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 | "Writing The Southwest" [1995] Produced & edited by David King Dunaway Plume 8x5.3 pb [10/95] out of print/used 13-episode radio series on audio cassette order thru Univ NM Press project website |
 | "Western American Novelists: Walter Van Tilburg Clark, Dan Cushman, H.L. Davis, Vardis Fisher, A.B. Guthrie Jr., William Humphrey & Dorothy M. Johnson" [1995] Compiled by Martin Kich Routledge/Garland 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used |
'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Edward Abbey [1927-89] Page
Andy Adams [1859-1935]
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 | "The Collected Western Novels of Andy Adams" [2009] for Kindle
Kindle Edition from Halcyon Classics [10/2009] for $1.99 "The Andy Adams Westerns Collection (Illustrated)" for Kindle Kindle Edition with 10 illustrations from Amazon Digital Services [11/2008] for $4.99 both Kindle Editions include 6 books, "with an active table of contents for easy navigation": "The Log of A Cowboy: A Narrative of The Old Trail Days" [1903 classic]; "A Texas Matchmaker" [1904]; "The Outlet" [1905]; "Cattle Brands: A Collection of Western Camp-Fire Stories" [14 short stories, 1906]; "Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography" [1907]; "The Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings" [1911]; NOT INCLUDED: "The Ranch On The Beaver" [1927] |
 | "The Ranch On The Beaver: A Sequel To The Wells Brothers" [1927] not available for Kindle {i.e., not public domain} Bison Books 8x5¼ pb [11/97] out of print/used |
Clifton Adams [1919-71]
browse books credits at IMDb bibliography
Henry Wilson 'Heck' Allen [1912-91]
wrote cartoon gags as Heck Allen for Tex Avery at Warner Bros and M.G.M.; wrote Western novels
as Will Henry and Clay Fisher, many made into feature films; five-time winner of the Spur Award
credits [1942-96] on IMDb
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writing as Clay Fisher: browse books
writing as Will Henry: browse books
 | "Yellowstone Kelly" [1957 novel] by Heck Allen/Will Henry A fur trapper takes on a partner, then shelters a runaway Arapaho woman; the two youngsters fall in love, and then a Sioux chief arrives to reclaim the girl. Leisure mass pb [3/98] out of print/used color feature film [Warner Bros. 1959] Directed by Gordon Douglas; based on the 1957 novel by Heck Allen (as Clay Fisher); starring Clint Walker, Edd Byrnes, John Russell, Ray Danton & Andra Martin video/DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
 | "A Bullet For Billy the Kid" [2009] by Will Henry includes the 1966 title story, plus two novellas: "Santa Fe Passage" (1952 as Clay Fisher) & "The Fourth Horseman" (1954) Leisure Books mass pb [11/2009] for $6.99 |
Rudolfo Anaya Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
Mary Hunter Austin [1868-1934]
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Susan M. {or S.M.} Ballard lives in Pearce, Arizona
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 | "Borrowed Time" [2007] by S.M. Ballard Kindle Edition from Treble Heart/Sundowners [2007 edition] for $2.99 Treble Heart Books/Sundowners 7¾x5¼ pb [5/2007] out of print/used |
 | "Holliday In Tombstone" [2008] by S.M. Ballard
Kindle Edition from Treble Heart/Sundowners [2008 edition] for $2.99 Treble Heart Books/Sundowners 8x5 pb [3/2008] out of print/used |
 | "Death Takes A Holliday" [2009] by S.M. Ballard When John Henry 'Doc' Holliday died at the age of 36, he left behind a son named Henry McKey Holliday. Henry grows up in a changing Arizona Territory, serves in the U.S. Army with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders, then returns to Arizona to raise a family. But the West is not yet tamed, and rustlers kill three McKey Ranch cowboys and then longtime family friend Texas Jack Vermillion. Henry seeks justice from the county sheriff and then from the Arizona Rangers, getting no help until the arrival of an old friend. Kindle Edition from Treble Heart/Sundowners [2007 edition] for $3.99 Treble Heart Books/Sundowners 8x5¼ pb [6/2009] out of print/used |
