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University of Texas at Austin.
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Mike Blakely
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He lives in, and is closely associated with, the United States. state of Texas. Mike Blakely grew up on a ranch in Wharton County, Texas, where he helped his father tend cattle. He says he "has always wanted to live in the country, have his own place, be his own boss, and hunt and fish." From an early age, he also wanted to be a fiction writer
He served as a helicopter mechanic in the United States. Air Force, after which he earned a degree in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.
He is a past president of the Western Writers of America.
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Members of the Western Writers of America named three of his songs as being among the Top 100 Western songs of all time: "The Last Wild White Buffalo", "The Last Comanche Moon", and "The Old Cantina".
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