Hank Valon is the pseudonym of
Bob Stein. He was born in the country in Southern Illinois.
His parents instilled a thirst early on for the adventure
one could find in books. He had a taste of street fighting
in Detroit, but fortunately the family returned to the
country life before it became damaging. He grew up on
a farm with assorted farm animals and machinery, learning
responsibility in caring for both. He went to Southern
Illinois University on a teacher’s scholarship.
Eventually graduating with his B.S. in Education, majoring
in social studies. He worked for D.O.D. during the end
and the phase down of the Viet Nam War. He is retired
from fifteen years as a barber. He is married to Aunt
Minnie. They have six kids and twelve grandkids. They
live in Garden City, Missouri, the heart of the border
war country. Both are history students and Old West
re-enactors with the Osage Valley Vigilantes. He is
a member of Western Writers of America, EPIC, The Cass
County Historical Association, The Cass County Civil
War Round Table, and the Cass County Genealogy Association.
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