 | "Kate" short story [2010] by S.M. Ballard Fiction based on the lives of 'Doc' Holliday [1851-97] and 'Big Nose Kate' Elder [1850-1940]; not a straight Western short story, but one drawn in the soap opera and women's romance genres. Kindle Edition from Goose Flats/Blue Moon [1/2010] for $2.99 |
 | "Murder In Pearce: An Arizona Territory Mystery" [2011] by S.M. Ballard Arizona Territory in 1905: A former Rough Rider arrives to help a friend battle a gang of murderers that are after a mysterious object from Cuba. Kindle Edition from Goose Flats/Blue Moon [1/2012] for $2.99 Goose Flats/Blue Moon pb [2011] out of print/used |
 | "All About Arizona: Important People, Places, and Events In The History of The State of Arizona" for Kindle [2012] by Susan M. Ballard
Kindle Edition from Goose Flats Publng [11/2012] for $2.99 |
W. Todhunter Ballard [1903-80]
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credits at IMDb
papers at WSU/NWDA
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wrote mystery & Western stories & novels & TV scripts under his own name and using pen names
Brian Agar, P.D. Ballard, Parker Bonner, Sam Bowie, Nick Carter, Brian Fox, John Hunter, Neil MacNeil,
Joe Millard, Clint Reno, Dorne Reno, John Shepherd, Jack Slade, Lindsay Stuart & Clay Turner
as Jack Slade, Ballard wrote thirty Zane Greys Lassiter novels, 1968-85
 | "Chance Elson" [1959] by W. Todhunter Ballard "A hard-hitting novel of a big-time gambler and America's most fabulous resort – Las Vegas" Pocket Books Cardinal Original mass pb [1/59] out of print/used Pocket Books Cardinal Original mass pb [1/59] out of print/used Pocket Books Cardinal Original mass pb [1/59] out of print/used |
Texas Bix Bender {real name Steve Arwood}
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W.R. Benton
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D.J. Bishop
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cowboy & poet & humorist Baxter Black of Benson, Arizona
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Tom W. {Thomas Wakefield} Blackburn [1913-92]
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credits [1947-73] at IMDb
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wrote the lyrics to "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" and other songs
 | "Raton Pass" [1950 Western novel] by Tom W. Blackburn "His vengeance blazed across the New Mexico grasslands" The Challon Empire was 100,000 acres of grassland, built on cattle and controlled by the only rancher tough enough to hold it. No man in the territory would dare cross Marc Challon – but a woman did. Dell mass pb [1973] out of print/used Bantam/Dell mass pb [1951] out of print/used Doubleday Double D Western hardcover [1950] out of print/used |
James Carlos Blake of Arizona
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Mike Blakely of Texas
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Win Blevins
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Stephen & Janet Bly of Winchester, Idaho
Stephen's books Janet's books
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Johnny D. Boggs of Santa Fe, New Mexico
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 | "Billy The Kid On Film, 1911-2012" [2013] by Johnny D. Boggs A comprehensive filmography composed of lengthy entries on about 75 films depicting legendary New Mexico outlaw Billy the Kid – from the lost "Billy the Kid" of 1911 to the blockbuster "Young Guns" [1988] to the direct-to-video "1313: Billy The Kid" [2012] Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [10/2013] for $13.99 McFarland & Co. 10x7 pb [9/2013] for $37.95 |
Edwin Booth wrote Western novels in the 1960s & 1970s
internet searches are swamped with info on Edwin Booth, the actor [1833-93]
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"Showdown At Warbird" [1957]
"Jinx Rider" [1957]
"Boot Heel Range" [1958]
"Danger Trail" [1959]
"Wyoming Welcome" [1959]
"Law of The Trigger" [1959]
