{"product_id":"on-a-silver-desert-the-life-of-ernest-haycox-paperback-softback-9780806194851","title":"On a Silver Desert; The Life of Ernest Haycox (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806194851","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOn a Silver Desert\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Life of Ernest Haycox\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eErnest Haycox (Author), Ronald L. Davis (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806194851\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e365 pages, 52 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.657 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVocal Republican, accomplished gardener, lover of large cars, Ernest Haycox was nothing if not three-dimensional. Despite a haphazard childhood that included abandonment by his parents, Haycox (1899–1950) decided early on to be a writer. Once he began he did not stop, approaching writing with both an unparalleled passion and a keen business sense that included normal business hours in a downtown Portland office.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil now little has been written about Haycox, the famed \u003ci\u003eCollier’s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e contributor who wrote twenty-four novels and more than two hundred short stories. Bridging the gap between the formula Western and the literary western novel, Haycox frequently incorporated actual historical events into his works: \u003ci\u003eTrouble Shooter\u003c\/i\u003e documents the building of the Union Pacific railroad, \u003ci\u003eThe Border Trumpet\u003c\/i\u003e covers the Apache wars in Arizona, and \u003ci\u003eBugles in the Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e draws upon the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Director John Ford adapted Haycox’s work for \u003ci\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/i\u003e (1939, starring John Wayne), as did Cecil De Mille for \u003ci\u003eUnion Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e (1939, starring Barbara Stanwyck).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnest Haycox Jr. describes his father’s life, work, and views on the craft of writing. In a remarkably candid biography, original photographs of Hollywood stars and excerpts from Haycox’s correspondence, including letters from the last years of his life, round out this incisive look at a literary giant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551758807320,"sku":"9780806194851","price":17.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/on-a-silver-desert-the-life-of-ernest-haycox-paperback-softback-9780806194851","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}