Linda Dockery

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Linda Dockery

Who's Who in America 2003 & 2004 & 2005

Who's Who of American Women 2003 & 2004 & 2005

Her television work has appeared on Alias Smith & Jones, Guns of Will Sonnet, The Cowboys, Frank & Jesse James, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Love Boat, Cagney & Lacey.

Her film work includes three made for TV movies. The Devil With A Gun, Rain Softly Till Then and

Wilderness Love

She is a published author of nine books.

Distant Drums [nonfiction]

Three Little Words, [romantic comedy]

Once Upon A Time [romantic comedy]

Trail of No Return [historical western romance]

An Angel For Christmas [inspirational]

Anna Claus: The Woman Behind the Legend [fantasy]

Cowgirl Up [western fiction]

Renegades, Rebels and Rogues of The Old West [nonfiction] [2005]

My Book of Thoughts - Poetry From The Heart [2005]

Her articles have appeared in American West Magazine, American Cowboy, Western Horseman, Quarter Horse Journal, Appaloosa Journal, Ladies Home Journal, Country Living, McCall's, and many others.

Her newspaper stories and articles have appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal, Boston Globe, Oklahoma Tribune, Washington News, USA Today, and local papers, Salem Leader. Banner Gazette, Corydon Democrat.

Her poetry has been used on Hallmark Greeting Cards.

Linda was a founding member on the Board of Directors for the Indiana Film Makers Guild and served as Vice President for a two-year term.

For a year, Linda was a columnist for the Indiana newspaper, the Banner Gazette and was editor of an International magazine, Pen Works and offers book reviews for several newspapers.

Linda is currently a member of the Authors Guild, the American Society for Journalist and Authors, Central Indiana Writers Assoc., National Historical Society, International Women's Writers Guild, American Film Institute, Western Writers of America and Women Writing the West.

Linda not only writes about the west, she lives it. From the moment she was placed in the saddle as a child, and she saw the world from the back of a horse, there was no stopping her. A free spirit with a will all her own. She is a daring female who had the courage to follow her dreams. She was born in Kentucky, but the blood of the American West flows through her veins.

During a time when most young ladies were expected by tradition to be thinking of starting a home and family, Linda was dancing to a different drummer. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1952, Linda headed to Oklahoma at the young age of fifteen where she acquired work on a horse and cattle ranch. Aside from ranch duties, Linda also trained horses for show competition. On the open rodeo circuit, she showed her horse in the standard women's event, Barrel Racing. But Linda was not one to sit aside while the men had all the fun.

During the time period, the late 1960's, Linda was one of a very limited number of women who rode bucking stock. Since she broke horses for a living, it seemed natural to challenge the bareback horses at the rodeo. Then one day on a dare, she climbed down onto the back of a bull called Pepper and gave the audience something they had never seen before. A woman bull rider. Because of her skill with the horses and bulls, she earned the respect of her male counterparts.

To look at Linda, one would never guess the daring life this woman of the west has lived. For fifteen years, she also worked as a blacksmith, specializing in corrective shoeing. Over the years, Linda has devoted much of her time to training young cowgirls to follow in her boot prints. She is never to busy to help someone or answer questions from an aspiring youth with dreams of the west gleaming in their eyes. If ever there was a woman born of the west, it is Linda Dockery. Her life has inspired both women and men to pursue their own dreams. Linda now lives in southern Indiana where she continues to write and show horses.


	Women Writing The West \| home Inductees Linda Dockery Who's Who in America 2003 & 2004 & 2005 Who's Who of American Women 2003 & 2004 & 2005 Her television work has appeared on Alias Smith & Jones, Guns of Will Sonnet, The Cowboys, Frank & Jesse James, Charlie's Angels, Fantasy Island, Love Boat, Cagney & Lacey. Her film work includes three made for TV movies. The Devil With A Gun, Rain Softly Till Then and Wilderness Love She is a published author of nine books. Distant Drums [nonfiction] Three Little Words, [romantic comedy] Once Upon A Time [romantic comedy] Trail of No Return [historical western romance] An Angel For Christmas [inspirational] Anna Claus: The Woman Behind the Legend [fantasy] Cowgirl Up [western fiction] Renegades, Rebels and Rogues of The Old West [nonfiction] [2005] My Book of Thoughts - Poetry From The Heart [2005] Her articles have appeared in American West Magazine, American Cowboy, Western Horseman, Quarter Horse Journal, Appaloosa Journal, Ladies Home Journal, Country Living, McCall's, and many others. Her newspaper stories and articles have appeared in the Louisville Courier Journal, Boston Globe, Oklahoma Tribune, Washington News, USA Today, and local papers, Salem Leader. Banner Gazette, Corydon Democrat. Her poetry has been used on Hallmark Greeting Cards. Linda was a founding member on the Board of Directors for the Indiana Film Makers Guild and served as Vice President for a two-year term. For a year, Linda was a columnist for the Indiana newspaper, the Banner Gazette and was editor of an International magazine, Pen Works and offers book reviews for several newspapers. Linda is currently a member of the Authors Guild, the American Society for Journalist and Authors, Central Indiana Writers Assoc., National Historical Society, International Women's Writers Guild, American Film Institute, Western Writers of America and Women Writing the West. Linda not only writes about the west, she lives it. From the moment she was placed in the saddle as a child, and she saw the world from the back of a horse, there was no stopping her. A free spirit with a will all her own. She is a daring female who had the courage to follow her dreams. She was born in Kentucky, but the blood of the American West flows through her veins. During a time when most young ladies were expected by tradition to be thinking of starting a home and family, Linda was dancing to a different drummer. Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1952, Linda headed to Oklahoma at the young age of fifteen where she acquired work on a horse and cattle ranch. Aside from ranch duties, Linda also trained horses for show competition. On the open rodeo circuit, she showed her horse in the standard women's event, Barrel Racing. But Linda was not one to sit aside while the men had all the fun. During the time period, the late 1960's, Linda was one of a very limited number of women who rode bucking stock. Since she broke horses for a living, it seemed natural to challenge the bareback horses at the rodeo. Then one day on a dare, she climbed down onto the back of a bull called Pepper and gave the audience something they had never seen before. A woman bull rider. Because of her skill with the horses and bulls, she earned the respect of her male counterparts. To look at Linda, one would never guess the daring life this woman of the west has lived. For fifteen years, she also worked as a blacksmith, specializing in corrective shoeing. Over the years, Linda has devoted much of her time to training young cowgirls to follow in her boot prints. She is never to busy to help someone or answer questions from an aspiring youth with dreams of the west gleaming in their eyes. If ever there was a woman born of the west, it is Linda Dockery. Her life has inspired both women and men to pursue their own dreams. Linda now lives in southern Indiana where she continues to write and show horses.