"Lost Valley" [1960]
"Death On A Summer Day" [1960]
"Return To Apache Springs" [1960]
"The Broken Window" [1960]
"Outlaw Town" [1961]
"Reluctant Lawman" [1961]
"The Troublemaker" [1962]
"Sidewinder" [1962]
"Valley of Violence" [1963]
"John Sutter, Californian" [1963]
"The Dry Gulchers" [1964]
"Boot Hill Range" [1964]
"Devil's Canyon" [1964]
"Renegade Guns" [1965]
"The Stolen Saddle" [1965]
"No Spurs For Johnny Loop" [1967]
"A Time To Shoot It Out" [1967]
"Triple Cross Trail" [1967]
"Shoot-Out At Twin Buttes" [1967]
"Backshooters" [1969]
"Stranger In Buffalo Springs" [1969]
"The Man From Dakota" [1969]
"One Man Posse" [1969]
"Boot Heel Revenge" [1970]
"The Prodigal Gun" [1971]
"Grudge Killer" [1972]
"Stage To San Felipe" [1972]
"The Desperate Dude" [1973]
"Small Spread" [1973]
"Bushwhack" [1974]
"Trouble At Tragedy Springs" [1974]
"Hardcase Hotel" [1974]
"The Colt-Packin' Parson" [1975]
"Ambush At Adams Crossing" [1976]
"Crossfire" [1977]
"The Desperate Dude" [1980]
"The Colorado Gun" [1981]
"Rebel's Return" [1981]
"Leadville" [1986]
Peter Bowen + Gabriel Du Pre mysteries
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![portrait of Bertha Muzzy Sinclair [1871-1940] who wrote dozens of popular Western novels and short stories](images/BMBower-portrait.jpg) | B.M. Bower Bertha Muzzy Sinclair was the first woman to make a career of writing popular westerns. Under the pseudonym B.M. Bower, she published more than sixty novels from 1904 to 1941. browse books credits on IMDb [1912-39] Wikipedia |
 | "The Westerns of B.M. Bower: 35 Novels In One Volume" for Kindle [2010]
Kindle Edition from Halcyon Press, Ltd. [1/2010] for $1.99 "in a single file, with active table of contents"; includes mis-counted 27 novels and 16 short stories; the books are "Cabin Fever" [1918], "Casey Ryan" [1921], "Chip of The Flying U" [1906], "Cow-Country" [1921], "Flying-U Ranch" [1914], "The Flying-U's Last Stand" [1915], "Good Indian" [1912], "The Gringos" [1913], "The Happy Family" [9 stories 1910], "Her Prairie Knight" [1909], "The Heritage of The Sioux" [1916], "Jean of The Lazy-A" [1915], "Lonesome Land" [1912], "The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories" [1909], "The Long Shadow" [1909], "The Lookout Man" [1917], "The Lure of The Dim Trails" [1907], "The Phantom Herd" [1916], "The Quirt" [1920], "The Ranch At The Wolverine" [1914], "The Range Dwellers" [1907], "Rim o' The World" [1919], "Rowdy of The Cross-L" [1907], "Sawtooth Ranch" [1921], "Sky Rider" [1918], "Starr of The Desert" [1917], "The Thunder Bird" [1919], "The Trail of The White Mule" [1922], and "The Uphill Climb" [1913] |
 | "The B.M. Bower Megapack: 42 Classic Westerns" for Kindle [2012]
Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [4/2012] for 99ข {sic} "in a single file, with active table of contents"; includes same mis-counted 27 novels and 16 short stories; the nine stories in "The Happy Family" [1910] are "A Tamer of Wild Ones"; "Ananias Green"; "Andy, The Liar"; "Blink"; "Happy Jack, Wild Man"; "Fools Gold"; "Lords of The Pots and Pans"; "Miss Martins Mission"; and "Wolf! Wolf!"; the seven stories in "The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories" [1909] are "First Aid To Cupid"; "The Lamb"; "The Lonesome Trail"; "The Reveler"; "The Spirit of The Range"; "The Unheavenly Twins"; and "When The Cook Fell Ill" |
C.J. Box of Wyoming + game warden Joe Pickett mysteries
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'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Max Brand [1892-1944] Pages
Peter Brandvold
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Matt Braun [b. 1932]
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Myron Brinig [1896-1991]
son of a Butte, Montana storekeeper; wrote 21 largely-forgotten novels, eight of which take place in pre-WWI Montana.
Myron Brinig Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
"Singermann" [1929] by Myron Brinig
Jewish storekeeper Moses Silvermann raises five sons in the copper-mining town of Silver Bow, Montana.
