ALDER GULCH; By Ernest Haycox
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1942. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author to noted Lincoln & Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1899-1950) on the front free endpaper--with historian's own name on front pastedown; 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2" x 1 5/8"), light red cloth with black lettering on spine & title/author on front cover plus drawing of a cowboy beneath his horse, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped: $2.00) with colorful painting of a cowboy walking proudly beside a woman and her girl by Warren Baumgartner, 302, [303] pages. Very Good / Good +. Item #8679
Ernest Haycox (1899 – 1950) was a celebrated American writer of Western fiction. He published two dozen novels and around 300 short stories.
Mamy of his stories were serialized as "pulp fiction" in major magazines like Colliers and The Saturday Evening Post. One became the famous movie "Stagecoach" (1939), directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. His novel Trouble Shooter (1936) was made into the movie "Union Pacific" directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Barbara Stanwick.
In Alder Gulch, tough-guy Jeff Pierce, who is wanted for murder, stakes a claim in hoping to strike it rich, but he must first confront the gang which is terrorizing the miners in the gulch.
In 2005 the Western Writers of America voted Haycox one of the 24 best Western authors of the Twentieth Century.
VERY SCARCE SIGNED! ASSOCIATION COPY given to Arnold Gates (1899 - 1950), prominent Abraham Lincoln and Civil War author, biographer, and historian.
Solid copy with slight uniform fading to the red cloth. The dust jacket is unclipped with price $2.00 and most of the attractive cover art by Baumgartner present. The lower third of the dj's spine is missing, moderate soil rear panel, edge and cornerwear.
Price: $245.00