2009 WWHA Literary Awards
| WWHA JOURNAL Article of the Year Award |
Bob Alexander
Bob Alexander of Maypearl, TX (middle), who wrote "Tucker x Texas =
Trouble," published in the June 2008 issue. Left is WWHA Awards Chair
Carroll Moore of Brentwood, TN, and right is Awards Committee member
Barclay Prindle.
(Photo by Dan Patterson of Monterey County, CA)
| WWHA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Wild West History |
Larry D. Ball
This award is presented annually to an individual who over an
extended period of time has significantly contributed to the field of
research and documentation of Wild West History, including published
articles, books and membership in western history organizations.
WWHA member Larry D. Ball has an impressive list of published
works, including an upcoming book on the life of Tom Horn who served as
a frontier scout in Arizona as well as a stock detective in Wyoming's
cattle/land wars. Larry frequently is asked to speak before history
groups, is a member of Western Writers of America, and a life member of
the Western History Association. Ball is a retired professor of history
at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR.
(Photo by Dan Patterson, Monterey County, CA)
Interview with Larry Ball
| Wild West History Association's ''An Evening With....'' |
Leon Metz
The 2009 evening's visit was with well-known Texas author Leon Metz, who shared memories from his writing life with WWHA President Robert G. McCubbin and members of the Association. The two old friends used humor to entertain nearly 200 who attended the event at the historic Menger Hotel in downtown San Antonio during WWHA's annual Roundup. Metz, who is from El Paso, brought the house down with stories of penning his book about infamous Texas gunman John Wesley Hardin.
(Photo: McCubbin, left & Metz, right - Photo by Dan Patterson, Monterey County, California).
| WWHA's Best Book of the Year 2008 Award |
Dan Rottenberg
Dan Rottenberg, Philadelphia, PA - DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER: THE QUEST FOR JACK SLADE, THE WEST'S MOST ELUSIVE LEGEND. Westholm Publishing, Yardley PA, 2008.
A lifelong author and journalist, this book is Rottenberg's first foray into Old West history.
(Photo: WWHA Awards Chair Carroll Moore of Brentwood, TN, left, and Rottenberg, right. Photo by Dan Patterson, Monterey County, CA).
Interview with Dan Rottenberg
| WWHA President's Silver Star Award |
Roy B. Young
Roy B. Young, editor of the WWHA JOURNAL, Apache, OK. The President's Silver Star is awarded at the association's
annual Roundup to the member who has contributed most during the past year to the perpetuation of the Wild West History Association.
(Photo: Roy Young, left, WWHA president Robert G. McCubbin presenting, right. Photo by Dan Patterson, Monterey County, CA)
| WWHA 2009 Best Article published in a Western magazine |
Tiffany Clay
Tiffany's article, "A Call or Order: Law, Violence, and the Development of Montana's Early Stockmen's Organizations," was published in MONTANA THE MAGAZINE OF WESTERN HISTORY, Autumn 2008.
The manuscript was a 2006 winner of the Montana Historical Society-Montana The Magazine of Western History Merrill G. Burlingame-K. Ross Toole Competition for undergraduate or graduate students writing on the subjects of Montana or western history.
Tiffany A. Clay was born and grew up on the East Coast and is a
2006 Yale University graduate who majored in History. She has spent
several past summers working on a cattle ranch in Montana and considers
that state her "home away from home." Tiffany now lives in San
Francisco, California where she works in an investing firm that focuses
on clean energy. Her particular interest is in "land-use practices that
can forestall climate change, such as sustainable ranching and forestry
practices."
Interview with Tiffany Clay
Meg Frisbee
Meg Frisbee of Albuquerque, New Mexico was the selected recipient of the $500 Phillip W. Steele Scholarship at the WWHA Roundup in San Antonio. Meg is a graduate student at the University of New Mexico where she is currently a PhD Candidate in History. Her scholarship application was endorsed by Professor of History Paul A. Hutton, University of New Mexico who is also Executive Director of the Western Writers of New Mexico.
The title of the winning research topic is "The Fight of the Century: Heavyweight Prizefighters, Moral Reformers and Western Lawmen, 1892-1910." In this research Meg will do an in-depth study of a series of boxing matches and the roles played by a gallery of western characters including Bat Masterson, Ranger Bill McDonald, Wyatt Earp, Judge Roy Bean and others. Meg's goal is to bring together the individual stories of lawmen and boxing together with new research to create a narrative about western law and boxing.
Chairman Ed Kirby of the WWHA Grant Committee has announced that in 2010 a Phillip W. Steele Scholarship, Rex Macbeth Scholarship and a WWHA Research Grant will be offered. Application information will be published in the Saddlebag after March 1, 2010.
Stanley Coleman
Jan Devereaux, Genora Canon
Jan Devereaux, Genora Canon (Toastmaster DAKOTA LIVESAY in middle)
(Photos by Dan Patterson, Monterey County, CA)
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