Arno Press facsimile hardcover [12/75] out of print/used
Farrar & Rinehart hardcover [1929] out of print/used
"Copper City" [Cobden-Sanderson, London 1931]
 | "Wide Open Town: A Novel" [Farrar & Rinehart 1931] by Myron Brinig, Illustrated by Earl Ganz A story of labor strife and love set in 1910 in fictional Silver Bow, representing Butte, Montana. A lover of fresh air works deep in the mines, his powerful uncle faces a crisis, and a girl from the 'dark side' of town in love with the miner tries to reform herself. Sweetgrass / Farcountry Press 9x6 pb [6/93] for $12.95 |
"This Man Is My Brother" [1932] sequel to "Singermann"
"The Sun Sets In The West" [Farrar & Rinehart 1935]
A story of labor strife in the mines of Silver Bow, Montana.
  | "The Sisters" [1937 bestseller] by Myron Brinig The three daughters of a druggist in Silver Bow, Montana: Louise elopes with a hard-drinking sports writer to San Francisco; he leaves her the night before the 1906 earthquake, she recovers in a brothel, then marries again and lives a gracious life. Grace remains in Montana, catches Louise's beau on the rebound, and tames him. Boy-crazy Helen marries an old copper tycoon and escapes to join the aristocracy of the East, where she is still a problem child in her fifties. Farrar & Rinehart 9x5 hardcover [1937] out of print/used Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1937] out of print/used "The Sisters" feature film [Warner Bros. Oct 1938] Each of three sisters from Silver Bow, Montana marry men that they meet at the local inauguration ball for Theodore Roosevelt (1901); one sister elopes with a dashing rascal to San Francisco; the marriage breaks up, the city is destroyed by earthquake (1906), she recovers and returns to Montana; at the inauguration for Taft (1909), he reappears and asks for a second chance. Directed by Anatole Litvak; based on the bestselling novel by Myron Brinig; music by Max Steiner; starring Errol Flynn, Bette Davis, Anita Louise, Jane Bryan, Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp, Beulah Bondi, Alan Hale, Dick Foran & Henry Travers DVD/Blu-ray not available; MGM/UA Home Video b&w VHS [9/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Gambler Takes A Wife" [Farrar & Rinehart 1943] Set in Montana in the 1880s. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover [1943] out of print/used |
A look at the relationships between a turn-of-the-century Jewish family and a wealthy Irish family in
a mining town (Silver Bow/Butte, Montana), focusing on Jimmy Joyce, who takes off for San Francisco.
Allen P. Bristow: browse books
 | "The Pinkerton Eye" [2001] by Allen P. Bristow
AuthorHouse 8¼x5 pb [8/2001] for $19.95 publisher bookpage & excerpt |
 | "Playing God" [2005] by Allen P. Bristow
VirtualBookworm 8x5 pb [7/2005] for $14.95 publisher bookpage |
 | "Whispering Smith: His Life & Misadventures" [2007] by Allen P. Bristow Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [7/2007] for $16.47 publisher book page see also 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Whispering Smith Page |
Dorris Alexander 'Dee' Brown [1908-2002]
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"Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" [1970]
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hardcover |
2007 TV movie
"King of The Dime Novels" Ned Buntline [c. 1813-1886]
character credits at IMDb
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1976 article on the Buntline myth from Kansas Historical Society
 | "The Hero of A Hundred Fights: Ned Buntline - Collected Stories From The Dime Novel King, From Buffalo Bill To Wild Bill Hickok" [2011] by Clay Reynolds Union Square Press hardcover [6/2011] for $18.96 see also 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Bookstore's 'Wild Bill' Hickok [1837-76] Page
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Willa Cather [1873-1947] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
Margaret Coel + Wind River Arapaho Mysteries Page
at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Don Coldsmith, MD [1926-2009]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Coldsmith
http://towncrierbookstore.com/coldsmith.html
Ralph Compton [1934-99]
all books Sundown Riders series Gunfighter series Wikipedia
Will Cook [1921-64]
