Raised in Manhattan, Spur Award-winner John Lubetkin’s first experience of Custer Country was in the early 1950s as a summer camper on a month-long caravan across the West. A history major, he graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, served in the military and received a M.A. from New York University. Before becoming a published author, he spent 32 years as a cable TV executive, co-founding two cable companies and the Learning Channel. While back for a reunion at Union College


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