Louis L'Amour was born on March 22, 1908, in Jamestown, North Dakota. His father, Louis Charles, was a veterinarian and farm machinery salesman and was also involved in local politics. Charles served as alderman of Jamestown's largest ward for many years as well as deputy sheriff, but he...

Letter to the Editor: I am writing to you in response to the essay that appeared in the first issue of Ms in 1971 entitled "I Want a Wife" by Judy Brady. I believe that the author of this essay does exaggerate the position a wife holds in the home, but not too greatly. This was writte...

Robert Cormier was born in Leominster, Massachusetts on January 17, 1925. His father Lucien Joseph was a factory worker while his mother Irma Margaret was a housewife and stay at home mother. Cormier says, "I was a skinny kid living in a ghetto-type neighborhood wanting the world to know ...