. "1974-07-28Z"^^ . "1898Z"^^ . . "Reub Long"@en . . . . . . "Long, Reub"@en . "American writer" . . . . "1898-01-26Z"^^ . "1974Z"^^ . . "Reuben Aaron Long (26 January 1898 \u2013 28 July 1974) was an Eastern Oregon rancher, author, and story teller. He was known throughout Oregon as a witty and wise cowboy philosopher. In 1964, he joined E.R. Jackman to write The Oregon Desert, which is still a very popular book forty years after its original publication."@en .