A very nice article about the book posted by the Texas Tech College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources    http://www.depts.ttu.edu/agriculturalsciences/news/?p=1066

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NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: John Montandon

Rockford Brownstone Publishing

P.O. Box 1221

Hermosa Beach, CA 90254-9998

Phone: 310.376.6502

E-mail: jmontandon@rockfordbrownstone.com

Web:…

I met John at my business, Wayne Systems, Inc., (WSI) shortly after he and Karen had moved to California in approximately 1986/1987.  Hr had sought out WSI to do the "list maintenance" on the many agribusinesses in California that John was calling on.  We hhit it off immediately and became very close. Our friendship spannewd several years, untill I sold my business, WSI, and moved to Orange Couyty Unfortunately, the company that purchased WSI did a miserable job of serving WSI's former…

By His Own Blood is awarded Honorable Mention for Non-fiction in the 2012 New York Book Festival.  Award ceremony to be held in Manahattan on Friday, June 22.  I am honored and humbled that the book continues to be recognized by well known book critics and literary organizations. 

If you live in or near the South Bay, please join me, along with dozens of other local authors for a "Meet and Greet the Authors" event at Mysterious Galaxy in Redondo Beach at 3:00 PM Saturday, June 23.  Check out additional details at....http://www.facebook.com/events/374300732629229/

BY HIS OWN BLOOD is an insightful and inspiring book in which its author, John Montandon, effectively paints a portrait of a time and place that most of us have never experienced.  It reminds me somewhat of Laura Ingalls Wilder's accounts of her family's struggles and triumphs in the "Little House on the Prairie" series of books and television shows.  His detailed accounts of his daily experiences, trials, and accomplishments growing up in a windy, warm west Texas town carve out a…