Welcome to the Essential Western Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about deadly shootouts, gunslingers seeking revenge, love stories with beautiful women, in peril, and of course, cowboys and their trusty steeds.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Western fiction.This book contains the following novels:- The Outlet by Andy Adams.- Starr, of the Desert by B. M Bower.- The Trail Horde by Charles Alden Seltzer.- The Short Cut by Jackson Gregory.- A Texas Ranger by William Mac Leod Raine.If you appreciate good books, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
Over de auteur
Andy Adams (18591935), author, was born in Whitley County, Indiana, to Andrew and Elizabeth Adams, who belonged to a cultured pioneer Scots-Irish family. He became one of the few writers of the West who had a knowledge based on experience that enabled him to record cowboy life authentically. William Mac Leod Raine (June 22, 1871 July 25, 1954), was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West.Charles Alden Seltzer (August 15, 1875 February 9, 1942) was an American writer. He was a prolific author of western novels, had writing credits for more than a dozen film titles, and authored numerous stories published in magazines, most prominently in Argosy.Jackson Gregory (March 12, 1882 June 12, 1943) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer. Jackson Gregory authored more than 40 fiction novels and a number of short stories.