Wayne D. Overholser
Wayne D. Overholser , né le 4 septembre 1906 à Pomeroy dans l’État de Washington et mort le 27 août 1996 à Boulder dans le Colorado , est un écrivain américain, auteur de roman western. Il signe plusieurs de ses romans des pseudonymes John S. Daniels , Lee Leighton , Wayne Roberts , Dan J. Steven , Joseph Wayne et Emmett J. Powell .
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Il est enseignant de 1926 à 1945. Il amorce sa carrière en littérature en publiant, à partir de 1936, quelques centaines de nouvelles appartenant à la littérature policière , mais surtout au genre du western dans des pulps dédiés à ce genre : The Lone Ranger Magazine , Western Aces , Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine
Spécialisé dans le roman western, il obtient deux Spur Award (en) The Lawman , signé du pseudonyme Lee Leighton, et le second, en 1954, pour The Violent Kid , signé Wayne D. Overholser[ 1]
Buckaroo's Code ; 1947West of the Rimrock , 1949Draw or Drag , 1950Oregon Trunk , 1950Steel to the South , 1953Fabulous Gunman , 1954The Violent Land , 1954 Spur Award (en) The Lone Deputy , 1960The Killer Marshal , 1961Standoff at the River , 1961War in Sandoval County , 1961The Bitter Night , 1962The Judas Gun , 1962The Trial of Billy Peale , 1963A Gun for Johnny Deere , 1964To the Far Mountains , 1964Day of Judgement , 1965 (autre titre Colorado Incident )The Outlaws , 1966Ride Into Danger , 1967Summer of the Sioux , 1967North to Deadwood , 1968Buckskin Man , 1969The Noose , 1972The Long Trail North , 1973
Brand 99 , 1974The Petticoat Brigade , 1974 (publication en volume d'un feuilleton paru en 1948)Diablo Ghost , 1978The Trouble Kid , 1978
La Poursuite inutile , Le Masque western no 223, 1979The Cattle Queen Feud , 1979Nightmare in Broken Bow , 1979Revenge at Crow City , 1980 (autre titre Revenge in Crow City )Sun on the Wall , 1981Mason County War , 1981Dangerous Patrol , 1982The Long Wind , 1986Bunch Grass , 1986Gunplay Valley: The Sweet And Bitter Land , 1987Return of the Kid , 1987By Gun and Spur , 1987Red Snow , 1988The Dry Gulcher , 1988Gunlock , 1988Red Is the Valley , 1988Land of Promises , 1989Proud Journey , 1989Valley of Guns , 1991Cast a Long Shadow , 1991Desperate Man 1992Hearn's Valley , 1992Tough Hand 1992The Hunted , 1994The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat , 1996They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy , 1996Nugget City , 1997The Violent Men , 1997Riders of the Sundowns , 1999The Day the Killers Came , 2002The Bad Man , 2003Wild Horse River , 2003The Law at Miles City , 2005Bitter Wind , 2005Pass Creek Valley , 2009 (publication en volume du court roman No Law in Pass Creek Valley paru dans un magazine en 1950) Law at Angel's Landing , 2010The Man from Yesterday , 2010 (publication en volume d'un feuilleton paru en 1956)Shadow on the Land , 2013Death of a Cattle King , 2011Ten Mile Valley , 2012The Waiting Gun , 2013Swampland Empire , 2013 (publication en volume d'un feuilleton paru en 1950)Guns In Sage Valley , 2014
Lawman , 1953 Spur Award (en) Beyond the Pass , 1956Fight for the Valley , 1960Big Ugly , 1966Hanging at Pulpit Rock , 1967Bitter Journey , 1969
La Métisse blanche , Le Masque western no 61, 1972You'll never hang me , 1971Cassidy , 1980Tomahawk , 1980
Gunflame , 1953The Nester , 1954War Party , 1966The Three Sons of Adam Jones , 1969
Les Trois Fils d'Adam Jones , Série noire no 1659, 1974
The Meeker Massacre , 1969
Recueils de nouvelles
The Best Western Stories of Wayne D. Overholser , 1984 (anthologie posthume aussi paru sous les titres Tales of the West ou The Best Western Stories )Chumley's Gold , 2000 (anthologie posthume)Ride the Red Trail , 2001 (anthologie posthume)Gateway House , 2001 (anthologie posthume)Rainbow Rider , 2001 (anthologie posthume)Wheels Roll West , 2002 (anthologie posthume)Twin Rocks , 2005 (anthologie posthume)Sunset Trail , 2007 (anthologie posthume)The Durango Stage , 2008 (anthologie posthume)Beyond the Law , 2011 (anthologie posthume)Fighting Man , 2012 (anthologie posthume)
