Chester William Harrison

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Chester William Harrison (born July 14, 1913 in Trafalgar , Indiana , † January 6, 1994 ) was an American writer and photographer. He is considered a prolific writer .

Live and act

Harrison was the son of Frederick Harrison (1885–1963) and his wife Anna Elizabeth Taylor (1888–1972). After finishing school, Harrison found a job as a photographer in his hometown.

Stimulated by his acquaintance with the writer Luke Short , he also tried to gain a foothold as a writer. In 1936 he made his successful debut with the publication of his short story Boothill Traill in Collier's Weekly magazine , but it was not until after the end of World War II that he experienced his literary breakthrough. In addition to his own name, Harrison et al. a. the pseudonyms C. W. Harrison , Coe Williams, and Will Hickok .

Works (selection)

As C. William Harrison

Youth books
  • Oilmen and what they do . New York 1965.
  • Rivers. Riches of the earth . New York 1967.
  • Wildlife . New York 1970.
Non-fiction
  • Find a career in auto mechanics . New York 1975.
  • Here is your career. The building trades . New York 1975.
  • Conservation. The challenge of reclaiming our plundered land . New York 1973.
Western novels
  • Go for your gun . New York 1955.
  • Yellowstone passage . New York 1954.
  • The guns of Fort Petticoat . New York 1957.
    • German: The lonely fort . Heyne, Munich 1968 (former title: The house of lonely women , 1957).
  • Border fever .
    • German: The fearless . Flatau-Verlag, Munich 1956.
  • Unarmed killer . New York 1957.
    • German: The man from Kansas . AWA-Verlag, Munich 1958 (translated by Hansheinz Werner)
    • German: The naked fist . Heyne, Munich 1967 (translated by Otto Kühn)
  • Eat dog or die . New York 1952.
    • German: Hot soil . AWA-Verlag, Munich 1956.

As Will Hickok

  • Web of gunsmoke . New York 1955.
  • The restless gun . New York 1959.
  • Trail of the gun . New York 1960.

Film adaptations

literature

  • Geoff Saddler (Ed.): Twentieth-century western writers . 2nd ed. St. James Press, London 1991, ISBN 0-9122-8998-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frederick Swan "Fred" Harrison (father) in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved August 3, 2015.
  2. ↑ Based on the script, the novel of the same name was written in the same year
personal data
SURNAME Harrison, Chester William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Trafalgar , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1994