O'Neal, Bill, 1942-

LC control no.	n 78093633
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	O'Neal, Bill, 1942- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	O'Neal, John William, 1942-
Associated place	Carthage (Tex.)
Birth date	1942-04-08
Place of birth	Corsicana (Tex.)
Field of activity	West (U.S.)--History
Affiliation	Panola College Western Writers of America
Profession or occupation	Historians Authors College teachers
Found in	His Encyclopedia of western gunfighters, 1979: t.p. (Bill O'Neal) CIP pub. info. (John William (Bill) O'Neal; b. Apr. 8, 1942) His West Texas cattle kingdom, 2013: title page (Bill O'Neal) back cover (state historian of Texas; taught for 4 decades at Panola College in Carthage, Texas; author of more than 40 books) War in East Texas, 2018: ECIP title page ( Bill O'Neal) Data View (O'Neal, Bill, born April 08, 1942; he is the current State Historian of Texas and the author of more than 30 books, including The Johnson-Sims Feud with UNT Press) Wikipedia, viewed June 20, 2018 (John William "Bill" O'Neal, known as Bill O'Neal (born April 8, 1942 in Corsicana, Texas), is an American author who has written more than forty books and three hundred articles and book reviews on the American West, including gunfighters, lawmen, and ghost towns; Country music, with emphasis on Texas artists; baseball, such as his study of the Texas League, and children's books, including one on the first Thanksgiving held in Texas. In 2003, O'Neal retired as a history professor at Panola College, a community college in Carthage, located southwest of Shreveport, Louisiana. However, he continues to teach at Panola College periodically and maintains his prolific writing career. A member of the Western Writers of America, he has appeared in television documentaries on Turner Network Television, The History Channel, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Discovery Channel, Turner Broadcasting System, and the Arts and Entertainment Channel)
Associated language	eng