Born in Texas, he was the youngest child of fertile, moneyless, embattled parents who, when finally they separated, left their progeny to fend for themselves, to scatter hither and thither, loose and unwanted as bundles of Panhandle tumbleweed.
Azkenean gurasoak banandu zirenean, umeteria hor konpon esanda utzi zuten bakoitza bere aldetik sakabanatzen, abandonatu eta arbuiaturik, eskera kondenatuak sasi-firrindari sortak bailiran.