1921. Relating a series of startling and strenuous adventures, in the cow-town of Mesquite, of the famous Bar-20 trio-Hopalong Cassidy, Red Connors and Johnny Nelson. Mulford is the author of the Hopalong Cassidy and other Western novels. The book begins: Idaho Norton, laughing heartily, backed out of the barroom of Quayle's hotel and trod firmly on the foot of Ward Corwin, sheriff of the county, who was about to pass the door. Idaho wheeled, a casual apology trembling on his lips, to hear a biting, sarcastic flow of words, full of profanity, and out of all proportion to the careless injury. The sheriff's coppery face was a deeper color than usual and bore an expression not pleasant to see. The puncher stepped back a pace, alert, lithe, balanced, the apology forgotten, and gazed insolently into the peace officer's wrathful eyes. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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"The story would not improbably take any prize which might be awarded for the maximum amount of gun play, gunpowder, murder, and sudden death."--The Springfield Republican
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Clarence E. Mulford is the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy, who appeared in countless films, novelizations, and a long running television series. Mulford died in 1956.
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cant be beat,
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This review is from: Bar-20 Three (Mass Market Paperback)
this one shows the true friendship and brotherhood of the old bar-20 gang. if i had friends like this who could stop me. read them all...they're more than worth it. also there are 4 more written by loius lamour. the whole series will make you wish you were there. enjoy!
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The REAL Hopalong Cassidy,
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Hopalong Cassidy was created in 1904 as a rowdy red-haired cowboy, unsurpassed in handgun usage. In 1935 actor William Boyd changed the character to a white-haired gentleman. According to an afterword by Louis L'Amour's son, L'Amour wouldn't admit to writing four Hopalong Cassidy books. He preferred the original character created by Clarence E. Mulford. Though the dialogue is extremely ungrammatical, the general style is of the Victorian era. Zane Grey wrote Riders of the Purple Sage in 1912, also in a Victorian style, and was his most famous book, featuring the strong character Lassiter, who was not as rowdy as Hopalong. Both characters set the stage for the western hero, with maybe 170 films featuring western heroes based on Mulford and Grey's depictions. Few devotees of modern western writing will enjoy the Grey and Mulford books; they are now for those of a scholarly bent, who focus on the history and development of the modern western.
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An early Bar 20 series,
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One of the earlier of the Bar 20 or Hopalong Cassidy series, and one of my favorites.
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IDAHO NORTON, laughing heartily, backed out of the barroom of Quayle's hotel and trod firmly on the foot of Ward Corwin, sheriff of the county, who was about to pass the door. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yore outfit, yore head, eet ees, dead shore Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bill Long, Red Frank, Red Thompson, Tom Ridley, Sand Creek, Sandy Woods, Pecos Kane, Red Connors, Sandy Bend, Bitter Spring, Kit Thorpe, Sheriff Corwin, Bill Trask, Tim Quayle, Hopalong Cassidy, Hugh Roberts, Jud Hill, Tex Ewalt, Idaho Norton, Johnny Nelson, Pete Holbrook, Sweet Spring New!
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IDAHO NORTON, laughing heartily, backed out of the barroom of Quayle's hotel and trod firmly on the foot of Ward Corwin, sheriff of the county, who was about to pass the door. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
yore outfit, yore head, eet ees, dead shore Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bill Long, Red Frank, Red Thompson, Tom Ridley, Sand Creek, Sandy Woods, Pecos Kane, Red Connors, Sandy Bend, Bitter Spring, Kit Thorpe, Sheriff Corwin, Bill Trask, Tim Quayle, Hopalong Cassidy, Hugh Roberts, Jud Hill, Tex Ewalt, Idaho Norton, Johnny Nelson, Pete Holbrook, Sweet Spring New!
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- In It by Gale Nelson on page 8, page 9, and page 14
- How Many? (Photo Board Books) by Moira Butterfield on page 92
- Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford in Front Matter
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