1. Louis L'Amour
... young man's boss was a seventy-nine-year-old wrangler raised by Apaches, who had ridden on war parties with Nana and Geronimo. L"Amour left his odorous job, after three months sleeping on the ground and staying downwind from passerby. He had helped skin 965 head of cattle by staking their skulls and tying their hides to the bumper of an early ... Rough Rider award from North Dakota in 1972; the American Book Award in 1980 for Bendigo Shafter; the Buffalo Bill Award, the Distinguished Newsboy Award and the National Geographical Society Awards in 1981; the Congressional National Gold Meda...
- Word Count: 1689
- Approx Pages: 7
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School