Black & Kiddo: A True Story of Dust, Determination, and Cowboy Dreams

2019 WILL ROGERS MEDALLION AWARD

2019 BOOK OF THE YEAR, Ozarks Writers League

2019 New Mexico/Arizona Book Award, Cover Design

Finalist for the 2019 INDIE Book Award

Hear the music of a singing cowboy--who almost becomes Roy Rogers--as he finds love with a hat-wearing, quirky lady. Their coming-of-age stories converge, revealing lives honed by life-threatening hardship in the flatlands of Texas, the high plains of New Mexico, and the green hills of the Arkansas Ozarks. In an unlikely "Land of Opportunity," their young sons rise, and Black & Kiddo turn weathered hands to new work, heartened by the long arc of dreams.

About the Author
Black, Brenda Clem: - Brenda Clem Black is an award-winning writer. Her short stories have been published in anthologies and read on NPR. This is her first book. Black is a fifth-generation Arkansawyer, obtained degrees from the University of Arkansas, and still lives in the Ozarks. Married to her best friend, she continues to labor beside him in the family business, Westwood Gardens, Inc., now powered by their sons.