Bookshelf

Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

The Last Cowboy by Jan Herrman ’74

March 1, 2022

Tags Alumni Book

(Dublin, Ohio: Telemachus Press, 2021)
This sweeping novel, the author’s first, uses the flashback/present style to tell the story of Hank Miller in the late days of the Wild West. While most cowboys ride off into the sunset, Miller’s path is more complicated. As the book jacket notes, the protagonist “survives the Civil War, Texas-sized desperados, and the great San Francisco earthquake. With a debt to pay, Hank will place himself and his twin sons in great danger in a new, wild and untamed frontier — Morocco!”

Several fans of the book are hinting at sequels. We’ll have to wait and see! Herrman is a retired physician who lives with his wife in California.