Arnold, Bess L.

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Cheyenne, WY

Email address

www.southplattepress.com/authors.html

Laramie County

Biographical and Professional Information

Bess Arnold is a Cheyenne freelance writer. She received her bachelor of arts degree from the University of Wyoming as a non-traditional student following a 20-year career with the Wyoming Education Association. Bess has authored Wyoming – Along the Union Pacific Corridor; Union Pacific: Crossing Sherman Hill, a narrative of railroad employees in their own words; Union Pacific: Saving a Big Boy and Other Railroad Stories, a collection of more stories from railroad employees, including women who worked during World War II, and Union Pacific Depot – An Elegant Legacy to Cheyenne, a history of the UP depot, which she co-authored with railroad historian James Ehernberger.

Genres

History

Nonfiction

Wyoming Subjects

Titles

• Union Pacific: Saving a big boy and other railroad stories (2004). David City, NE: South Platte Press. ISBN: (?).

• Union Pacific Depot: An elegant legacy to Cheyenne (2001). Cheyenne, WY: Challenger Press. ISBN: (?). Co-author James Ehernberger.

• Union Pacific: Crossing Sherman Hill and other railroad stories (1999). David City, NE: South Platte Press. ISBN: 0942035518.

• Wyoming-- Along the Union Pacific corridor (1996). Cheyenne, WY: ABC Pub. ISBN: 0962741213. Co-author Avis Acton.

Speaking Engagements

Accepts speaking engagements. Will travel a maximum of 50 miles.

Contact:

Bess Arnold

(307) 634-7583

Upcoming appearances

Wyoming Book Festival Sept. 14-15, 2007, Cheyenne, Wyoming.