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Sonny Boy and Jewel Griffin

Tales of rodeoing, hard drinking and bar room brawls, horse races, hunt clubs, moonshine and running from revenuers, raising cattle, butchering meat, keeping families close, working hard, and holding on tight to faith.

by Mike Tolbert

Sonny Boy and Jewel Griffin
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Sonny Boy and Jewel Griffin

Tales of rodeoing, hard drinking and bar room brawls, horse races, hunt clubs, moonshine and running from revenuers, raising cattle, butchering meat, keeping families close, working hard, and holding on tight to faith.

by Mike Tolbert

Published May 04, 2022
193 Pages
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs



 

Book Details

Tough Living, Hard Drinking and Horses; Lifetimes of Creating Ranch Legends

Sonny Boy Griffin was a bull of a man, both in size and personality. His wife Jewel is tiny and tough. Starting as teens, the Griffins scrimped, fought, and hustled to create Diamond D Ranch. They survived bar room brawls, chasing revenuers, and physical calamity to build a strong family raised on horses. These are the tales of how they did it, and what happened to make them legendary.

 

About the Author

Mike Tolbert

Mike Tolbert is an accomplished story teller and successful corporate and political strategist. He fell in love with horses in 1980 which eventually led him to Diamond D Ranch in Jacksonville. There he met and became friends with ranch owners Sonny Boy and Jewel Griffin. Until he started writing this book, he had little idea of the incredible back stories of their lives. Mike and his wife Annette live on a horse farm in Brooksville, Florida.

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