Hunting the American West Receives 2009 Spur Award

2009 Spur Awards Honor Best Westerns Boone and Crockett Club's latest publication, Hunting the American West by Richard C. Rattenbury received a 2009 Spur Award for Nonfiction - Historical book. Winners in 16 categories were announced March 22 during the National Festival of the West…

Winners and finalists will be honored June 16-20 at the WWA Convention in Oklahoma City. Since 1953, the nonprofit Western Writers of America ( www.westernwriters.org ) has promoted and honored the best in Western literature with the annual Spur Awards, selected by panels of judges.