FRIENDS of the NMFRHM CULTURE SERIES: Mark Warren, award-winning author

Friends of the NMFRHM Culture Series presents

Mark Warren, award-winning author

Nate Champion and the Johnson County War, 1892

Thursday, October 24, 2024

7 p.m., Museum Auditorium

New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

Free Admission

JUST ANNOUNCED: Mark Warren’s book A Last Serenade for Billy Bonney, a novel on Billy the Kid has been awarded the New Mexico Book Co-op 2024 Book Award for Historical Fiction – New Mexico.

Warren has researched the American West for more than 60 years. He lectures on Native American history and survival skills, and Western Frontier history presenting at museums and cultural centers around the country. He is a member of the Wild West History Association, Western Writers of America, and the Historical Novel Society. His Wyatt Earp, An American Odyssey trilogy was honored by WWA’s Spur Awards, The Historical Novel Society, and the Will Rogers Medallion Awards. Warren was a Georgia Author of the Year recipient for his book Song of the Horseman (Finalist, Literary Fiction). Indigo Heaven, The Westering Trail Travesties, and his short story, The Cowboy, The Librarian and The Broomsman, were Will Rogers Medallion Award winners. Warren’s latest work, a duology on Nate Champion, Nate, The Texas Story, and Nate, The Wyoming Story are available everywhere books are sold.

All of Mr. Warren’s books will be available for sale and signing during this event.

Perhaps the most egregious chapter of the cattle industry occurred in Wyoming, where Texan Nate Champion became one of the unsung heroes of American history. After traveling to the Powder River Basin to stake his claim as an independent rancher, Nate finds himself thrown into the crucible of the Johnson County War, in which he unknowingly prevented the crime of the century (outside of Indian affairs) and became a martyr to the common laborer. Join us to find out about one of the greatest last stands in our country’s annals.