Dale L. Walker (1935–2015)
Author of Bear Flag Rising: The Conquest of California, 1846
About the Author
Dale L. Walker is the recipient of the Year 2000 Owen Wister Award from Western Writers of America Inc., for lifetime achievement in Western history and literature.
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Works by Dale L. Walker
Fool's Paradise: One American's Search for Vestiges of an Ancient Culture in Modern-Day Saudi Arabia (1988) 32 copies
The Golden Spurs: The Best of Western Short Fiction (Western Writers of America ) (1991) — Editor — 12 copies
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- Canonical name
- Walker, Dale L.
- Legal name
- Walker, Dale Lee
- Birthdate
- 1935-08-03
- Date of death
- 2015-12-07
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Texas Western College (BA|1962)
- Occupations
- writer
journalist
editor
publisher
Director of News and Publications - Organizations
- University of Texas at El Paso
Texas Western Press
Texas Institute of Letters
Authors Guild
Western Writers of America
United States Navy - Awards and honors
- Spur Award (1984, 2002)
Owen Wister Award (2000)
Western Writers Hall of Fame (2015) - Short biography
- Dale L. Walker (1935 – 2015), an author and editor, was born in Decatur, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1955 to 1959 and began working as a freelance writer in 1960. After graduating from Texas Western College with a degree in journalism in 1962, he worked as a reporter. In 1966, Walker began a long career with Texas Western College (later the University of Texas at El Paso), where he was the director of the News and Information Office from 1966 to 1993. He also directed Texas Western Press and served as president of the Western Writers of America from 1992 to 1994. The Western Writers of America awarded him the Spur Award for Best Western Short Nonfiction in 2002.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Decatur, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- El Paso, Texas, USA
- Place of death
- El Paso, Texas, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Texas, USA
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Biography of an unusual and fascinating American woman who was a medical doctor during the American Civil War--the only recipient of the Medal of Honor. Turned away at every try, she volunteered and persisted to become a war surgeon and was thwarted by male MDs who did want a woman in that role. There is little written that survives on her, she did not write a diary for instance, so was the author factual? From the author's conclusions, I learned a lot about 19th century USA while listening show more to this audiobook. show less
Very interesting history of Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Rider soldiers of 1898 during the brief Spanish American War.
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- Rating
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