Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo is the sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lonesome Dove. Though having not actually read Lonesome Dove itself, this story was in no way confusing because of the author's knack for writing in such a way that it seemed like it wasn't a sequel at all. ...
Larry Jeff McMurtry was born on June 3rd, 1936, in Wichita Falls, Texas. He graduated from high school in Archer City. He grew up in a rural county. Him, his father, and eight of his uncles were all born on ranches in Texas and were taught the ways of a southerner when they were young children. This...
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was a gifted poet, author, and lecturer. Her humble beginnings had a profound affect on her thirst for knowledge and justice for the Negro slave. As life and its many challenges unfolded for Harper during the 1800's, she embraced those o...
