Louis L'Amour was a book publisher's dream. At 6'2" and 215 pounds he looked as if he had stepped off the pages of his most recent Western novel. Combining an indefatigable zest for writing with an acumen for tireless self-promotion, L'Amour became one o...

"It was May 14. In a few days my class back in Jamestown, North Dakota would be graduating from high school, and I was in Singapore." With these words, Louis L'Amour introduces Education of a Wandering Man, his memoir that traces his self-education as he...

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) was a prolific western writer who once said "I write my books to be read aloud and I think of myself in that oral tradition." He wrote over 400 short stories and 100 novels, as well as numerous television scripts and screenplays...

University Wire 10-13-2004 (Daily Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- Every team needs a spark. And for the Nebraska women's golf team, Sara Sackett is that spark. Whenever the Cornhuskers need a lift, whenever someone feels down about her performance, whenever someone needs to be...

Scott G. Sackett May 3, 2003 Scott G. Sackett of Tarpon Springs, FL, died on Saturday, May 3, 2003, of cancer. He was predeceased by his father John Carmen Sackett and his brother John Lindsay (Chip) Sackett, both also of cancer. Scott...