books & audio credits at IMDb
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Dane Coolidge [1873-1940]
browse books credits [1916-18] at IMDb
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Courtney Ryley Cooper [1886-1940] of Denver, Colorado
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"The Eagle's Eye" (scenario) [1918] /tt0009029/
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"Memories of Buffalo Bill" [D. Appleton & Co. 1919] by {widow} Louisa Frederici Cody & Courtney Ryley Cooper Kindle Edition from Pitt Publng [9/2008] for $6.95 BiblioBazaar 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2009] for $10.09 BiblioLife 9x6 hardcover [7/2009] for $32.99 New Library Press hardcover [2007] for $99.00 see also Readers of The Purple Sage's 'Buffalo Bill' Cody [1846-1917] Page |
"The Cross-Cut" novel [1921]
story "Land of The Lost" - filmed as "Step On It!" [1922]
 | "The White Desert" [Musson Book Co. 1922 novel] by Courtney Ryley Cooper Fili-Quarian Classics 11x8½ pb [7/2010] for $9.99 1st World Publng 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2008] for $24.95 |
 | "The White Desert" silent feature film [M.G.M. May 1925] "This photo-drama was produced at tremendous cost and at a terrible risk of life." Filmed on location in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; the supervisor of the work gang pushing the digging of a railbed and tunnels over the Continental Divide wants speed, so he demands the use of dynamite. As predicted by the crew, the dynamite eventually causes an avalanche, which half-buries the camp and blocks arrival of supplies. Directed by Reginald Barker; adapted by Monte M. Katterjohn & Gordon Rigby from the 1922 novel by Courtney Ryley Cooper; starring Claire Windsor, Pat O'Malley, Robert Frazer, Frank Currier, William Eugene, Roy Laidlaw, S๔jin, Priscilla Bonner, Snitz Edwards, Milton Ross & Matthew Betz DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Last Frontier" novel [Grosset & Dunlap, 1923]
"The Last Frontier" silent feature [1926] /tt0017060/
"The Last Frontier" sound feature [1932] /tt0023115/
"Crossed Wires" novel [1923?] basis for lost serial "The Fast Express" [1924]
"Lions 'n Tigers 'n' Everything" novel [1924]
"The Plainsman" [1924 novel]
"The Plainsman" feature [1936] /tt0028108/
"High Country: The Rockies Yesterday and Today" [1926]
"Annie Oakley: Woman At Arms" biography [1927]
"Caged" novel [Little, Brown 1930]
"End of Steel" novel [1931]
"Poor Man's Gold" novel [1936]
"Here's To Crime" novel [1937]
 | "The Pioneers" [1938 novel] by Courtney Ryley Cooper Indian scout 'Kit' Carson leads a wagon train to Oregon, circa 1840 Dell Mapback #290 mass pb [1949] out of print/used Little, Brown hardcover [1938] out of print/used |
Mesa Dean {Albuquerque author Melody Groves}: browse books
historian Bernard DeVoto [1897-1955]
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bare credits at IMDb
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Bernard Devoto Papers at Stanford University
J. Frank Dobie [1888-1964]
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Ivan Doig [1939-2015]
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his acclaimed memoir "This House of Sky: Landscapes of A Western Mind"
"The Whistling Season" [2006]
 | "Work Song: A Novel" [2010] by Ivan Doig Sequel to "The Whistling Season", ten years later (circa 1919). Morrie lands in copper town Butte, Montana and gets a job at the public library while hiding from Chicago gamblers, courting the alluring widow who runs the boarding house, and choosing sides in the local labor dispute. Kindle Edition from Riverhead/Penguin [6/2010] for $12.99 Riverhead Trade 7¾x5 pb [7/2011] for $11.25 Riverhead 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2010] out of print/100+ used |
"The Bartender's Tale" [2012] by Ivan Doig
 | "Sweet Thunder: A Novel" [2013] by Ivan Doig After a year-long honeymoon, Morrie and his bride Grace return to Butte, Montana where their new house turns out to be a 'money pit' and the tensions between the miners and Anaconda Copper keep escalating. Morrie finds a new career working for The Thunder, the newspaper of the miners union. Kindle Edition from Riverhead/Penguin [8/2013] for $7.99 Riverhead Trade 8x5½ pb [8/2014] for $12.62 Riverhead 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2013] for $18.32 |
