Quote of the day
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
Walter Prescott Webb

Born: April 3, 1888
Died: March 8, 1963 (aged 74)
Bio: Walter Prescott Webb was an American historian noted for his groundbreaking work on the American West. As president of the Texas State Historical Association, he launched the project that produced the Handbook of Texas.
Known for:
- The Great Plains (1931)
- The Texas Rangers (1935)
- The great frontier (1952)
- The story of the Texas Rangers (1957)
- Flat Top, a Story of Modern Ranching (1960)