page_title: Patrick Dearen
hierarchical_section_title: Patrick Dearen
caption_attribution_description: English: I took photo of Texas author Patrick Dearen (It mistakenly says "Dannen" in the file name.) in Odessa, TX, with Nikon camera.
context_page_description: Patrick March Dearen is an author of 20 books of Western fiction and history. His newest release, the 2012 novel, To Hell or the Pecos, is set along a desolate, 79-mile section of the Butterfield Trail in the Pecos River country of West Texas. To Hell or the Pecos is the 2014 winner of the Elmer Kelton Book Award from the West Texas Historical Association.
context_section_description: Patrick March Dearen (born May 1, 1951) is an author of 20 books of Western fiction and history. His newest release, the 2012 novel, To Hell or the Pecos, is set along a desolate, 79-mile section of the Butterfield Trail in the Pecos River country of West Texas. To Hell or the Pecos is the 2014 winner of the Elmer Kelton Book Award from the West Texas Historical Association.
caption: Western author Patrick Dearen (April 2014)
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