All authors have just one hero, that is the self they would have liked to be, the gallant boy they
were not, the fellow who defied the master when they whimpered to be let off, who fought the wounded tiger when they would have gladly shinned up a tree. 

Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1859-1914) 

 Find out more about Crockett's Life
BIOGRAPHY  (the briefest of sketches) and a few short YouTube videos from the Galloway Raiders Youtube channel. 

Galloway's Literary Heroes 2020

Crockett and Balmaghie ​2019

Crockett and Threave ​2015

HOME OF THE SAMUEL RUTHERFORD CROCKETT LITERARY SOCIETY
Honorary President: Richard D. Jackson.  Founder: Cally Phillips.