December 12th, 2009

I received this email yesterday and thought I’d post it on the site. It’s been one of the hardest years of my life, but little bits of encouragement like this help me keep going. Sent: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 7:27 am Subject: Your book inspired a song! Greetings from Arizona!
Just wanted to let you know how much we both enjoyed your book, “Thunder Over the Prairie”! What a great story! We enjoy the true tales of the west and in fact write songs and poems about them, as well as our own historical western creations. Your book set us to writing our second “Lawman” song called “Saddle Up!” which we are looking forward to performing for the first time publicly at the Arizona Folklore Preserve this weekend. The song is not about Dora Hand, but about the camaraderie of the lawmen of the west, I personally enjoy writing songs and reading books about the women of the west, and have several of your books on that topic in our wish list on Amazon. After this great first experience with your work, I am expecting they will be further inspiration and enjoyment! Thanks so much for your dedication and hard work!
Best Regards, Nancy Ruybal. Thank you, Nancy.