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Ruth Laughlin
RUTH LAUGHLIN (May 14, 1889 - July 30, 1962) was a Southwest novelist and a founding member of the Old Santa Fe Association.
Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1889 to Napoleon B Laughlin (1844-1924)...view moreRUTH LAUGHLIN (May 14, 1889 - July 30, 1962) was a Southwest novelist and a founding member of the Old Santa Fe Association.
Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1889 to Napoleon B Laughlin (1844-1924) and Katie Kimbrough Laughlin (1858-1944), she was educated at Colorado College and the Columbia School of Journalism. Following graduation, she became a writer for the Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times and various popular magazines.
Her interest and research into the history of the American Southwest led to her two best-known books: Caballeros (1931), which tells of the history, culture, and architecture of Santa Fe; and The Wind Leaves No Shadow (1948) about Santa Fe gambler La Tules. Both books are considered to be classics of Southwestern American literature.
She died in Santa Fe in 1962 aged 73.view less