Ernest Haycox

Ernest James Haycox (born October 1, 1899 in Portland , Oregon , † October 13, 1950 there ) was an American writer ( Western ).

Life

Haycox was the son of William James Haycox and his wife Martha Burghardt. He completed his school days in Oregon and Washington State .

In 1915, Haycox volunteered for the United States Army and was transferred to the Mexican border the following year to guard it. In 1917/1918 Haycox fought in Europe and was only able to return to the USA after the end of the war (→ Armistice of Compiègne ).

In 1923 Haycox attended Reed College in his hometown and then studied journalism at the University of Oregon . His first literary attempts were accompanied by his lecturer William Franklin Goodwin Thatcher († 1972).

Haycox died twelve days after his 51st birthday on October 13, 1950 and found his final resting place in his hometown of Portland. He had been married to Jill M. Chord since 1925 and had two children with her.

reception

Haycox wrote over 20 novels and well over 300 short stories. He made his debut in the early twenties with publications in pulp magazines . From 1930 it could be read regularly in magazines like Collier’s and newspapers like The Saturday Evening Post . Among its enthusiastic readers was u. a. also Ernest Hemingway , who was often enthusiastic about Haycox's work. In 2005, Haycox was named "One of the 24 Best Western Writers of the 20th Century" by the Western Writers of America .

Some of Haycox's short stories and novels were congenially filmed. The western Ringo by John Ford , based on a Haycox story, is considered an important classic in film history.

Works (selection)

Novels

• Free grass . 1928.
  • German: Free pasture . Heyne, Munich 1974.
• Chaffee of Roaring Horse . 1929.
  • German: hour of turmoil . AWA Verlag, Munich 1954 (formerly: City without a law , 1953 or Wells plays too high , 1940).
• Whispering Range . 1931.
  • German: Whispering prairie . Heyne, Munich 1973 (EA 1953)
• Starlight rider . 1933.
  • German: rider under the stars . Heyne, Munich 1980 (formerly: Reiter im Sternenlicht , 1950).
• Riders West . 1934.
  • German: Westward . Heyne, Munich 1974.
• Rough Air . 1934.
  • German: Rough air . Upward publishing house, Berlin 1937.
• The Silver Desert . 1935.
  • German: bitter legacy . Heyne, Munich 1975 (formerly: The Silver Desert , 1953)
• Trail smoke . 1936.
  • German: Rauchende Fährte , Heyne, Munich 1972 (formerly: Einsame Fährte , 1956)
• Trouble shooter . 1936.
  • German: Union Pacific . Heyne, Munich 1978 (formerly: The Steel Band , 1958)
• Deep West . 1937.
  • German: deep west . Heyne, Munich 1976 (EA 1951)
• Sundown Jim . 1937.
  • German: The power of the barr . Heyne, Munich 1970 (formerly: In a new time , 1954)
• Man in the saddle . 1938.
  • German: man in the saddle . Heyne, Munich 1975 (EA 1952)
• The Border Trumpet . 1939.
  • German: signals of the border . Heyne, Munich 1983 (formerly: feverish border , 1955)
• Saddle and Ride . 1940.
  • German: Saddle and Ride . Heyne, Munich 1970 (EA 1953)
• Rim of the Desert . 1940.
  • German: The last hill . F. Mardicke publishing house, Hamburg 1951.
• Trail Town . 1941.
  • German: The Marshall of River Bend . Heyne, Munich 1977 (EA 1953)
• Alder Gulch . 1942.
  • German: The Gold Gorge . Heyne, Munich 1969 (formerly: Gold Rush in Montana , 1964 and Alder Gorge , 1952)
• Action by night . 1943.
  • German: The ranch of death . Heyne, Munich 1972.
• The Wild Bunch . 1943.
  • German: The wild horde . Heyne, Munich 1983 (EA 1953)
• Canyon Passage . 1945.
  • German: friends until death . Heyne, Munich 1975.
• Long storm . 1946.
  • German: Wild border . Heyne, Munich 1974 (formerly: The strong and the weak , 1961)
• Head of the Mountain . 1952.
  • German: gold dust from Ophir . Heyne, Munich 1973 (EA 1956)
• The Adventurers . 1954.
  • German: The adventurers . Heyne, Munich 1978.
• The feudists . 1960.
  • German: Jim is playing wrong . Heyne, Munich 1970.

Anthologies

• Murder on the frontier . Thorndike PRess, Thorndike, ME 1996 (EA 1942)
• Prairie guns . Little Brown, Boston, Mass. 1954.
• The last rodeo . Little Brown, Boston, Mass. 1956.
• Rough Justice . Little Brown, Boston, Mass. 1950.
• By rope and lead . Little Brown, Boston, Mass. 1950.
• Vengeance Trail . Popular Library, New York 1955.
• Winds of Rebellion. Tales of the American Revolution . Criterion Books, New York 1954.
• Gun Talk . Popular Library, New York 1956.
• Wipe out the Brierlys . Tower Publications, New York 1967 (formerly: Brand fires on the Ridge , 1959)
• Outlaw Guns . Pyramid Books, New York 1964.
• Sixgun Duo . Winsor Publication, New York 1990 (EA New York 1965)
• Trigger trio . Ace Books, New York 1966.
• Powder smoke and other stories . Hearst, New York 1966.
• Guns of fury . Thorpe, Leicester 1985 (EA New York 1967)
• Frontier Blood . Ace Books, New York 1974.
• Burnt Creek . Five Star Western, Thorndike, Me 1996.
• New Hope . Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Me 1998.

