Blanca Is My Name - Lewis, Preston
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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. The Comanche Indians revere Blanca as a magical creature. The fate of all buffalo depends on her, they say. Can she really save the buffalo from extinction? Blanca Is My Name is the second in the Animal Legends Collection. The…mehr

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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. The Comanche Indians revere Blanca as a magical creature. The fate of all buffalo depends on her, they say. Can she really save the buffalo from extinction? Blanca Is My Name is the second in the Animal Legends Collection. The first book, They Call Me Old Blue, won the 2002 R. C. Crane Award for "best fiction book on West Texas." Both are based on true events.
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Author and historian Preston Lewis has written more than 50 fiction and nonfiction works. The versatile author's books include traditional westerns, historical novels, comic westerns, young adult books and historical accounts. In 2021 he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters for his literary accomplishments. His writing honors include two Spur Awards from Western Writers of America and three Elmer Kelton Awards from the West Texas Historical Association. He has received ten Will Rogers Medallion Awards for western humor, short stories, traditional westerns and nonfiction articles. In 2024 he earned an inaugural Literary Global Independent Author Award in the Western Nonfiction category for Cat Tales of the Old West as well as a finalist designation in the IAA's Memoir category for Cotton-Picking Folks. His nonfiction articles and short stories have appeared in True West, Wild West, Persimmon Hill, Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, Saddlebag Dispatches, and multiple anthologies. He is a past president of Western Writers of America and the West Texas Historical Association, which named him a fellow in 2016. Lewis earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University and a master's degree from Ohio State University, both in journalism. He holds a second master's degree in history from Angelo State University. Lewis resides in San Angelo, Texas, with his wife Harriet Kocher Lewis.