Sam Skinner is an avid history buff, anglophile, music lover, and rebel among other things. If you know history you know the rebel part is pure Clan MacGregor. After playing and performing as a drummer on the three different pipe band drums in the Houston Highlanders and winning a bass drum competition Sam decided to try playing the bagpipes. His pipe major at the time was smarter than Sam and encouraged him by saying, “Och! Yaur too auld! Ye cannae do it!” This of course was a challenge Sam found unable to resist. That was twenty plus years ago. After much learning, practicing, and playing I guess I showed him. It’s been great and grand! I still count all my band mates past and present as lifetime pals. I had to write this story (The Pipers Glory). There is a lot of my story in this book. Sam Skinner born in New Mexico started school in the Marshall Islands, a few years later his family was transferred to Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Sam has crossed the Gulf of Mexico several times, in the famous Regatta de Amigos sailboat races. His hobbies include motorcycles, writing, and playing bagpipes with the Highlanders of Oklahoma City. With deep roots in the West Texas and New Mexico ranching, oil, and western saddlery trades, Sam Skinner grew up hearing stories and legends of the West. His vivid imagination brought them all together in The Legend and Adventures of Bob Wire. Until he was about 13 years old, he only knew "bob wire", not barbed wire. you could say he has known Bob Wire all his life. He loves telling stories and hopes you will enjoy reading them just as much. Sam also has deep roots at Texas Tech. He attended Amarillo Palo Duro High School where earned a track scholarship to Texas Tech. Many family members and friends of several generations attended Tech. Sam's high school principal was captain of the first Texas Tech football team.