__NOTOC__ William Carl Jameson (born December 22, 1942), known professionally as W. C. Jameson, is an American writer, author, singer/songwriter, and professional

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. His writings focus mainly on American

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subjects. A son of William Sims Jameson (1914–1976) and Lea Savoy (1907–2008),Lea Jameson (née Savoy) (December 31, 1907 - January 13, 2008) he was born in

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Career

W. C. Jameson is the author of at least fifty books, over a thousand articles, columns and essays, and several hundred poems and songs. He has written the score for two

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documentaries and one feature film. An accomplished songwriter and performer, he has recorded five CDs of his original music and acted in several movies. His notable books include the ''Beyond the Grave'' series about notorious killers

Billy the Kid Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at t ...

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, and

Butch Cassidy Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy, was an American train and bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the "Wild Bunch" in the Old West. Parker engaged in crimina ...

. Jameson's ''Buried Treasures of America'' series has made him the world's best-selling author of books about

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. His success and fame as a professional treasure hunter have led to appearances on television's ''

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. He gives talks, lectures, programs and seminars at corporate functions, college and university campuses, clubs, writing conferences, and poetry gatherings. His topics include aspects of his life as a professional treasure hunter, his life as a writer in many genres, and the writing process.

Honors and awards

W. C. Jameson is a past president of the

Western Writers of America Western Writers of America (WWA), founded 1953, promotes literature, both fictional and nonfictional, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional Western fiction, the more than 600 current members also include historian ...

(1994–1996), and has twice won their Stirrup Award for best magazine article. His song "When Roy Rogers was Around" was selected by WWA members as one of the top 100 western songs of all time. In 1999 he was named Songwriter of the Year by the Texas Folk Music Guild.

References

External links

W. C. Jameson website
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