Richmond Pearson Hobson Jr. (November 27, 1907 – August 9, 1966)[1] was an American-Canadian author who wrote memoirs of his life as a rancher in British Columbia.
Hobson attended Stanford University before moving to Wyoming and forming a partnership with Panhandle "Pan" Phillips.
When his partnership with Phillips ended in the 1940s, Hobson moved to the Vanderhoof area and continued ranching.
[4] Hobson's first book, Grass Beyond the Mountains (1951), recalled his early years in British Columbia and the hardships he and Phillips endured in establishing their ranch.
The next volume, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1955), covered the difficulties of maintaining the ranch during the shortages caused by World War II.