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The Bar-20 Three (Hopalong Cassidy)

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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!

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.

One of the earlier of the Bar 20 or Hopalong Cassidy series, and one of my favorites.

Glad to find a copy!