Readers of the Purple Sage
Frank O'Rourke
dubbed 'King of The Westerns' {circa 1968}
[1916-1989]
![cover of paperback of Frank O'Rourke's "Segundo" [1956]](covers/topFORsegundo.jpg)
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![cover of paperback of Frank O'Rourke's "Ambuscade" [1959]](covers/topFORambuscade.jpg)
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short profile |
![cover of paperback of Frank O'Rourke's "Battle Royal" [1956]](covers/topFORbattleroyal.jpg)
![cover of paperback of Frank O'Rourke's "Gun Hand" [1953]](covers/topFORgunhand.jpg)
"A new O'Rourke yarn is always cause for rejoicing." — Luke Short (circa 1955)
P R O F I L E
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Frank O'Rourke entry at Wikipedia
Frank O'Rourke credits [1955-69] at Internet Movie Database
Novels & Fiction of Frank O'Rourke
browse all books by Frank O'Rourke at Amazon
"E Company: A Novel" [1945]
"A furious, fighting combat novel of the first, raw American soldiers who battled the panzers in North Africa"
http://www.amazon.com/E-Company-Frank-ORourke/dp/B000XYOE14/
http://www.amazon.com/E-Company-Frank-ORourke/dp/B002QCU708/
"Action At Three Peaks" [1948]
"He rode against the army of Cochise, but his fate rested in the hands of one proud woman"
http://www.amazon.com/Action-Three-Peaks-Frank-ORourke/dp/B001SE4F26/
"Flashing Spikes: A Fast-Moving Sport Novel" [1948] broadcast as episode of "Alcoa Premiere" in 1962
"The Team" [1949]
"Thunder On The Buckhorn" [1949]
http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Buckhorn-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451098188/
"Blackwater" [1950]
"He played for the highest stakes – death – or a Western empire!"
http://www.amazon.com/Black-water-Frank-ORourke/dp/B000P9YX5Y/
"The Best Go First" [1950] as Frank O'Malley
"The Greatest Victory and Other Baseball Stories" [1950]
"Bonus Rookie" [1950]
"The Football Gravy Train" [1951]
"The Gun" aka "Warbonnet Law" [1951]
"He battled a land-crazy frontier town"
http://www.amazon.com/Warbonnet-Law-Frank-ORourke/dp/0671662090/
"Gold Under Skull Peak" [1952]
http://www.amazon.com/Gold-under-Skull-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451111427/
"Gunsmoke Over Big Muddy" [1952]
"Never Come Back (The Barnes Sports Novel Series)" baseball novel [1952]
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Come-Back-Frank-ORourke/dp/B001KH3FRW/
"Nine Good Men (The Barnes Sports Novel Series)" baseball novel [1952]
http://www.amazon.com/Nine-good-Barnes-sports-novel/dp/B0007E8JOS/
"Concannon" [1952] as Frank O'Malley
"One steel-fisted man against a gang of ruthless killers"
http://www.amazon.com/Concannon-Frank-ORourke/dp/B0007ET8Y8/
"The Heavenly World Series and Other Baseball Stories" [1952]
http://www.amazon.com/Heavenly-World-Frank-ORourke/dp/0786712031/
"Ride West" [11 stories 1953]
http://www.amazon.com/Ride-west-Frank-ORourke/dp/B001J8PZXE/
"Violence At Sundown" [1953]
http://www.amazon.com/Violence-at-Sundown-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451111346/
"The Catcher and The Manager: Two Baseball Fables" short stories [1953]
http://www.amazon.com/catcher-manager-two-baseball-fables/dp/1175098795/
"Latigo" [1953]
http://www.amazon.com/Frank-ORourke/e/B0034O5SHE/
"Gun Hand" [1953]
"Vengeance and a red-headed woman lead him into a town of killers"
http://www.amazon.com/Gun-Hand-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451034201/
"Thunder In The Sun" [1954]
"High Vengeance" [1954]
"They rode the vengeance trail . . . straight into a bitter range war"
http://www.amazon.com/High-Vengeance-Frank-ORourke/dp/B000H2AOPW/
"High Dive: A Hard-Boiled Novel of Suspense" [1954]
"Like a mountain lion, crouched, ready to spring – Jim Bradley, American insurance investigator, was sweating it out. The killer with the two millon loot was heading for this lush Mexican resort – with its hard-eyed gamblers, profligate turistas, sensuous, dangerous women. But under the luxurious surface, too many schemers were after the big haul. Bradley knew that behind the opulence, the hard drinking, the stolen sex – murder coiled like a snake."
