Howard Bonham

Howard Bonham (Col ’52 CM) has published A Sooner Solicits the Nation, a revised edition of his father’s memoir, The Red Cross Rainmaker. The new edition includes additional text and images that further highlight the adventures of Howard Bryan Bonham Sr., a Native American who grew up in the Cherokee Nation and became vice chair for public information and fundraising for the American Red Cross.

Howard Bonham (Col ’52 CM) published a book, The Turning of Waitey McColl: A Native American Young Adult Experiences a Life-altering Moment of Truth, available for Nook and Kindle. Set in the Cherokee Badlands of eastern Oklahoma in 1921, the book follows young Native American hotel clerk Waitey McColl as he becomes embroiled in a police manhunt for a gang of robbers and eventually has to make a decision that will either liberate or haunt him for the rest of his life.