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Between his high school graduation and college enrollment Patterson was a [[cowboy]]. This background spurred his success as a folk humorist and teller of tall tales. His sharp wit is reflected in all of his works of literature. He received the Founders' Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cowboy Symposium sponsored by the [[American Cowboy Culture Association in [[Lubbock]], Texas. He was an active member and past president of the Texas Folklore Society. He was affiliated with the West Texas Historical Association.<ref name=ppatterson/>
Between his high school graduation and college enrollment Patterson was a [[cowboy]]. This background spurred his success as a folk humorist and teller of tall tales. His sharp wit is reflected in all of his works of literature. He received the Founders' Lifetime Achievement Award from the Cowboy Symposium sponsored by the [[American Cowboy Culture Association in [[Lubbock]], Texas. He was an active member and past president of the Texas Folklore Society. He was affiliated with the West Texas Historical Association.<ref name=ppatterson/>
Patterson's best-known book, ''Crazy Women in the Rafters: Memories of a Texas Boyhood'' (1976), is an account of growing up on a [[ranch]] near Upland, the first county seat of Upton County.<ref name=ekelton/><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4030994-crazy-women-in-the-rafters|title=Crazy Women in the Rafters: Memories of a Texas Boyhood, University of Oklahoma Press|publisher=Norman, Oklahoma: [[University of Oklahoma Press]], 1976, 242 pp.; ISBN 0806112808|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref>
Patterson's best-known book, ''Crazy Women in the Rafters: Memories of a Texas Boyhood'' (1976), is an account of growing up on a [[ranch]] near Upland, the first county seat of Upton County.<ref name=ekelton/><ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4030994-crazy-women-in-the-rafters|title=Crazy Women in the Rafters: Memories of a Texas Boyhood, University of Oklahoma Press|publisher=Norman, Oklahoma: [[University of Oklahoma]] Press|date=1976; 242 pp.; ISBN 0806112808|accessdate=April 5, 2014}}</ref>
His other works include:
His other works include: