On this day in 1943 Sam Shepard was born in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Because Shepard's father was an air force pilot, his first years were spent moving base to base. The family finally settled outside of Los Angeles on a small ranch, and Shepard's teen years were stable enough to have him join the 4-H Club and raise a prize sheep; nonetheless, according to an interview at the age of thirty-six, it was the moving around rather than the settling down that stuck ... FULL STORY »
