They Call Me Old Blue - Lewis, Preston
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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. As Blue puts it, "The cowboys who rode with me claim they did all the work. They're wrong." With Old Blue, Spur Award-winner Preston Lewis launches a new series. Also available, the second Animal Legends book - "Blanca is My Name: Or How I Saved the Buffalo on the Texas Plains."…mehr

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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. As Blue puts it, "The cowboys who rode with me claim they did all the work. They're wrong." With Old Blue, Spur Award-winner Preston Lewis launches a new series. Also available, the second Animal Legends book - "Blanca is My Name: Or How I Saved the Buffalo on the Texas Plains."
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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.