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Tumbleweeds: Frontier Stories
Presents a collection of stories about frontier outlaws Jesse and Frank James and Cole Younger and his brothers
251 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 1999
About the author
Will Henry
139 books17 followersAlso wrote westerns as Clay Fisher.
Henry Wilson Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen.
Allen's career as a novelist began in 1952, with the publication of his first Western No Survivors. Allen, afraid that the studio would disapprove of his moonlighting, used a pen-name to avoid trouble.[3] He would go on to publish over 50 novels, eight of which were adapted for the screen. Most of these were published under one or the other of the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.
Henry Wilson Allen was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Allen died of pneumonia on October 26, 1991 in Van Nuys, California. He was 79.
Henry Wilson Allen (September 12, 1912 – October 26, 1991) was an American author and screenwriter. He used several different pseudonyms for his works. His 50+ novels of the American West were published under the pen names Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen's screenplays and scripts for animated shorts were credited to Heck Allen and Henry Allen.
Allen's career as a novelist began in 1952, with the publication of his first Western No Survivors. Allen, afraid that the studio would disapprove of his moonlighting, used a pen-name to avoid trouble.[3] He would go on to publish over 50 novels, eight of which were adapted for the screen. Most of these were published under one or the other of the pseudonyms Will Henry and Clay Fisher. Allen was a five-time winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America and a recipient of the Levi Strauss Award for lifetime achievement.
Henry Wilson Allen was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Allen died of pneumonia on October 26, 1991 in Van Nuys, California. He was 79.
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November 14, 2014
A collection of eleven short stories and one poem set around the old west. The printing history is only given for five of the stories, which is a pity because the pulp magazine origins can be informative. As is usual with Will Henry, some of the stories feature real people or real events, and the longest story ‘The Great Northfield Raid’ is an example of this. Most of the stories are fairly short, and often feature the non-pc casual racism common to 1950s westerns, particularly where native americans are concerned, and not limited to that. Quite typical of the time in which many of the stories were written, yet with a rich writing style that is often the case with Will Henry. A great reprint of some nostalgic stories.
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