Literary Library

Jedidiah Strong Smith

by Angela Beck
January 6, 1799 - May 27, 1831American clerk, pioneer, frontiersman, hunter, trapper, author and cartographerAuthor of "The Travels of Jedidiah Smi...
American West Author California Cartographer Clerk Expedition Frontier Frontiersman Hunt Hunter Hunting Map Maps Pioneer Southwest Trapper West

Terry C. Johnston

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1947 - March 25, 2001American western novelistAuthor of more than 30 westerns including "Carry the Wind", "Crack in the Sky" and "Buffal...
American West Cowboy Cowboys Native Native American Novel Novelist U.S. West Western

Charles Badger Clark

by Angela Beck
January 1, 1883 - September 26, 1957American Cowboy poetAuthor of "Sun and Saddle Leather", "Round Mountain Range" and "Pawnee Dawn"Named the first...
American West Cowboy Cowboys Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry South Dakota

Ezra Meeker

by Angela Beck
December 29, 1830 - December 3, 1928American pioneer, mayor, postmaster and authorAuthor of "Washington Territory West of the Cascade Mountains", ...
American West Author Cascade Mountains Government Government Official Mail Mayor Oregan Trail Oregon Oregon Trail Pioneer Political Politics Postmaster US Mail USPS Washington State

Charles McColl Portis

by Angela Beck
December 28, 1933 - February 17, 2020American reporter and writer of western novels, nonfiction, short fiction and articlesAuthor of "Norwood", "T...
American West Film Films Movie Movies News Newspaper Newspapers Nonfiction Novel Novelist Reporter Short Story Western Westerns

John H. Reece

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1910 - August 15, 1981American author of western and crime fictionHe wrote over 40 westerns and over 300 short stories including "Good...
American West Cowboy Cowboys Crime Fiction Short Story Westerns

Carl Abbott

by Angela Beck
December 3, 1944 - American historian, urbanist and academicAuthor of "The Metropolitan Frontier: Cities in the Modern American West", "How Cities ...
Academic American History American West City Historian Metropolitan Science Fiction Urban Urbanist West