Amon The Texan Who Played Cowboy for America

Amon Carter donned his cowboy persona to build Fort Worth, from the Star-Telegram up, and much of the rest of West Texas. Jerry Flemmons brings to life the mythic huckster and newspaper giant who hosted the likes of Gary Cooper, Charles Lindbergh, Will Rogers, and lke at his Shady Oak Farm with rodeos and parties. The Amarillo Globe noted in 1936 that "West Texas is bound on the north by Colorado and Oklahoma, on the west by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the east by Amon Carter."Flemmons, Jerry is the author of 'Amon The Texan Who Played Cowboy for America', published 2005 under ISBN 9780896725645 and ISBN 0896725642.