Richard C. Rattenbury has served as curator of history at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum since 1987, and formerly held curatorial positions with the Winchester Museum at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and with the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. He holds a B.A. degree in history from Texas Christian University and an M.A. degree in museum studies from Texas Tech University. The author of eight books and exhibition catalogs, Rattenbury won the Spur Award for best non-fiction from Western Writers of America for Hunting The American West: The Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit, and Sport, 1800-1900 (2008).