David Drake
+ Doc and Johnny's Old West Mysteries
"Johnny's Secret" (Book 1) [apr 2, 2014]
https://www.amazon.com/Johnnys-Secret-West-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B00JFIDCPI/
https://www.amazon.com/Johnnys-Secret-Doc-West-Mysteries/dp/1520591411/
"The Red Bend Bank Robbery" Book 2)Aug 13, 2014]
https://www.amazon.com/Bend-Bank-Robbery-Johnnys-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00MP7GHGM/
https://www.amazon.com/Bend-Bank-Robbery-Johnnys-Mysteries/dp/1520591950/
 | "The Pony Express Rides Again (Doc & Johnny Old West Mysteries Book #3)" [2014] Johnny uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of a Pony Express rider some twenty years before and investigates with his new friend, Jericho; they explore one of the original Pony Express station buildings, spend a night in a cave to escape a dangerous blizzard, find the skeleton of the young rider, and eventually put the clues together and bring to justice the outlaws who did harm to the boy. Kindle Edition from Family of Man Press [8/2014] for $7.99 indep 9x6 pb [2/2017] for $7.99 |
"Kidnapped!" Book 4))Feb 16, 2017]
https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-Johnnys-West-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B00NG8YLUS/
https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapped-Doc-Johnnys-West-Mysteries/dp/152062381X/
"The Mystery of the Crimson Bandit" Book 5) Sep 21, 2014]
https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Crimson-Bandit-Johnny-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B00NTC5D7G/
https://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Crimson-Bandit-Johnny-Mysteries/dp/1520625243/
 | "The Mystery of The Baffling Stagecoach Robberies" [2017] Doc and Johnny's Old West Mysteries #6: Although no robber is apparent, the lockboxes on the stagecoaches arrive empty . . . Kindle Edition from Family of Man Press [10/2014] for $2.99 PUB 9x6 pb [2/2017] for $5.29 |
James D. Doss [1939-2012] of New Mexico
+ Ute Indian cop Charlie Moon mysteries
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Phil Dunlap
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official website no entry at Wikipedia
 | "The Death of Desert Belle" [2004] by Phil Dunlap A G-rated murder mystery in the Old West. Avalon hardcover [10/2004] for $15.37 publisher bookpage |
"Call of The Gun" [7/2006] by Phil Dunlap
"Saving Mattie" [7/2008] by Phil Dunlap
"Ambush Creek" [9/2012] by Phil Dunlap
"Blood On The Rimrock" [10/2012] by Phil Dunlap /0803498802
"Fatal Revenge" [11/2012] by Phil Dunlap
Robert Olney Easton of Santa Barbara, CA: browse books
 | "To Find A Place: Western Stories" [1999] by Robert Easton Five Star Trade 8½x5½ pb [10/2003] for $13.95 |
Edward S. Ellis [1840-1916]
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Ellis bio page at Northern Illinois University's Dime Novel Digitization Project
52 free etexts online at Project Gutenberg
'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's Edward S. Ellis [1840-1916] Page
 | "The Essential Edward S. Ellis Collection (24 books)" [2009] for Kindle
Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [6/2009] for $4.99 "in a single file, with active table of contents"; includes "Adrift In The Wilds, or The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys" [1887]; "The Boy Patriot" [1863]; "Camp-Fire and Wigwam" [1885]; "The Cave In The Mountain: A Sequel to In The Pecos Country" [1894] (as Lt. R.H. Jayne); "Cowmen and Rustlers: A Story of The Wyoming Cattle Ranges" [1904]; "The Daughter of The Chieftain" [1930?]; "Deerfoot In The Mountains" [1905]; "Footprints In The Forest" [1886]; "The Huge Hunter: or, The Steam Man of The Prairies" [1868]; "The Hunters of The Ozark" [1887]; "In The Pecos Country" [1894] (as Lt. R.H. Jayne); "The Jungle Fugitives" [1903]; "The Land of Mystery" [1889]; "The Launch Boys' Adventures In Northern Waters" [1901]; "The Life of Kit Carson" [1899]; "The Lost Trail" [1911]; "Oonomoo The Huron" [1911]; "The Phantom of The River" [1896]; "The Ranger, or The Fugitives of The Border" [1911]; "The Riflemen of The Miami" [1862]; "Thomas Jefferson: A Character Sketch" [1898]; "Through Forest and Fire" [1891]; "Two Boys In Wyoming: A Tale of Adventure" [1898]; and "The Young Ranchers, or Fighting The Sioux" [1895] |
