The AuthorJeffrey Mannix is the author of three previous works of non-fiction by major New York, Canadian, and European publishers. Research for this book took him throughout Texas and the Western Hemisphere as he searched out the purest herds of Texas Longhorns, tracked down vast amounts of unpublished references in university and private libraries, archives, and museums, and spoke with the cattlemen and women dedicated to this breed. |  |
The DesignerHans Teensma’s books on the West include Cowboy: The Enduring Myth of the Wild West (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1983) and Jay Dusard: The North American Cowboy (Prescott Press, 1983), both of which won National Cowboy Hall of Fame awards. His recent design of Cowboys & Images (Chronicle, 1996) took him back to his love of the West and allowed him to work once again with master watercolorist William Matthews. |  |
 The PublisherSanta Rita Press has been created specifically to publish THE TEXAS LONGHORN in order to assure its completion as a work of uncompromised standards. The patron saint of desperate causes, Santa Rita was respectfully chosen to commemorate the contribution made by the Texas Longhorn to the culture and economy of North America in the face of seemingly impossible frontier conditions. | |
 The PrinterWoods Lithographs of Phoenix, Arizona, is America’s premier lithographer. The firm’s proprietary UltraDot® Printing system uses Heidelberg Speedmaster presses along with a stateoftheart separations facility, digital prepress and modern plating systems to create color reproduction of unparalleled clarity, definition, and density. Company founder Frank Woods is himself a sponsor of THE TEXAS LONGHORN as his personal contribution to the historic memorial. | |