http://www.amazon.com/High-Dive-Frank-ORourke/dp/B0007E67G0/
"Car Deal!" [1955]
"What happens when a car salesman who knows all the tricks is out to get his boss?"
http://www.amazon.com/Car-Deal-Frank-ORourke/dp/B001P9DYPI/
"The Big Fifty" [1955]
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Fifty-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451111419/
"Dakota Rifle" [1955]
"He corrupted the weak, killed the innocent, and met justice in a five-card draw"
http://www.amazon.com/Dakota-Rifle-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451111400/
http://www.amazon.com/Dakota-Rifle-Signet-Western-Rourke/dp/B00BPWK1R4/
"Battle Royal" [1956]
"The pounding story of a little man who acted as big as he talked"
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Royal-Frank-ORourke/dp/B000NUFY94/
"The Last Round" boxing novel [1956]
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Perma Books mass pb [1956] out of print/used
Wm. Morrow hardcover [1956] out of print/used |
"The Last Chance" [1956]
http://www.amazon.com/Last-Chance-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451115643/
"The Diamond Hitch: A Novel" [1956]
"Hard Men" short stories [1956]
"Stories of bad men and good on the untamed frontier"
"Segundo" [1956]
"He knew cattle, he knew men – and when he rode into a crossfire of hate he knew there was no turning back . . ."
http://www.amazon.com/Segundo-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451117816/
http://www.amazon.com/Segundo-Frank-ORourke/dp/B001YT4ZV6/
"Legend In The Dust" [1957]
http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Dust-Frank-ORourke/dp/0671662147/
"The Bravados" [1957] filmed as "The Bravados" [1958]
http://www.amazon.com/Bravados-Frank-ORourke/dp/0671662120/
"The Man Who Found His Way" [1957]
http://www.amazon.com/man-who-found-his-way/dp/B0007E8CRW/
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Found-His-Way/dp/B001N8GOHG/ = cover
"The Last Ride" [1958]
"A Texan Came Riding" [1958]
"He traveled eight hundred miles . . . to kill a man he never met"
http://www.amazon.com/Texan-Came-Riding-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451132246/
"Ambuscade" [1959]
"A killer riding free in the night, while the law watched . . . and helped him escape"
http://www.amazon.com/Ambuscade-Frank-ORourke/dp/B0018V7II2/
"Desperate Rider" [1959]
"Violent Country" aka "The Little Churro" [1959]
http://www.amazon.com/Violent-Country-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451111451/
 | "The Far Mountains" historical novel of New Mexico [1959]
Wm. Morrow 8¼x5¾ hardcover [1959] out of print/scarce |
"The Bride Stealer" [1960]
http://www.amazon.com/Bride-Stealer-Frank-ORourke/dp/B0007E8RZ4/
"Window In The Dark" [1960]
"The Springtime Fancy" [1960]\
"Gunlaw Hill" [1961]
"Salvation Valley was a trap [that] no man could escape"
"Bandoleer Crossing" [1961]
http://www.amazon.com/Bandoleer-Crossing-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451111370/
"The Great Bank Robbery" [1961] filmed by Warner Bros./Seven Arts
"A lusty and fantastic tale of the Wild Old West - Never before had so few taken so much from so many"
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Bank-Robbery-Frank-ORourke/dp/0451039181/
"The Affair of The Red Mosaic" [1961] as Patrick O'Malley
"New Departure" [1962] as Kevin Connor
"The Affair of Swan Lake" [1962] as Patrick O'Malley
"The Bright Morning: A Novel" [1963]
http://www.amazon.com/Bright-Morning-Novel-Frank-ORourke/dp/B006ZCDU36/
Two Novellas: "A Private Anger" and "Flight and Pursuit" [1963]
http://www.amazon.com/Private-Anger-Flight-Pursuit/dp/B0007E69T0/
"The Affair of Jolie Madame" [1963] as Patrick O'Malley
"The Affair of Chief Strongheart" [1964] as Patrick O'Malley
