has counted as friends. Rread More . . .
The Cowboys' Turtle Association: The Birth of Professional Rodeo By Gail Hughbanks Woerner
Pete Knight was one of rodeo's first international superstars. A Canadian champion bronc rider who also won championships in the United States through the 1920s & '30s, as well as fans in Australia and Eurpoe. His earnings in the rodeo arena rivaled that of top business executives of his day, as well as professional atheletes. Happily married and with a newborn baby girl, his life was tragically cut short in the rodeo arena. His story eerily mirrors that of another rodeo legend, Lane Frost. Young, handsome, a superstar and at the top of his game, his life ended in a rodeo arena. Read More . . .
Pete Knight: The Cowboy King By Darrell Knight
Pete Knight was one of rodeo's first international superstars. A Canadian champion bronc rider who also won championships in the United States through the 1920s & '30s, as well as fans in Australia and Eurpoe. His earnings in the rodeo arena rivaled that of top business executives of his day, as well as professional atheletes. Happily married and with a newborn baby girl, his life was tragically cut short in the rodeo arena. His story eerily mirrors that of another rodeo legend, Lane Frost. Young, handsome, a superstar and at the top of his game, his life ended in a rodeo arena. Read More . . .
Bob Crosby - World Champion Cowboy is the story of one of rodeo's greatest all-around cowboys. Originally published 40 years ago, the book tells the story of not only the man, but also the story of a golden era of rodeo. The cowboys and cowgirls earned the notoriety of movie stars and rodeos were major productions that traveled the world. Crosby's story is lovingly told by his wife, Thelma, with the able assistance of Eve Ball. The Crosby family was rodeo royalty at a time when rodeo was as much a show as a sport. But not only does the book tell Bob Crosby's story, but also gives us a glimpse of other cowboys such as Richard Merchant, Carl Arnold and Tex Austin. Read More . . .
Best Supporting Actors: Rodeo Clowns By Tommy Sheffield
Written by Tommy Sheffield, Best Supporting Actors tells the story of many of rodeo's best clowns and bullfighters. Tommy Sheffield has been a top rodeo clown for four decades and has worked with many of the men profiled. He tells of his experiences working with them and their views on life and rodeo. Read More . . .
The Fastest Gun in Hollywood: The Life Story of Peter Brown By Peter Brown as Told to Alexx Stuart
Peter Brown is best known as Deputy Johnny McKay on Lawman and Texas Ranger Chad Cooper on Laredo, but his show business career has spanned five decades from theatre to prime time television to movies to daytime soap operas. Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, Ann-Margret and Hugh Hefner are just a few of the many stars he has counted as friends. Rread More . . .
The Cowboys' Turtle Association: The Birth of Professional Rodeo By Gail Hughbanks Woerner
Pete Knight was one of rodeo's first international superstars. A Canadian champion bronc rider who also won championships in the United States through the 1920s & '30s, as well as fans in Australia and Eurpoe. His earnings in the rodeo arena rivaled that of top business executives of his day, as well as professional atheletes. Happily married and with a newborn baby girl, his life was tragically cut short in the rodeo arena. His story eerily mirrors that of another rodeo legend, Lane Frost. Young, handsome, a superstar and at the top of his game, his life ended in a rodeo arena. Read More . . .
Pete Knight: The Cowboy King By Darrell Knight
Pete Knight was one of rodeo's first international superstars. A Canadian champion bronc rider who also won championships in the United States through the 1920s & '30s, as well as fans in Australia and Eurpoe. His earnings in the rodeo arena rivaled that of top business executives of his day, as well as professional atheletes. Happily married and with a newborn baby girl, his life was tragically cut short in the rodeo arena. His story eerily mirrors that of another rodeo legend, Lane Frost. Young, handsome, a superstar and at the top of his game, his life ended in a rodeo arena. Read More . . .
Historical Fiction
The Demise of Billy the Kid - Book One of the Memoirs of H. H. Lomax By Preston Lewis
H.H. Lomax never claimed to have won the West, but he sure made it fun through his intriguing memoirs of offbeat encounters with many of the frontier's most enduring heroes and scoundrels. Starting with Billy the Kid, Lomax knocks some of the Old West's biggest legends out of the saddle with both his wit and his wits, providing a hilarious romp over new trails through familiar territory. Read More . . .
The Redemption of Jesse James - Book Two of the Memoirs of H.H. Lomax By Preston Lewis
H. H. Lomax never intended to accompany Jesse James on his first bank robbery, but that was less dangerous than staying with Ma James and her frying pan. By then, though, young Lomax had survived everything Union soldiers and Confederate partisans could throw at him and his family during the Civil War in northwest Arkansas. With his sixth sense-humor-the resourceful Lomax recounts his Civil War adventures, ranging from his first encounter with nemesis Jesse James to his first love. Read More . . .
The Fleecing of Fort Griffin By Preston Lewis
When the young Englishman Baron Jerome Manchester Paget arrives in 1878 Fort Griffin with a satchel full of money to start a buffalo ranch and find a bride, a horde of colorful swindlers from throughout Texas arrive to help him. With a passel of oddball characters and more twists and turns than a stagecoach trail, "The Fleecing of Fort Griffin" pits the baron against crooked gamblers, a one-eyed gunfighter, a savvy marshal, conniving females and a worldly stump preacher. Read More . . .
Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral - Book Three of the Memoirs of H. H. Lomax By Preston Lewis
If H.H. Lomax is to be believed, his toothache started the chain of events leading to the most infamous gunfight in all of the Old West. On top of that, he claims to have fired the first shot in the Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral. Whether rustling cats or tending bar, Lomax had a talent for making more enemies than friends. Read More . . .
Bluster's Last Stand - Book Four of the Memoirs of H. H. Lomax By Preston Lewis
Events on the Little Bighorn might have turned out better for George Armstrong Custer had he listened to H.H. Lomax rather than trying to kill him. To save his own skin—and scalp, Lomax must outwit Custer and his troopers as well as face the horde of Sioux warriors swarming Last Stand Hill. Read More . . .
H.H. Lomax never claimed to have won the West, but he sure made it fun through his intriguing memoirs of offbeat encounters with many of the frontier's most enduring heroes and scoundrels. Starting with Billy the Kid, Lomax knocks some of the Old West's biggest legends out of the saddle with both his wit and his wits, providing a hilarious romp over new trails through familiar territory. Read More . . .
The Redemption of Jesse James - Book Two of the Memoirs of H.H. Lomax By Preston Lewis
H. H. Lomax never intended to accompany Jesse James on his first bank robbery, but that was less dangerous than staying with Ma James and her frying pan. By then, though, young Lomax had survived everything Union soldiers and Confederate partisans could throw at him and his family during the Civil War in northwest Arkansas. With his sixth sense-humor-the resourceful Lomax recounts his Civil War adventures, ranging from his first encounter with nemesis Jesse James to his first love. Read More . . .
The Fleecing of Fort Griffin By Preston Lewis
When the young Englishman Baron Jerome Manchester Paget arrives in 1878 Fort Griffin with a satchel full of money to start a buffalo ranch and find a bride, a horde of colorful swindlers from throughout Texas arrive to help him. With a passel of oddball characters and more twists and turns than a stagecoach trail, "The Fleecing of Fort Griffin" pits the baron against crooked gamblers, a one-eyed gunfighter, a savvy marshal, conniving females and a worldly stump preacher. Read More . . .
Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral - Book Three of the Memoirs of H. H. Lomax By Preston Lewis
If H.H. Lomax is to be believed, his toothache started the chain of events leading to the most infamous gunfight in all of the Old West. On top of that, he claims to have fired the first shot in the Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral. Whether rustling cats or tending bar, Lomax had a talent for making more enemies than friends. Read More . . .
Bluster's Last Stand - Book Four of the Memoirs of H. H. Lomax By Preston Lewis
Events on the Little Bighorn might have turned out better for George Armstrong Custer had he listened to H.H. Lomax rather than trying to kill him. To save his own skin—and scalp, Lomax must outwit Custer and his troopers as well as face the horde of Sioux warriors swarming Last Stand Hill. Read More . . .
Historical Fiction - Young Adult
They Call Me Old Blue
Or How I Helped Charles Goodnight Invent the Chuck Wagon By Preston Lewis
Old Blue, Texas' most revered longhorn, worked for rancher Charles Goodnight. But Blue has almost been forgotten by history. In 1998 a mysterious old manuscript was discovered by Preston Lewis. Now Mr. Lewis shares the manuscript, Blue's "autobiography," with readers for the first time. In this story, we learn that a few great specimens like Old Blue built the cattle empire. Read More . . .
Blanca Is My Name
Or How I Saved the Buffalo on the Texas Plains By Preston Lewis
Blanca’s white fur marks her as different. In a sea of dark brown hides, she always stands out, and other young buffalo treat her cruelly because of it. Even her one trusted friend, Battus, disappears from her life. Blanca just wants to be normal—to love and be loved. But as settlers take over Texas and slaughter whole herds of buffalo, her destiny begins to unfold. Read More . . .
Just Call Me Uncle Sam
Or How a Camel Born at Sea Found Himself in Texas By Preston Lewis
Unique among animals that ever trod across Texas, Uncle Sam was a camel born at sea. Arriving in Texas in 1856 as part of the U.S. Army’s experimental Camel Corps, Uncle Sam must adapt to the challenges of a new land and the moods of his temperamental mule friend, Stormy. Together they explore Texas until their ambitions send them on different paths that ultimately converge in tragedy. Read More . . .
Or How I Helped Charles Goodnight Invent the Chuck Wagon By Preston Lewis
Old Blue, Texas' most revered longhorn, worked for rancher Charles Goodnight. But Blue has almost been forgotten by history. In 1998 a mysterious old manuscript was discovered by Preston Lewis. Now Mr. Lewis shares the manuscript, Blue's "autobiography," with readers for the first time. In this story, we learn that a few great specimens like Old Blue built the cattle empire. Read More . . .
Blanca Is My Name
Or How I Saved the Buffalo on the Texas Plains By Preston Lewis
Blanca’s white fur marks her as different. In a sea of dark brown hides, she always stands out, and other young buffalo treat her cruelly because of it. Even her one trusted friend, Battus, disappears from her life. Blanca just wants to be normal—to love and be loved. But as settlers take over Texas and slaughter whole herds of buffalo, her destiny begins to unfold. Read More . . .
Just Call Me Uncle Sam
Or How a Camel Born at Sea Found Himself in Texas By Preston Lewis
Unique among animals that ever trod across Texas, Uncle Sam was a camel born at sea. Arriving in Texas in 1856 as part of the U.S. Army’s experimental Camel Corps, Uncle Sam must adapt to the challenges of a new land and the moods of his temperamental mule friend, Stormy. Together they explore Texas until their ambitions send them on different paths that ultimately converge in tragedy. Read More . . .