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"The Edward S. Ellis Boys' Adventure Megapackฎ: 37 Classic Works" for Kindle [2015]
Kindle Edition from Wildside Press [2/2015] for 99ข {sic} cover warns that contents are 'not politically correct', such as calling Native Americans 'redskins'; the 37 works (some of which may be short stories) include: "A Battle In The Air"; "A Fool or A Genius"; "A Stirring Incident"; "A Waterspout"; "Adrift In The Wilds" [1887]; "Adrift On The Pacific"; "An Heroic Woman"; "An Unpleasant Compamion"; "Bill Biddon, Trapper"; "Blazing Arrow"; "The Boy Patriot" [1863]; "The Boy Patrol Around The Council Fire"; "The Boy Patrol On Guard"; "Brave Tom"; "Camp-Fire and Wig-wam" [1885]; "The Campers Out"; "The Cave In The Mountain" [1894]; "Cyclones and Tornadoes"; "Deerfoot In The Mountains" [1905]; "Footprints In The Forest" [1886]; "The Great Cattle Trail"; "The Huge Hunter" [1868]; "The Hunters of The Ozark" [1887]; "In The Nick of Time"; "In The Pecos Country" [1894]; "The Jungle Fugitives" [1903]; "Lost In A Blizzard"; "Lost In The South Sea"; "Lost In The Woods"; "Overeached"; "The Ranger" [1911]; "That Hornet's Nest"; "Throwing The Riata"; "Two Boys In Wyoming" [1898]; "Who Shall Explain It?"; and "The Writing Found In A Bottle" |
 | "The Edward Ellis Library: 18 Westerns (Illustrated)" for Kindle [2016] 
Kindle Edition from Amity Ebooks [10/2016] for $1.99 {sic} 18 Western tales by Edward S. Ellis, 1868 to 1930: "Adrift In The Wilds" [1887]; "Camp-Fire and Wig-wam" [1885]; "The Cave In The Mountain" [1894]; "Cowmen and Rustlers" [1904]; "The Daughter of The Chieftain" [1930?]; "Deerfoot In The Mountains" [1905]; "Footprints In The Forest" [1886]; "The Huge Hunter" [1868]; "The Hunters of The Ozark" [1887]; "In The Pecos Country" [1894]; "Klondike Nuggets" [1898]; "The Land of Mystery" [1889]; "The Lost Trail" [1911]; "Oonomoo The Huron" [1911]; "The Phantom of The River" [1896]; "The Story of Red Feather" [1908] "Through Forest and Fire" [1891]; and "Two Boys In Wyoming" [1898] — plus a picture gallery |
'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore's
Loren D. Estleman Westerns Page
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Max Evans [1925-2020] Page
{pseudonym} James Cody Ferris
credited author for the "X Bar X Boys" juvenile novel series from Stratemeyer Syndicate, 21 titles from 1926 to 1942
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writer & producer Andrew J. Fenady [b. 1928]
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Wikipedia {empty}
Vardis Fisher [1895-1968]
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  | "Mountain Man: A Novel of Male & Female In The Early American West" [1967] by Vardis Fisher Univ Idaho Press pb [12/2000] for $9.95 Amereon hardcover [10/80] for $30.95 "Jeremiah Johnson" feature film [Warner Bros. Dec 1972] |
 | "Gold Rushes and Mining Camps of The Early American West" [1968] by Vardis Fisher & Opal Laurel Holmes Caxton Press 13½x9 hardcover [5/68] for $26.96 |
 | "Rediscovering Vardis Fisher: Centennial Essays" [2000] Edited by Joseph M. Flora Univ Idaho Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [12/2000] for $34.95 |
Elisabeth Grace Foley lives in Upstate New York
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http://www.amazon.com/Wanderlust-Creek-Other-Stories-Elisabeth-ebook/dp/B00SS4VUFO
http://www.amazon.com/Ranch-Next-Door-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/B005S73B7Y/
http://www.amazon.com/Left-Hand-Kelly-Elisabeth-Grace-Foley-ebook/dp/B00L91SG64/
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The Mrs. Meade Mysteries Series
Set in Sour Springs, Colorado at the turn of the XXth Century
| "The Silver Shawl: A Mrs. Meade Mystery" novelette [#1 = 2012]
47-page Kindle Edition from Second Sentence Press [9/2012] for $2.99 A young woman seems to have disappeared from the boarding house where Mrs. Meade lives, and the girl's fiancee insists that she was kidnapped; then a police detective shows up looking for someone who matches the girl's description . . . "The Parting Glass: A Mrs. Meade Mystery" novelette [#2 = 2013] 37-page Kindle Edition from Second Sentence Press [8/2013] for $2.99 Sour Springs who is shocked at the news when a steady young rancher is accused of a drunken assault on a woman; but Mrs. Meade was just across the hall and has a few ideas of her own . . . |