Film adaptations

• 1939 - Cecil B. DeMille (director): Union Pacific (based on the novel "Trouble Shooter")
• 1939 - John Ford (director): Ringo (based on the short story "Stagecoach")
• 1942 - Richard Thorpe (director): Apache Trail (based on the short story "Stage Station")
• 1946 - Edwin L. Marin (director): Abilene Town (based on the novel "Trail Town")
• 1946 - Jacques Tourneur (director): Fire on the Horizon (based on the novel "Canyon Passage")
• 1952 - André De Toth (director): Man in the saddle (based on the novel "Man in the Saddle")
• 1952 - Harold F. Kress (director): Apache War Smoke (based on the short story "Stage Station")
• 1952 - Roy Rowland (director): Dakota's Black Riders (based on the novel "Bugles in the afternoon")
• 1954 - Anthony Mann (Director): About the Death Pass (based on the novel "Alder Gulch")
• 1966 - Gordon Douglas (Director): San Fernando (based on the short story "Stage to Lordsburg")

literature

• Richard H. Cracroft: Ernest Haycox . In: Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 206, Gale Group, Detroit 1999, ISBN 0-7876-3100-0 .
• Richard W. Etulain: The literary career of a western writer. Ernest Haycox . UMI, Ann Arbor, Mich. 1967 (also dissertation, University of Oregon 1966).
• Richard W. Etulain: Ernest Haycox (Boise State University Western Writers Series, Volume 86). University Press, Boise 1988, ISBN 0-88430-085-4 .
• Robert L. Gale: Ernest Haycox (1899-1950) . In: Fred Erisman and Richard W. Etulain (Eds.): Fifty western writers. A bio-bibliographical sourcebook . Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 1982, ISBN 0-313-22167-7 , pp. 183-193
• Ernest Haycox Jr .: On a silver desert. The life of Ernest Haycox . University Press, Norman, Okl. 2003, ISBN 0-8061-3564-6 .
• Bob Herzberg: Ernest Haycox and the grandeur of the West . In: Bob Herzberg: Shooting scripts. From pulp western to film . McFarland, Jefferson, NC 2005, ISBN 0-7864-2173-8 .
• Stephen L. Tanner: Ernest Haycox (Twayne's United States Authors Series, Volume 666). Twayne Publ., New York 1996, ISBN 0-8057-3898-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Contents: McQuestion rides. - Court day. - Officer's choice. - Colonel's daughter. - Dispatch to the General. - On Texas Street. - In Bullhide Canyon. - Wild enough. - When you carry the star.
2. ↑ Contents: Blizzard. - Lady out west. - Deep horizons. - Free land. - High wind. - Proud people. - Claim jumpers. - Woman hungry. - Land that has women.
3. ↑ Contents: Dolorosa, here I come. - Fourth son. - At Wolf Creek Tavern. - Born to conquer. - Farewell to the years. - Things remembered. - One star by night. - One more river. - Old glory. - The last rodeo.
4. ↑ Content: Toll Bridge. - Lonesome Ride. - The inscutable man. - Water Hole. - Wild Jack Rhett. - Mr. Benson. - Episode, 1880. - Deadline. - Night on Don Jaime Street.
5. ↑ Content: Stage to Lordsburg. - Question of Blood. - Tactical maneuver. - Violent interlude. - Scout detail. - Weight of Command. - Land Rush. - Oh, lovely land. - Change of station.
6. ↑ Contents: Vengeance Trail. - Invitation by Bullet.
7. ↑ Contents: Winds of rebellion. - The drums roll. - A deserter of Valley Forge.
8. ↑ Contents: Gun Talk. - One night in Blackfoot. - The bandit from Paloma County. - The Decision. - Wild Horse Lode. - Five hard men.
9. ↑ Contents: Brand fires on the Ridge. - The killers.
10. ^ Contents: Renegade law. - Ambushed. - Rimrock and rattlesnakes.
11. ↑ Contents: The gun singer. - Night Raid.
12. ↑ Contents: Octopus of Pilgrim Valley. - Ride out. - Fighting call.
13. ↑ Content: Powder smoke. - The desert eye. - The belle of Sevensticks. - Pride. - By rope and lead. - The revenge of Florida Jack. - Contention two miles ahead. - In answer to summons. - Silver Bob rides west.
14. ↑ Contents: Guns of glory. - Night Raid.
15. ↑ Contents: Frontier blood. - Manhunt! - The roaring hour. - The kid from Red River.
16. ↑ Contents: Burnt Creek. - Red knives.
17. ↑ Contents: The roaring hour. - The kid from Red River. - The hour of fury. - New hope.