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Six weeks earlier, Hilburn had penned a column critical of what he saw as the attitude of certainty in the personality of President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071001/NEWS0804/710010320/1007/OPINION|title=Wiley Hilburn: In Bush's world, optimism rules|date=October 1, 2007|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 18, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref>
Six weeks earlier, Hilburn had penned a column critical of what he saw as the attitude of certainty in the personality of President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071001/NEWS0804/710010320/1007/OPINION|title=Wiley Hilburn: In Bush's world, optimism rules|date=October 1, 2007|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=January 18, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref>
==Books==
==Books==
own experiences — childhood, teen-age growing pains, and encounters as a practicing journalist, with all of his foibles, embarrassments, self doubts, and fantasizing — evoke a nostalgia with which everyone who grew up in a small town can identify. ... He paints a vivid picture of the North Louisiana landscape — sunshine and rain, changing seasons, fishing holes, and woodlands — places where all have been and to which all wish to return.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/tech/liberal-arts/history/publications/fragments%20long%20desc.htm|author=Wiley W. Hilburn, Jr.|title=''Fragments''|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=January 18, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref></blockquote>
own experiences — childhood, teen-age growing pains, and encounters as a practicing journalist, with all of his foibles, embarrassments, self doubts, and fantasizing — evoke a nostalgia with which everyone who grew up in a small town can identify. ... He paints a vivid picture of the North Louisiana landscape — sunshine and rain, changing seasons, fishing holes, and woodlands — places where all have been and to which all wish to return.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latech.edu/tech/liberal-arts/history/publications/fragments%20long%20desc.htm|author=Wiley W. Hilburn, Jr.|title=''Fragments''|publisher=latech.edu|accessdate=January 18, 2014; no longer on-line}}</ref></blockquote>
==Honors==
==Honors==
Hilburn's brother, Chester William "Chet" Hilburn (born 1945), also a Louisiana Tech graduate, is a retired newspaperman, having worked at ''The Houston Chronicle,'' ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' ''The Camden ([[Arkansas]]) News,'' and the defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]].'' In 2012, Chet Hilburn authored ''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football''. In the foreword to the book, Chet Hilburn credits his brother for encouraging his interest in LSU football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Mystique-Tiger-Stadium-Ascension/dp/1449752691|author=Chester William "Chet" Hilburn|title=The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football|date=2012|publisher=WestBowPress: ISBN 1449752691|accessdate=September 10, 2012}}</ref>
Hilburn's brother, Chester William "Chet" Hilburn (born 1945), also a Louisiana Tech graduate, is a retired newspaperman, having worked at ''The Houston Chronicle,'' ''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' ''The Camden ([[Arkansas]]) News,'' and the defunct ''[[Shreveport Journal]].'' In 2012, Chet Hilburn authored ''The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football''. In the foreword to the book, Chet Hilburn credits his brother for encouraging his interest in LSU football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/The-Mystique-Tiger-Stadium-Ascension/dp/1449752691|author=Chester William "Chet" Hilburn|title=The Mystique of Tiger Stadium: 25 Greatest Games: The Ascension of LSU Football|date=2012|publisher=WestBowPress: ISBN 1449752691|accessdate=September 10, 2012}}</ref>
==The last years==
==The last years==