Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is Librarian Emeritus, Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. He is the author of today’s article ...
Louis L’Amour, the "laureate of the lariat," was born on this day in history, March 22, 1908. A veteran of World War II, L’Amour worked as an elephant handler, miner, merchant seaman, animal skinner, ...