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Betting on Horses: Racing as an Economic Development Tool in Frontier West Texas, 1886-1896

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English
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Independently published (13 Mar. 2024)
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0.42 KG
Publication Date
13/03/2024
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311 pages
ISBN-13
9798871249857
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15.24 x 1.8 x 22.86 cm
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9798871249857
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Preston Lewis (Author)
Preston Lewis is the Spur Award-winning author of more than 40 western, juvenile and historical novels on the Old West as well as numerous articles, short stories and book reviews on the American frontier. Lewis created the well-received "Memoirs of H.H. Lomax," a comic western series now published by Wolfpack Publishing. "Outlaw West of the Pecos," the seventh book in the series, was released in 2022. "Bluster's Last Stand," the fourth book in the series, was published in 2017 and earned the Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award for western humor. The fifth and sixth books in the series, "First Herd to Abilene" and "North to Alaska" were published in the spring of 2020, receiving Will Rogers Gold and Silver Medallions respectively. Previous books in the series in order of publication were "The Demise of Billy the Kid," "The Redemption of Jesse James" and "Mix-Up at the O.K. Corral." The latter two were both Spur Finalists from Western Writers of America. "Rio Ruidoso," the first book in his Three Rivers Trilogy on the Lincoln County War, was published by Five Star in February 2020. "Rio Bonito," the second book in the trilogy, appeared in August 2021. "Rio Hondo," the final book in the trilogy, was published in May of 2022.Lewis's western "Blood of Texas," originally written under his Will Camp pseudonym, received WWA's Spur Award for best western novel. Lewis's 2016 western "The Fleecing of Fort Griffin," another comic novel, received the Elmer Kelton Award for best creative work on West Texas from the West Texas Historical Association. It was Lewis's third Kelton award. His True West article on the battle of Yellowhouse Canyon also won a Spur Award. His book publishers have included Bantam, HarperCollins, Pinnacle, Eakin Press, Wild Horse Press and Wolfpack Publishing. His short works have appeared in publications as varied as Louis L'Amour Western Magazine, True West, Persimmon Hill and Dallas Morning News. Eakin Press published his three young adult novels on animals from frontier Texas: "They Call Me Old Blue," "Blanca is My Name" and "Just Call Me Uncle Sam." When he is not writing or researching, Lewis enjoys traveling and photographing historic sites of the Old West and the Civil War.Read more about this authorRead less about this author
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As a popular pastime on the American frontier, horse racing could always draw a crowd to admire and bet on horseflesh. Realizing its appeal, boosters of the nascent West Texas community of San Angelo used horse racing to attract investors and settlers and to distance themselves from competing communities in the Concho Valley.

Betting on Horses: Racing as an Economic Development Tool in Frontier West Texas, 1886-1896, explores how San Angelo promoters incorporated racing into their boosterism, sending local horses across the nation and broadening the community’s national exposure and reputation. Betting on Horses is the story of one frontier town’s efforts to survive and thrive as it vied with competitors for the telegraph, for the railroad, for exposure that would attract investors and for its long-term survival.

Too, it’s the story of Concho Valley racehorses like Belle P, Get There, Hal Fisher and Viola Belle, who raced on tracks from San Francisco to New York and from Chicago to New Orleans. Most famous of all the San Angelo racers was Charley Wilson, the star-crossed chestnut with the gigantic stride that beat fabled California mare Geraldine in two out of three races but was later tarnished in a cheating scandal.

Betting on Horses offers a fresh look at the role of horses in frontier life and boosterism. .

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