The document summarizes Bob Boze Bell's life and career as an artist, talk show host, and executive editor of True West Magazine. It details some of his early life experiences growing up in Kingman, Arizona and references several books he authored about famous Old West figures like Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp that were successful despite initial publishing challenges.
1. Honors Bob Boze Bell November 19, 2008 Bison Western Museum Scottsdale AZ
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4. April, 1964 The high school baseball coach calls him "Bozo" for running backwards to first and second base in a game with Needles, California. Cruel team mates pick up on this, and shorten the moniker to Boze. It sticks.
9. October, 1992 After no legitimate publishers take the bait, Bell self-publishes his first Old West opus, "The Illustrated Life & Times of Billy the Kid." The printing bill is $17,000. Bell borrows $5,000 from his Dad (repaying his patient father $200 a month until the millennium).
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12. October, 1993 Bell publishes his second book, "The Illustrated Life & Times of Wyatt Earp." The printing bill is $27,000. Bell borrows $3,000 from his mother-in-law (he repays this in a year-"priorities," he says.). It sells out in 10 months and a second edition has also sold out, and a third. It is now (Jan., 2002) in a revised, fourth edition.
17. September, 1994 Low on money ($500 in savings), Bell has the unappealing task of putting out "The Illustrated Life & Times of Doc Holliday"
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