Bob Bowman, East Texas writer and historian, was guest speaker at the Attoyac Writers’ Guild held Tues., March 16, 2010 at the Attoyac River Gallery, located on Shelbyville Street, Downtown Square, in Center, Texas. Bowman shared his writing background and historical research techniques with the group.
Bowman simply calls himself a collector. He collects forgotten towns, historic murders, East Texas trivia, good ole’ boy expressions and the “bests” of East Texas history. Texas Monthly, in fact, calls Bowman the best collector of Texas bests.
Bowman and his wife Doris have written 44 books about East Texas history and folklore and are working on four more. Their books have won numerous awards at the state and East Texas levels. He also writes a history column for about ninety East Texas newspapers and is the great-great-great grandson of an Alamo defender, Jesse B. Bowman.
Bowman is also a past president of the East Texas Historical Association, and a former member of the Texas Historical Commission, the Texas Sesquicentennial Commission and the Texas Capitol Centennial Commission. Both Bob and Doris have also served as chairs of the Texas Council for the Humanities.
Bowman has also served as chairman of the Lufkin Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Board of Trustees for Angelina College at Lufkin, chairman of the Angelina and Neches River Authority and was a member of Governor Perry’s 2010 reelection committee.
Bowman and Doris own a marketing and public relations company in Lufkin, as well as Best of East Texas Publishing Company. Currently, they are now working on two new books, “Tomahawks at Twilight,” a history of Indian attacks in early East Texas, and “Ghosts of the Pineywoods,” a collection of true ghost stories in East Texas.
Discover more about Bowman at http://bob-bowman.com/.
On behalf of the AWG members, we thank Bob and Doris Bowman for attending the meeting and sharing with the group!
