It'll Rain Someday... Always Does - by Carol Henderson (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- A man to rival a strong character drawn from fiction, author Carol Henderson's great-grandfather was frontier Texas-born in the year 1860.
- About the Author: Writer, ranch owner, and retired art dealer CAROL DURHAM HENDERSON cherishes the ranching way of life.
- 270 Pages
- History, United States
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About the Book
"Leaving behind a potato-digging dirt farm, a good mother, 6 siblings and the memory of an abusive father, at the age of sixteen Thomas Henry Cherryhomes pointed his horse west toward Amarillo. Joining other cowpokes he rode the Chisholm Trail, where he learned the skill of driving a hard bargain and found his calling: He would become a cattle rancher. Enduring 'hell and high water' and more than a few nightmares, he made that dream come true. Pushing through the nineteenth into the twentieth century, his exploits left a story for the ages. Drawn from tattered hand-written letters, family lore and legend, this family history tells of a ranch still owned by his descendants one hundred years later"--Book Synopsis
A man to rival a strong character drawn from fiction, author Carol Henderson's great-grandfather was frontier Texas-born in the year 1860. Full of grit and determination, Thomas Henry (T. H.) Cherryhomes lived to crease the edges of Texana. It'll Rain Someday . . . Always Does is the tale of that strong, remarkable man, his difficult life and treacherous times. More than a rags to riches story, it is the tale of everyman, everywoman, who with heroic courage fixed their sights on an uncertain future. Riding horseback away from a hardscrabble dirt farm, a good mother, an abusive father, and six siblings, at the age of sixteen T. H. headed west toward Amarillo. Joining other cowpokes, he rode the Chisholm Trail, where he learned the skill of driving a hard bargain and found his calling: cattle ranching. Enduring hell, high water, and more than a few nightmares, he made his dream come true. Pushing through the end of the nineteenth century into the twentieth, his exploits left a story for the ages. This book, drawn from tattered handwritten letters, dusty photographs, and family lore and legend, narrates the life of a man whose history begs to see the light of day.
About the Author
Writer, ranch owner, and retired art dealer CAROL DURHAM HENDERSON cherishes the ranching way of life. Calling Jacksboro, Texas, and the ten thousand-acre Henderson-Durham Ranch her home, she is a fourth-generation ranch owner. This book, based on personal experience and historical truths, is her first.
