CANYON, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — An author known for two books on a notorious family feud rooted in Amarillo is scheduled to speak at an upcoming event organized by West Texas A&M University’s Center for the Study of the American West.
According to WT officials, Clara Sneed, who is related to one of the area’s most prominent cattle families, will present “Dust to Dust: Raising Ghosts and Writing Novels” at 7 p.m. on March 4 in the Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex Recital Hall. Admission is free.
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“I think people will be fascinated to learn about the feud that rocked Amarillo but also the whole state of Texas,” said Dr. Alex Hunt, CSAW director, Regents Professor of English and Vincent-Haley Professor of Western Studies. “Sex, violence, and progressive ideas of justifiable homicide—it’s a fascinating story. More than that, Clara Sneed brings a great storyteller’s perspective to questions of how we tell history and write fiction.”
WT officials said Sneed published “Before We Turn to Dust” in Dec. 2024, a historical fiction novel that recounts the story of the feud between the Boyce and Sneed families, which stemmed from a love triangle between Albert Boyce Jr., Lena Snyder Sneed and Beal Sneed. The latter was Clara Sneed’s great-uncle…