Conger Beasley JrConger Beasley Jr. has won the Western Writers of America Spur Award in Nonfiction for We Are a People of This World: The Lakota Sioux and the Massacre at Wounded Knee and winner of the Thorpe Menn Award for literary excellence for Sundacers and River Demons: Essays on Landscape and Ritual. His most recent book is Messiah: The Life and Times of Francis Schlatter. He is the author of 19 books, including the highly acclaimed Hidalgo's Beard and The Ptomaine Kid, both regarded to be among the best innovative novels of their time. Read More Read Less