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Ernest James Haycox (October 1, 1899 – October 13, 1950) [1] was an American writer of Western fiction . Haycox in 1923. Biography. Haycox was born in Portland, Oregon, to William James Haycox and the former Martha Burghardt on October 1, 1899. [2] .
Ernest Haycox was an important figure in the development of the popular Western. Diligent, prolific, and ambitious, he wrote twenty-four novels, nearly three hundred short stories and serial installments, and dozens of essays.
Ernest Haycox has 328 books on Goodreads with 2794 ratings. Ernest Haycox’s most popular book is Bugles in the Afternoon.
When Ernest Haycox applied his University of Oregon journalism education to western literature, he reinvented the genre. In place of flowery bursts of sentiment and sensationalism, Haycox offered clear, lean, and active prose.
Excellent bibliographies of Haycox' work are in Ernest Haycox Fiction ( A Checklist, Call Number 25, Fall 1963-Spring 1964, and Ernest Haycox, Stephen L. Tanner, Twayne Publishers, New York, 1996. that featured western Indians and cattle drivers in peaceful harmony.
Ernest Haycox was one of the prominent authors of the historical and western fiction genres, hailing from The United States. He was born on October 1, 1899; and died on October 13, 1950. Author Haycox’s birth had taken place in Portland, Oregon.
Sep 3, 2018 · GUNS AND GUTS HIS WAYRiver Bend stood, tough and dusty, at the end of a thousand-mile cattle trail. For the men who rode the long, hard Texas cattle drives, it was a rootin’-tootin’...