"Instant Gold: A Modern Day Fairy Tale" [1964]
http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Gold-Frank-ORourke/dp/1594263019/
"The Affair of John Donne" [1964] as Patrick O'Malley
"A Mule For The Marquesa" [1964] filmed as "The Professionals" [1966]
http://www.amazon.com/Professionals-Mule-Marquesa-Frank-ORourke/dp/0671636839/
http://www.amazon.com/Professionals-Columbia-Pictures-ORourkes-Adventure/dp/B0014CW9XE/
http://www.amazon.com/Mule-Marquesa-Frank-ORourke/dp/B0007E08EC/
"The Affair of The Bumbling Briton" [1965] as Patrick O'Malley
"The Affair of The Blue Pig" [1965] as Patrick O'Malley
"The Duchess Says No" [1965] as Patrick O'Malley
"P's Progress" [1966]
"The Swift Runner" [1969]
http://www.amazon.com/Swift-Runner-Frank-ORourke/dp/B0006C4FE4/
"The Abduction of Virginia Lee: A Novel" [1970]
http://www.amazon.com/Abduction-Virginia-Lee-Frank-ORourke/dp/B000FMJNNS/
"The Shotgun Man" Bantam mass pb [1976]
"Andres Arau enters the Mexican Revolution to rescue his young female cousin
"The Badger" Bantam mass pb [1977]
A part-Indian and part-French-Canadian half-breed will not rest until his dead mother, killed at the hands
of three hardened killers, is avenged, and the money stolen is recovered.
http://www.amazon.com/Badger-Frank-ORourke/dp/055302146X/
"Ellen and The Barber: Three Love Stories of The Thirties" [12/1998]
http://www.amazon.com/Ellen-Barber-Three-Stories-Thirties/dp/0312192630/
Movies & TV
Frank O'Rourke credits [1955-69] at Internet Movie Database
1955 Fireside Theatre (TV Series) /tt0041023/
- An Argument with Death (1955) ... (original story) /tt1394542/
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) /tt0043228/
- Easy Going Man (1957) ... (story) /tt0695745/
- Nothing to Do Till Next Fall (1955) ... (original story) /tt0695832/
- Three Months to Remember (1955) ... (story) /tt0696007/
- The Cool One (1955) ... (story) /tt0695913/
1958 The Bravados (novel) /tt0051433/
http://www.amazon.com/Bravados-VHS-Gregory-Peck/dp/6301528581/
1962 Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)
- Flashing Spikes (1962) ... (novel) /tt0055989/
1966 The Professionals (novel "A Mule for the Marquesa") /tt0060862/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Professionals-Burt-Lancaster/dp/0767827678/
http://www.amazon.com/The-Professionals-VHS-Burt-Lancaster/dp/6302860156/
The Great Bank Robbery (based on the novel by) /tt0064391/
Other Works, Other Media
PSP's list of Frank O'Rourke short stories in alphabetcal order
PSP's list of Frank O'Rourke short stories in chronological order (1945-1959)
 | "Fire In The Night" short story [1946] by Frank O’Rourke first published in The Saturday Evening Post for 12 January 1946, cover by John Falter Kessinger Publng 22-page 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $11.48 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $22.28 |
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"The Greatest Victory" baseball short story [1946] by Frank O’Rourke
first published in The Saturday Evening Post for 23 February 1946; cover by Albert Staehle |
"The Last Out" baseball short story [1948] by FrankO'Rourke
"Retracing Old Trails With Frank O'Rourke: A Cowboy Looks Back" with photos [1970] by Frank O'Rourke
self-published pb [1970] out of print/scarce
Family & Friends
Frank O'Rourke was born in 1916 in Denver, Colorado; he died in 1989 in Tucson, Arizona at age 82.
wife Edith Carlson O'Rourke [?-2007] - married ?, widowed April 1989
L i n k s
Frank O'Rourke entry at Wikipedia
Frank O'Rourke credits [1955-69] at Internet Movie Database
browse all books by Frank O'Rourke at Amazon
Frank O'Rourke bibliography at Authors & Books
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