Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1990
Abstract
Matthew Braun is a successful author of Western novels and criticism of Western fiction. He was bom outside Elk City, Oklahoma, in 1932. His family tree includes hunters, settlers, ranchers, stock inspectors, and members of the Cherokee tribe. From his early years Matt Braun associated with Cherokee and Osage Indians. During World War II, while his father was in the U.S. Navy and his mother worked at an army base, Braun went to a military academy in Bartlesville. After attending another academy at Claremore, he enrolled in a junior college, then graduated from Florida State University in 1954, with a degree in journalism. He then spent two years in the Army, taking ranger training, then teaching survival tactics, and close-quarter and hand-to-hand armed combat at Fort Benning and Fort Stewart, and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant. During this time, Braun also honed his skills as a middleweight boxer, horseman, crack shot, and hunter (shooting only what he ate).
Recommended Citation
Gale, Robert L. Matt Braun. Boise, ID: Boise State University, 1990. Digital. Western Writers Series, 92.