Earl Alonzo Brininstool (October 11, 1870 – July 28, 1957), better known by E. A. Brininstool, was an American cowboy poet.

Biography

Brininstool was born in

Warsaw, New York Warsaw is a town in Wyoming County, in the U.S. state of New York. The population was 5,064 at the 2010 census. It is located approximately 37 miles east southeast of Buffalo and approximately 37 miles southwest of Rochester. The town may ...

, and preferred to be called E. A. Brininstool.Introduction to ''Troopers with Custer''
/ref> He was a cowboy poet, but was not a working cowboy. He lived most his life in Los Angeles, rubbed elbows with

Will Rogers William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma ...

and Charles Russell, who met regularly as part of a western artists group at the University Club in LA. He is best known for ''Trail Dust of a Maverick'' (1914) and ''Bozeman Trail'' (1922).Calistro, Cowboy Love Poetry, Angel City Press (1994) Brininstool was a prolific author on the subject of Indian Wars, especially on Little Big Horn. He died on July 28, 1957.

References

External links

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E. A. Brininstool papers, MSS 1412
in the

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