From the Great Plains to L.A.: the Intersecting Paths of Lawrence Welk and Johnny Carson

John Miller is a historian and author and professor emeritus of history at South Dakota State University. He is author of “Governor Philip F. La Follette, the Wisconsin Progressives, and the New Deal” (1982); “Looking for History on Highway 14” (1993); “Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little Town” (1994); and “Becoming Laura...