Rifled Gold

Hashknife Hartley

by W.C. Tuttle

Hashknife Hartley, cow-puncher and amateur detective, had faced some tough propositions in his day, but none had been quite so ticklish as the gold robberies at the Comanche Chief Mine at Painted Wells, Arizona.

273 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1934

About the author

W. C. Tuttle (Wilbur Coleman Tuttle) was an American writer, almost all of which were westerns. His best known character was Hashknife Hartley, who along with his friend Sleepy Stevens, served as unofficial detectives solving crimes on the ranches where they worked as cowboys.

He was also a screenwriter hailing back to the silent era. He wrote the screenplays for 52 films between 1915 and 1945.

A semi-pro baseball player in his youth, Tuttle served as President of the Pacific Coast Baseball League 1935-1943.[1] Tuttle recommended to the Los Angeles Angels that the team should ask Gene Lillard to join them.

Reviews

[Dan Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dated but fun 1930's Western/Detective novel mashup.

[Chris Stephens · Rating 4 out of 5]

Man these "Detective Westerns" are full of hootenanny fun, just serious enough to not be comedies but light and entertaining full of Gabby Hayes esq characters, PG rated and that only for mild violence.