Saturday, March 19, 2011

Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Complete Western Book Magazine, October 1935

This is a pretty daring cover for a non-Spicy pulp.  I haven't read anything by any of the authors in this one except J. Allan Dunn, who is usually pretty entertaining.  Several of Dane Coolidge's novels have been reprinted in recent years and he had a pretty good reputation as a Western author, but I've never read anything by him.  I probably will, though, sooner or later.
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6 comments:

David Cranmer said...

Sharp cover. I believe I have a Dane Coolidge story in a Zane Grey Western Magazine.

8:23 AM, March 19, 2011
Walker Martin said...

Dane Coolidge is one of my favorite western writers from the 1910-1930 period. Many of his novels were first serialized in POPULAR MAGAZINE, which was one of the better pulp magazines. His novels for the most part, were not the typical shoot-em-ups, but concentrated on the characterization and plot elements.

Ron Scheer reviewed a couple of his early novels on his blog, but for the most part Coolidge has been unjustly forgotten.

9:22 AM, March 19, 2011
James Reasoner said...

You've convinced me, Walker. Our local library has large print editions of several of Coolidge's novels. I'll give one of them a try as soon as I can find the time.

9:37 AM, March 19, 2011
Ron Scheer said...

My favorite Coolidge novel was the first one I stumbled across - picking it at random from the library catalog: BATWING BOLES. Second would be MAN FROM WYOMING, which has a Butch Cassidy-type character in it. HIDDEN WATER is an early one and not as confidently told as the later two.

4:35 PM, March 19, 2011
Randy Johnson said...

Project Gutenberg has five of his novels availalbe for free download or Amazon has them bundled for $1.99 if one prefers.

4:54 AM, March 20, 2011
Duane Spurlock said...

Dane Coolidge is pretty good from that period. Like Walker mentions, they aren't shoot-em-ups. THE MAN FROM WYOMING is pretty good. I first got interested in his work when I was buying old hardcovers that included illustrations by Maynard Dixon.

1:25 PM, March 20, 2011

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