Once a Cowboy

About the Book

From his eyewitness adventures in the storming of Iwo Jima with the 4th Marines to his induction into the US Navy Seabees, Nottingham provides a sometimes stark and sometimes amusing description of life in the military.

Born in Sheridan and raised in Big Horn, Wyoming, Nottingham flashes to events which conditioned his response to challenges. Frequent references to people who influenced his life provide interesting glimpses into factors affecting his path to family and career.

If one of the vignettes in The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw were to be expanded, it might look very much like the account in Once a Cowboy.

About the Author

Born in Sheridan, Wyo. in 1925, the author was adopted at age 9 days by Clay and Anna Nottingham who lived in Big Horn Wyo.Teased by other kids for being adopted, Nottingham gained a determination to try to excell. Excelling meant work, study, and play harder and be willing to take risks. As a result, he won a Bronze Star from the USMarine Corps on Iwo Jima, became a teacher and then a school administrator. This was followed by a doctorate from the University of Southern California and professorships at USC and the University of Idaho.