Journalist, Author, Historian Mike Cox is the author of more than 40 nonfiction books—including five on the Texas Rangers. In 2022 he was listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America. He received the A. C. Greene Award for lifetime achievement in 2011 and was a 2014 Will Rogers medal winner and Spur Award finalist for his book Cowboy Stuntman. He and his wife live in Wimberley, Texas.   I grew up in Austin, then a smallish capital and university community. When I retired in 2015, it was th


Already Signed Up? Log in here.

Read this article now for Free!

Ready for a third free article? Create a free account by entering your email address and a password below.

— OR —

Sign Up Now for $29.95 a year and have immediate access to all of True West content, including the complete True West Archives dating back to 1953!

SIGN UP NOW or SIGN IN

This digital subscription is in no way connected to your Print Subscription. They are totally separate and cannot be connected. If you have a Print Subscription with True West, you will need to pay for a separate subscription to access this website and will receive a totally different Log In password. If you have an existing digital component to your Print subscription, you'll need to Sign In and request a new password.