Stan Paregien, Editor
George E. Virgines
George E. Virgines is the author of Western Legends and Lore (Pine Mountain, 1984) and Badges of Law and Order (Leather Stocking Books). He writes for Real West.
Fred W. Voget
Fred W. Voget is a retired anthropologist with numerous professional articles in such journals as Plains Anthropologist. His books include The Shoshoni-Crow Sun Dance (University of Oklahoma Press, 1984), and They Call Me Agnes.
Hilma Volk
This word juggler is, well, pretty doggone unusual. Maybe unique. Some call her a cowboy poet or a cowgirl poet. She prefers to call herself a rhyming storyteller. She calls her work "Country-Fried Baloney". And did I mention her motto is "Manure Happens"? She has developed quite a following in the American northwest.
Volk writes, "My goal is to entertain. If there are any hidden meanings in my work, they are hidden from me as well. And when I'm before an audience, my poetry is neither read nor recited, it is performed. My poems relate to wildlife, horses, mountain and country life and (of course) the ridiculous. And yes, every word of what I say is true (but not necessarily the sentences or paragraphs)."
Hilma "Volcano" Volk has a B.S. from Michigan State University. She worked with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for 8½ years in North Dakota. In her spare time she trained horses and helped neighbors hay and herd cattle.
She has aIso owned and operated a riding stable for 4½ years, offering trail rides, wagon and sleigh rides, as well as lessons and horse training. The high cost of liability insurance caused the business to fold.
She says, "Since then I worked with delinquent teenagers on a wagon train, held a host of 'manure type' jobs in many states, and was the wrangler at a guest ranch in Montana for four years. For the last 11 years I've been a professional, licensed massage therapist. Currently I live near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho."
Hilma Volk will entertain wherever there is a paycheck that won't bounce. You may contact her at: 3209 N. 8th St., Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815. Phone 208-667-3779.
Be sure to check out her web site, featuring some videos of her reciting her "rhyming stories," at:
www.manurehappens.com
Max von Kreisler
(Deceased)
Max von Kreisler was a professional writer for 42 years. His output included short stories and novelettes in dozens of magazines, plus such novels as Donovan, Stand In the Sun and The Pillagers. He was always proud of the fact that his books veered away from violent, bigger-than-life characters and "concentrated more on the every day people who gave substance and lasting character to the changing frontier both before and after the era of the trail drives" (The Roundup, April, 1983).
Max von Kreisler died on Dec. 2, 1982 at Payson, Ariz.
This listing is far from complete and may contain errors.
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Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
--- Bible: Philippians 4:4
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