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"The Oldest Flame: A Mrs. Meade Mystery" novelette [#3 = 2014]
51-page Kindle Edition from Second Sentence Press [2/2014] for $2.99 Mrs. Meade's pleasant overnight visit with old friends turns into a disaster when fire destroys the house during the night; even worse, the fire appears to have been deliberately set . . . "The Mrs. Meade Mysteries, Volume I" [2014] the first three novelettes in the series CreateSpace 8x5 pb [4/2014] for $8.99 "The Silent Hour: A Mrs. Meade Mystery" novelette [#4 = 2015] 54-page Kindle Edition from Second Sentence Press [9/2015] for $2.99 Major Cambert and his grandson were known to have quarreled bitterly, so when the Major is found shot dead a few nights later, Jim is the prime suspect – without an alibi. But there are others who may have held a grudge against the Major too, none of whom have an alibi either . . . |
![portrait of Western author John Fox, Jr. [1862-1919]](images/JohnFoxJr-ovalportrait.jpg)
The Kindle Edition "Works of John Fox, Jr." of 2008 was by B&R Samizdat Express, all of whose product disappeared
from Amazon; no 'complete works' for Kindle or paper has shown up since, so here are some of Fox's individual works,
which include 9 novels & 4 story collections.
"A Mountain Europa" [1892 novel]
"A Cumberland Romance" [1920] /tt0011082/ based on "A Mountain Europa", starring Mary Miles Minter & Monte Blue
"A Cumberland Vendetta and Other Stories" [1895]
"Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories" [1897]
"The Kentuckians" [1898 novel]
"The Kentuckians" [1921] /tt0012346/ starring Monte Blue
"Crittenden: A Kentucky Story of Love & War" [1900 novel]
"Blue-Grass and Rhododendron: Outdoors In Old Kentucky" [1901]
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" [1903 novel]
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" [1920] /tt0196704/ starring Jack Pickford
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" [1928] /tt0019104/ starring Richard Barthelmess
"The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" [1961] /tt0055091/ starring Jimmie Rodgers, Luana Patten, Chill Wills
"Christmas Eve On Lonesome and Other Stories" [1904]
"Following The Sun Flag: A Vain Pursuit Through Manchuria" [1905]
"A Knight of The Cumberland" [1906 novel]
"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" [1908 novel]
http://www.amazon.com/Trail-Lonesome-Pine-John-Fox/dp/1482767511/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trail_of_the_Lonesome_Pine_(novel)
1912 Broadway stageplay by Eugene Walter, with actor William S. Hart
"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" [1914] /tt0004723/ based on the novel & stageplay
"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" [1916] /tt0007473/ produced, adapted & directed by Cecil B. DeMille
"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" [1923] /tt0014559/ starring Antonio Moreno & Mary Miles Minter
"The Trail of The Lonesome Pine" [1936] /tt0028401/ color version
directed by Henry Hathaway; starring Sylvia Sidney, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda
seasonal outdoor stageplay [since 1964] at Big Stone Gap, Virginia
"The Last Stetson" story [pre-1910]
"Collected Works of John Fox" in 5 volumes [1910]
http://www.amazon.com/Collected-Works-John-Fox-Hell-Fer-Sartain/dp/B006WV3JCM/
"The Heart of The Hills" [1913 novel]
http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Hills-John-Fox-Jr/dp/0813119812/
"Heart o' The Hills" [1919] /tt0010227/ produced by & starring Mary Pickford
"In Happy Valley" [1917 novel] Illustrated by F.C. Yohn
"Erskin Dale, Pioneer" [1920]
"Collected Works of John Fox" in 6 volumes
"The Hill Billy" [1924] /tt0014988/ directed by George W. Hill, starring Jack Pickford
"A Purple Rhododendron and Other Stories" [1967]
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Women Writing The West Annual Conference [Oct 2017 = #23] in Tucson, Arizona
![Women Writing The West organization [est.1995]](images/WomenWritingTheWest.gif "Women Writing The West organization [est.1995]")
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