BOOKS BY AND ABOUT CONLEYS
Roxanne Victoria Davis Greene
Her contributions helped enhance the public image of Pinto Horse breeding and Endurance Riding.
These books are part of her enduring legacy in the equestrian world.
Published 1973. Roxanne Victoria Davis Greene
Published 1973. Roxanne Victoria Davis Greene
Subject: Horse Breeding
Author: Roxanne Victoria Davis Greene
Notability: Endurance horse riding champion
Roxanne Victoria Davis Greene is horse breeder, trainer, exhibitor, competitor and philanthropist. In addition to her own substantial accomplishments, she is from a distinguished lineage in the equestrian world.
Her contributions helped enhance the public image of Endurance Riding. These books on horse breeding are part of her enduring legacy in the equestrian world.
She is the daughter of Everett Conley Davis and Ellen Browning Scripps. She is the granddaughter of military figure Paschal Conley Jr.; great-granddaughter of stable and livery owner Paschal Conley Sr., great-granddaughter of equerry and stable master James Conley; 2x-great-granddaughter of equestrian resort owner John Oldham Conley. She is 3x-grandniece of carriage maker James Conley, wheelwright John Conley, and prosperous blacksmith William ‘Bill’ Conley, all brothers of Paschal Conley Sr.
PROFESSOR DALTON CONLEY
His contributions to the body of knowledge in Sociology have continued for nearly 30 years. In these books, he provides unique and invaluable perspectives on issues of socio-economic status, family dynamics, ethnicity, and geography. His explorations of social caste, economic class, and culture contemplate the impact of these factors on the development of individual self-identity.
Subject: Sociology and Psychology
Author: Dalton Conley
Notability: Insights about social psychology, and its role in shaping society as well as the impact on individuals within its structure.
Conley is best known for his contributions to understanding how health and socioeconomic status are transmitted across generations. He has also studied the role of health in the process of attaining social status.
Conley is a professor at Princeton University and has written eight books, including a memoir and a sociology textbook.
LARRY ELDER
An American conservative political commentator and talk radio host. His political commentary sparks serious conversation about society and social class, questioning popular political narratives.
Subject: Political Science & Commentary
Author: Larry Elder
Notability: For more than 40 years conservative political commentator who was
Larry Elder is a conservative political commentator who has become one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States beginning in the 1990s.
2nd Lt. CHARLES HAMILTON CONLEY
Part of the first father/son duo to be trained by legendary military commander General John J. Pershing, Charles Hamilton Conley raised the high standards set by his father in military supply chain operations.
Subject: Military - World War One
Author: Ken Robison
Notability: Well-chronicled participation in the Great War by Montana residents.
Charles Hamilton Conley was a protégé of John J. Pershing, mentor to generations of American leaders. Following the ware, Charles became a leading citizen of Great Falls, Montana for 40 years.
2nd LT. PASCHAL CONLEY JR.
His contributions helped improve the accounting procedures, literacy rates, and physical fitness of military life in between the Civil War and World War One.
These books document his commitment to excellence in military operations.
Subject: Military - Spanish-American War
Author: William A. Dobak and Thomas D. Phillips
Notability: First hand accounts of military life with the Buffalo Soldiers
2nd. Lt. Quartermaster Paschal Conley Jr. was a military figure and protégé of John J. Pershing, mentor to generations of American leaders. In addition to his distinguished military service, he later became a major landowner in Montana.
Known for his efforts to improve literacy among the Buffalo Soldiers, he was also a precise and trusted accountant, clerk and supply chain manager, trained directly by Pershing. These books illuminate Quartermaster Conley’s contributions to military life.
MIKE CONLEY JR.
Subject: Sports - Basketball
Author: Clayton Jeffries and Steven V. Kuss
Notability: Mike Conley Jr. is a three-time winner of the highest leadership award in the NBA.
Mike Conley Jr. is the embodiment of quiet excellence-a player whose influence flows not from volume, but from values. He is precision without flash, leadership without ego, and brilliance without bravado. For nearly two decades, he has carved out one of the most respected careers in basketball by doing the one thing so few manage: showing up every night with purpose, poise, and principle.
He is the kind of athlete who redefines leadership-not by words, but by presence. A quiet force who elevated everyone around him-simply by being exactly who he is.
EARL THOMAS CONLEY
Earl Thomas Conley was a country music legend who charted 18 No. 1 songs on the Billboard country charts. His most popular hit songs were “Holding Her and Loving You,” “Right From the Start,” and “What I’d Say.” He broke new ground when he did a duet with Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters on the single “Too Many Times,” which made it to No. 2 on the country charts, with the duo appearing on “Soul Train.” Conley’s music was called, “thinking man’s country.” He was a major influence for many country music stars including Blake Shelton.
A native of the steelworking town of Portsmouth, Ohio, Conley, the third of eight children. At 18, he joined the Army. While stationed in West Germany for two years, he became interested in country music. Conley was 21 moving back to Ohio, he sang gospel music. After relocating to Huntsville, Alabama, he worked in a steel mill making sheet metal and parts for spare ships and rockets. It was in Huntsville that he wrote his most famous songs recorded for other artists, as well as his own performances. He would soon meet music publisher Nelson Larkin, and move to Nashville where he found great fame.
