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". Bronson was a nephew of famed

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.. Formerly a reporter for the ''

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'', Bronson headed west in 1877 to learn the cattle business under the directive of

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— first director of the

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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

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for the site of his first ranch.

Bibliography

*''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

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Works by Edgar Beecher Bronson
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