Edgar Beecher Bronson (1856–1917) was a Nebraska rancher, a West Texas cattleman, an African big-game hunter, a serious photographer and starting late in life, an author of fiction and personal memoirs. As he matured as a writer, his works showed a "marked advance...in characterization".[1]
Edgar Beecher Bronson, ca. 1917
Bronson was a nephew of famed abolitionistHenry Ward Beecher.[2] Formerly a reporter for the New York Tribune, Bronson headed west in 1877 to learn the cattle business under the directive of Clarence King — first director of the United States Geological Survey and owner of large mining and cattle operations in the American West. Bronson worked for one season in Wyoming before starting his own ranch with 716 cows with calves. Bronson chose Sioux County, Nebraska for the site of his first ranch.
Bibliographyedit
Reminiscences of a Ranchman (1908)
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier (1910)
In Closed Territory (1910) - about Africa, with over 100 photos
The Vanguard (1914)
The Love of Loot and Women (1917) - published posthumously
Referencesedit
^"From Bret Harte's Country". The Independent. Jul 13, 1914. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
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