![]() ![]() ![]() He married Jewel Pitcher in August 1936, and they raised eight children together. Īfter completing his missionary service, Skousen attended San Bernardino Valley Jr. At the age of 17 he traveled to Great Britain as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Skousen then returned to California, graduating from high school in 1930. While there, he attended the Juarez Academy and was employed for a time as a race horse jockey. In 1926, Skousen went to the Mormon colony, Colonia Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico for two years to help his seriously ill grandmother. He lived in Canada until he was ten years old, then moved with his family to California where his father supervised the paving of some of the original Route 66. Skousen was born on a dryland farm in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, the second of nine children of Royal Pratt Skousen and Margarita Bentley Skousen, who were U.S. ![]() His most popular works are The Five Thousand Year Leap and The Naked Communist. A notable anti-communist and supporter of the John Birch Society, Skousen's works involved a wide range of subjects including the Six-Day War, Mormon eschatology, New World Order conspiracies, and parenting. Willard Cleon Skousen ( / ˈ s k aʊ z ən/ January 20, 1913 – January 9, 2006) was an American conservative author with the John Birch Society and a faith-based conspiracy theorist. Nephews: Joel Skousen, Royal Skousen, Mark Skousen ![]()
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