"The Hank Wiescamp Story"

whnywriter · Active Member Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 429

Recently, while in negotiations with Western Horseman magazine pertaining to their acquiring the majority of our LOFT Enterprises LLC book inventory for re-sale, it came to my attention that WH still had some copies of the limited edition, hard cover version of "The Hank Wiescamp Story." Upon discovering them, I went ahead and bought them all. They are brand new, with a nice faux leather cover that features Hank's “Quarter Circle I” brand.

For those of you not familiar with the book, it was the first one I wrote and I did so in 1995/1996 while on the editorial staff of Western Horseman. It is 207 pages in length, with several hundred black and white historical photos of all the great foundation Wiescamp horses.

There are also separate chapters on the Wiescamp Paints and Appaloosas.

Hank Wiescamp remains as one of the most controversial horse breeders of all time. He is loved and hated by generations of horsemen and women who never even met him. As for myself, he remains by far the most difficult human I have ever interviewed and/or worked with on a book project AND one of the most intriguing.

Anyway, there were 1,000 of these books printed and all are individually numbered. The ones that remain, naturally, are embossed with the higher end numbers. I am offering them for sale, signed and personalized. The price will be $40.90 ($34.95 plus $5.95 shipping and handling). The normal shipping mode will be USPS “medial mail.” Expedited shipment will be extra.

Orders can be made through the following in the following ways:

E-mail – holmes_frank@hotmail.com

Regular mail – P.O. Box 1109
Kiowa, CO 80117

Frank Holmes

Ryan · Active Member Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 321

Hi Frank.

Haven't seen any posting from you in a while. I'm sure you are probably busy. Do you have any new books in the pipeline? Any release dates? Do you know if there is another WH Legend's book in the works?

Ryan
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horsewoman1965 · Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:16 am Post subject:

I want one. I sent you a pm for more info.
Thanks
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whnywriter · Active Member Joined: 11 Jan 2005 Posts: 429

To Ryan,

I don't check this site's message board very often any more. To answer your question about what book projects I'm working on, I'm just wrapping up More than Color, Volume 2...the second in the Paint Horse Legends series. LOFT Enterprises, my own company, published the first book in the series. Western Horseman has since acquired the rights to MTC 1 and 2 so they'll publish them from now on. MTC2 is due out July 1 or thereabouts.

I'm under contract to write Legends 8 in its entirety. I'm not sure when they want it out; my best quess would be toward the end of 2009.

There will be a second installment of the Ranch Legends series and I'm set to contribute to it as well.

As soon as the Paint Legends book is done, I'll start work on my book on Leo...the middle installment of my King/Leo/Three Bars trilogy.

LOFT is also set to publish a rodeo superstars series authored by Rhonda Stearns. Rhona is one of the first inductees into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, a legendary cowgirl poet and is as passionate about rodeo as I am about horse history. Her first book is almost done and will be designed and out sometime this summer. It's on the early legendary bull riders and is entitled, "Bound for Glory." Her second book will be on the earliest lady rodeo stars and will be entitled "Hearts on Fire - the First Ladies of Rodeo.

So...we keep busy.

Take care,

Frank Holmes

Pat Mefferd · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:56 am Post subject:

Hey Frank...Thought you were working on another Appaloosa book, is it still in the works? Pat
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Joker w · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject:

Hello Frank,

I purchased the hard cover version and have really enjoyed it over and over. Thank you for writing it, I recommend it to everyone.
I also own 2 copies of the Paint Horse Journal with Hank on the cover that Hank autographed for my wife and I..
Last Saturday my mare Doubleskips Joker ApHC had a foal, a buckskin filly that I am naming DJ'S Reality, She is by Skippers Reality AQHA.
This mare is also the dam of Joker W ApHC, by Supremes Image, she has been a great producer, I showed her pedigree to Hank shortly before he died and I was suprised when he said he liked her. I guess he should though because nearly every horse on the pedigree was off his ranch.
Can't wait for your next book,

John Burk
Montrose CO.
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pocomoonskyeyes · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: Thank you Frank!!!

Your More than Color vol 1&2 Helped me so much with my own horses lineage. Even in some of the horses that He isn't related to I found useful mentions of some he was i.e. spot cat, et al.
Just wanted to give you a public Kudo !!!
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