Brown, Larry K.
1936 -
209 E. Iowa
Cheyenne, WY 82009-8929
hogranch1@msn.com
http://www.geocities.com/larrykbrown4u/
Laramie County
Biographical and Professional Information
His writing credits include seven books, plus articles in such non-fiction publications as the National Cowboy Hall of Fame's Persimmon Hill, Wild West, True West, Old West, American Cowboy, The Roundup of Western Writers of America, Wyoming Magazine, Annals of Wyoming History Journal, plus the journals of the National and Western Outlaw and Lawman associations. His fictional short stories also have been published in the award-winning High Plains literary magazine.
Wyoming Writers, Inc. honored his Hog Ranches of Wyoming: Liquor, Lust, and Lies Under Sagebrush Skies [Glendo, WY: High Plains Press, 1995] with a "Western Horizon Award". The following year, Cambridge University Press, England, the oldest press in the world, selected the book's text for inclusion in its computerized lexicon.
The former Western Writers of America Membership Chairman (1999-2005) and Board Member (2004-2006) and his wife, Florence, make their home in Cheyenne, WY. They have four grown children.
Genres
History
Nonfiction
Wyoming Subjects
Titles
- Bad in the Good Old Days (2007). Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. ISBN: 978-0-931271-81-6.
- Coyotes and Canaries: Characters Who Made the West Wild --and Wonderful! (2002). Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. ISBN: 0931271703.
- Petticoat Prisoners of Old Wyoming (2001). Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. ISBN: 093127155X.
- You are Respectfully Invited to Attend My Execution: Untold stories of men legally executed in Wyoming Territory (1997). Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. ISBN: 0931271428.
- The Petticoat Prisoners of the Wyoming Frontier Prison (1995). Rawlins, WY: Old Pen Joint Powers Board. ISBN: (n/a).
- The Hog Ranches of Wyoming: Liquor, Lust, and Lies Under Sagebrush Skies (1995). Glendo, WY: High Plains Press. ISBN: 0931271312.
Contact:
Larry K. Brown
209 E. Iowa St.
Cheyenne, WY 82009
Home:(307) 637-5248 or Cell (307) 221-9264