Forsaken Western Stories Book : Lawmen, Outlaws, Cowboys and Women of the West : 4 Short Stories

Lawmen, Outlaws, Cowboys and Women of the West is a collection of 4 Short Western Stories.
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Three were written by talented authors who would go on to have long careers in several fields of entertainment. These authors were popular in their time (over 100 years ago) but now their popularity and fame has faded to almost nothing. Their exciting adventurous tales of the American west have been forsaken, left to crumble, as the pages do of old magazines. It occurred to me that unlike Zane Grey or Owen Wister, many of these tales were likely only printed once. Deciding it would be such a waste not to share these with a world of western adventure fans, I have chosen some of my favorites for this collection. While there are many westerns in our collection that we do not have the rights to publish, we have made certain of the secure publishing rights for these.
There is adventure, comedy, romance and extreme drama in the pages of these stories. Three of these stories were written around 100 years ago, when the west was still a bit wild in places, and some of the authors had a realtime knowledge of the ruggedness of the American west.
1 is by Laurie York Erskine from 1925. (The Long Trail from Luling)
No stranger to danger and adventure he served in both WWI and WWII.
In 1916 he was commissioned in the Royal Flying Corps and served in France during WWI. At the beginning of WWII he was commissioned in the Army of the United States Coast Artillery. He reached the rank of major in the 38th Anti-Aircraft Brigade and was awarded the Bronze Star.
2 is by Izola Forrester from 1912. (Fugitives From Eden)
Izola was convinced she was the granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln’s Assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Her last book was published in 1937 and is titled : This One Mad Act: The Unknown Story of John Wilkes Booth and His Family by His Granddaughter : Izola Forrester claimed in her book that Booth was not killed but had been enticed into killing President Lincoln and then been protected and smuggled away by The Knights of the Golden Circle. Claiming he lived at least until 1879.
3 is by Robert V. Carr from 1918. (The Guns of Hemper)
Robert V. Carr was born in South Dakota in 1877, (some research suggests he was born in Illinois) he lived for a while among the Sioux and worked as a prospector, soldier, and reporter. He was a Spanish-American War veteran and is most famous for his poetry books “Black Hills Ballads” and “Cowboy Lyrics”.
4 is one of my original western short stories.(Lightning in the Chiricahua’s)
I have read hundreds of western books, biographies and fiction. Fiction from Louis L'amour, Zane Grey, Will Cook, Richard Brister, Norman A. Fox, Max Brand, Will Ermine, Leigh Brackett, Ernest Haycox, Frank Bonham and many more. I know good western fiction! If you have enjoyed the classic authors I have listed, I am confident you will enjoy these stories as well.
Here are some glimpses of each of the four stories.
(Jim Curran)
“Guess I can reach ’em,” he said. Ridley grabbed his arm.
“Don’t!” he yelled. “That’s Jim, on the dun!”
Bud dropped his rifle, and the nine riders stood there, gazing upon distant drama which in the clear air seemed so close. It appeared as though the black horseman was fleeing,“Oh, God!” gasped Bud Kendall; and horror-stricken, they saw the dun mare go down. With her rider, she crumpled to the earth, seemed to hang for a moment in a heap at the edge of the drop, and then go down, down, in sickening, overturning fall, to the merciless rocks below.
(Slim MacPherson)
“It’s here!” Guen’s voice cried again. “Slim! Slim!”
Slim’s heart gave a strange, quickened throb at her calling to him for help.
“Don’t move!” said Slim.
He was outside the ring of light cast by the brush fire. Almost as his voice reached her, there came the quick report and flash, and the great cat leaped in the air,
(King Norn)
Convinced that the six- shooter had been Bundy's sole weapon, Norn leaped back from him. Bundy gained his feet, and stared stupidly at his assailant. Norn slapped him with his open hand.
"Fight," snapped the rancher. Bundy gave a wild squeal of rage, and charged down with fists swinging like flails. Norn could have knocked him cold, but he wanted to save him for punishment.
(Jim Evans)
Jim quit his riding job for the Bar L, seven days ago and left the grass country. He thanked Jeff Lively for hiring him on the year before, and told the older man he just wanted to see some new country. Three months before he had ridden high up on the Chiricahua mountains searching for strays. He found them, and brought them down. But Jim had also found something else.
The Forsaken Westerns paperback book short stories.

[@richardbartolo2890]

I have a huge respect for any man who works at keeping Americas history alive. Without people like you sir the history of the west with it's many western T V shows that have been sitting collecting dust on shelves for decades are now being watched and enjoyed by so many thanks to you bringing them out to the public. Nothing educates people like reading and now you have reached into that corner and brought out books of the West. Like John Ford once said: You can teach a real cowboy to act, But you cant teach an actor to be a real cowboy.

[@genewileyopa]

Back in the 40s my grandfather moved from Iowa to Ten Sleep Wy. Had two boys and a daughter. One boy my dad. Dads younger brother got mixed up with the wrong crowd and was drunk and in trouble a lot. My reason for this. Dad said even then it was still the old west. My Grandpa ended up moving back here to Iowa to keep his son out of trouble. Unfortunately the drinking never stopped. The old west is just that. The old west. I enjoy the videos you bring to share with us all Bob. Thank you I do enjoy going out to Ten Sleep to visit, great country.

[@randygraf2474]

Howdy Bob, wanted let y'all know how much we enjoy your channel and looking forward to the book, happy trails and God bess.

[@rosezingleman5007]

Great idea to publish those stories. I look forward to reading them.

[@westernsontheweb]

Thank you