Bracken Hale CD

Born in Oklahoma, the son of a Texas and Native American historian, Hale grew breathing in the folklore of the plains and drawing inspiration from the landscape and the people who belong to it.  His earliest memories are of the Navajo reservation in Tsaile, Arizona where his father took his first collegiate teaching job.  “We lived in a brick house, but for religious reasons it was eight-sided like the Navajo hogans, with a living room in the middle and pie-shaped bedrooms.  The whole neighborhood was like that.”  <!--more Buy Now! --> The Hales moved from Arizona to Minnesota, before settling in Norman, Oklahoma, where Bracken spent the majority of his childhood.  He credits author J. Frank Dobie as an early motivator: “Coronado’s Children had a big impact on me as a kid.  There are some universal truths about human nature that those stories seem to tap into.  That little adventurous what if causes you to wonder what part is truth and what part is tale.  Then there’s the classic situation: I had it once and lost it.  That’s the part that really makes the story.  There’s a formula to it and it works every time.”