Westward They Rode

by Theodore V. Olsen

WESTWARD THEY RODE...
Convicts and cowboys, thieves and tin stars—the Old West was full of them, and the sun never set on a day when some hombre wasn't following a trail to danger or death.

WESTWARD THEY RODE...
Into gunfights and range wars, fiery deserts and freezing mountains—anywhere six-shooters could blaze and life was worth less than a gut full of lead.

WESTWARD THEY RODE...
For fame and freedom, revenge and riches—whatever reason a man needed to risk all he had to claim the wild frontier.

Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1981

About the author

Theodore Victor Olsen (April 25, 1932 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin – July 13, 1993 in Rhinelander) was an American western fiction author.

Olsen's family immigrated from Norway in 1901. Theodore Olsen was born on April 25, 1932 in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He went to school in Rhinelander and began to write in high school. He began a western novel at that time. Olsen went to college in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He finally finished his novel, Haven of the Hunted, and it was published in 1956. Olsen also began to sell western stories to pulp magazines at this time. Though Olsen would occasionally travel west, he lived his whole life in Rhinelander and would use exhaustive research to help accurately portray scenes of the west in his stories.

Olsen was married to fellow western fiction author Beverly Butler.

Olsen died in Rhinelander on July 13, 1993, and several works were published posthumously.

Much of T.V. Olsen's family still lives in the Rhinelander region. They own a 300-acre (1.2 sq km) ranch with a century old farm house and dairy barn.

Reviews

[D. E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Movement Was West/Farmers/Future Cattlemen/Miners/Carpet Baggers

TVO has been a novel about the westward movement or mass migration of white folks to the west. They came in droves from all walks of life. There were men who became rich off of farming, cattle and minors. Ten years later the railroads began to bring even more people to the west. Then the good strikes settled the issue. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS

[Josh Hitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of shorts by a writer who reminds me a lot of Ernest Haycox. Ten tales consisting of all kinds of western topics. All are small tales dealing with individuals or small groups in a small moment of time. They are all satisfying and quick reads.

Highly recommended, a short story collection doesn't get much better.

[Ted Hinkle · Rating 5 out of 5]

WESTWARD THEY RODE is a compilation of western historical fiction short stories. T. V. Olson paints the development of the old west with a sensitive, feel good portrait of the lives and challenges of those who settled the new territories as well as those originally inhabitants . Olson tells each story using the dialect of the frontier settlers. Each story concludes with a heartwarming moral.

[Mellanie C]

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