James A. Crutchfield - It Happened in Texas: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Lone Star State History

During his four-and-a-half decade writing career, James A. Crutchfield has published nearly seventy books pertaining to United States history and biography. His articles have appeared in magazines, newspapers, and journals across the country earning multiple awards from Library Journal, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the American Association for State and Local History, and Western Writers of America. In 2011, Western Writers of America presented him with the Owen Wister Award for Lifetime Achievement in Western History and Literature. In 2015, Crutchfield was inducted into the Western Writers Hall of Fame housed in the McCracken Research Library at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyoming. Crutchfield lives in Tennessee with his wife, Regena, and their three cats, Zo, Oliver, and Rufus.

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