Badger Clark - Cowboy Poet With Universal Appeal. (Biography). First published in in paperback (1978), this edition is expanded to include more photographs and details of the Poet Laureate’s personal life. Written by historian and publisher, Jessie Sundstrom in her capacity as Executive Director of the Badger Clark Memorial Society, this is the definitive biography of South Dakota’s first and most famous Poet Laureate. This is the book you need to complete the set!