Product Description
Western Movies is a collection of brilliant short stories of the Wild West based on popular TV shows and famous Western films such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stage Coach and The Virginian. Contributors include Clarence E Mulford, the creator of Hopalong Cassidy, Elmore Leonard and even the actor Robert Redford.
The Western has been one of the most popular genres on the screen since the birth of the cinema and has brought to life with guns blazing the stories of the tough cowboys and villainous outlaws who roamed the great swathe of America from the Mississippi River to the shores of the Pacific during the last century. Riding the same ranges as these men have been the often persecuted but equally resilient Native American Indians who have similarly featured in popular movies from much of this century. All three groups now archetypes in the minds of audiences all over the world.
About the Author
Elmore Leonard has written more than forty novels, including bestsellers "Up in Honey's Room", "The Hot Kid", "Mr. Paradise", "Tishomingo Blues", "Pagan Babies", and "Glitz". Many of his books have been made into movies, including "Get Shorty" and "Out of Sight". He lives with his wife, Christine, in Bloomfield Village, Michigan.
Peter Haining is the author of "Where the Eagle Landed "and "Knights of Madness,"
LOUIS L'AMOUR (1908-1988) was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. He left school at 15 to travel the world. While in his thirties, he began writing novels about life on the Western frontier. His first big success, "Hondo", was made into a John Wayne movie. L'Amour wrote 100 books in all, which sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and several short stories.
