Lamesa native Travis Burkett is a cotton farmer with some ability in playing the guitar.He’s also a newly published author of novel.His first novel, “ An American Band,” published by the Texas Christian University Press (TCU), was released Feb. 16. A book signing has already been planned to showcase his book from 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Saturday at the Dawson County Public Library.“I’m going to read some of the passages from it; take any questions anybody’s got,” Burkett said. “All copies are for sale and I’ll sign them.”The novel is a work that Burkett had been working on for ...