Nouvelles
Wanted Man , 1936Blind Poet , 1937The Yucca Kid , 1937Job for a Gunman , 1938Double-Draw Magic , 1938Lawman’s Honor , 1938Showdown in Tonapos , 1938Pay-Dirt Gamble , 1938Coffin’s Bend , 1939A Killer Slays No More , 1939Kid Gunhawk , 1939Lawyer Two-Fist , 1939Chivalry on the Owlhoot , 1939Preacher Sam Hits Guntown , 1939Blood Gold , 1939Death Rides Double , 1939Star-Toter’s Tally , 1939Return of Silver Smith , 1939Sidewinder’s Smoke Screen , 1940Star Toter’s Son , 1940Nest Egg for a Killer , 1940The Gun Wolf of Redillo , 1940Master of the Draw , 1940Gunsmoke Interest , 1940Powdersmoke Purge , 1940Boothill Is for Peacemakers , 1940Whit Castle’s Town , 1940Gun Cure for Typhoid , 1940Harvest of Hate , 1940Hogleg Payoff , 1940Right Turn for Boothill , 1940Boothill Trap , 1940Powdersmoke Reckoning , 1940Poker Only , 1940Six-Gun Alibi , 1940The Devil Holds the Ace , 1940Last of the Fighting Bradleys , 1940Gunsmoke Purge in Big Pine , 1941No Range for Geese! , 1941Gunsmoke Pledge , 1941A Gambler Loved a Lady , 1941Let ’Em Eat Lead! , 1941Don’t Run, Runt! , 1941Loan Shark Showdown , 1941Justice for Sidewinders , 1941Powdersmoke Legacy , 1941Showdown at Split Rock , 1941Powdersmoke Pay-Dirt , 1941Trouble on Round Top , 1941Treachery on the Horseshoe Bar , 1941The Hero of Halfway Town , 1941Kid Who Started the Courthouse War , 1941Lead Harvest , 1941When Brothers Are Men , 1941$10,000 Worth of Bull , 1942Bullets or Blackstone , 1942Dead Ghosts of Furnace Valley , 1942Range Baron’s Reckoning , 1942Medico Miracle , 1942Copperhead Justice , 1942Gun Cleanup in Clarno , 1942Two Gun Crusader , 1942Dim-Trail Destiny , 1942Land Without Mercy , 1942Trouble Bound , 1942Sheriff Savvy , 1942Every Trail Has a Rider , 1942Last Cowman of Lost Squaw Valley , 1942A Chat with the Range Boss , 1942Gun-Lucky Kid , 1942Renegade Roost , 1942Ten Steps from Tophet , 1942Tricky Trigger , 1942Senor Loco , 1942Sodbuster’s Choice , 1942Powdersmoke Price for Peace , 1942Pardner, Don’t Go Crooked , 1943Mincemeat Musketeers , 1943Hot Lead and Hot Wires , 1943Three Cowboys and a Corpse , 1943Pasear to Death , 1943Traitors Brand , 1943Drygulchers Die in the Dust , 1943Graybeard’s Ghost , 1943Rebels of the Stage Trails , 1943Murder Trap Boomerang , 1943Jackpot of Death , 1943Tall Timber Burns Fast , 1943That Brainless Badge-Toter , 1943Voodoo in Vacaville , 1943Gun-Handy Banker , 1943Six-Gun Skeleton , 1943Trouble-Hunting Trouble Shooter , 1943High Card Wins the Range , 1943Three Who Loved , 1943Dead Man’s Legacy , 1943Blood, Leather, and Bullets! , 1943Manhunt in Hell’s Back Yard , 1943Pistol Pilgrim of Ripsaw Creek , 1943Colt-Law Roundup , 1944Bushwhack-Call for the Rimrock Kid , 1944Smoky Glory , 1944Kill Once, Kill Twice! , 1944The Last Damn’ Bullet! , 1944The Valley of Frightened Men , 1944Free Range on Boot Hill Only , 1944Range Hogs Can Die , 1944The Devil Deals in Lead , 1944Sell Out—or Shoot Out! , 1944Badman Masquerader , 1944Coffin of Fate , 1944Lawman, Guard Your Back! , 1944Shoot the Man Down! , 1944Bullets Bring Barbed Wire Down , 1945Parson of Purgatory , 1945Satan Takes a Gun-Pardner , 1945Last of the Fighting Venners , 1945Greenhorn’s Gun-Guardians , 1945Gun Magic , 1945Ghost of Glory , 1945Land Rush in Hell! , 1945Blood on the Land , 1945Frogback’s One-Man Army , 1945Satan Buys a War , 1945Buckshot Feud-Buster , 1945Mr. Colt Goes to Court , 1945.45 Floods Break a Dinero Dam , 1945Gun-Cure for Lava City , 1945Hurney Goes Law Abiding , 1945When the Chips Are Down , 1945Buckaroo’s Code , 1945A Ghost Is Buried , 1945Draw Your Number for Boothill! , 1945Pay-Day at Murder Creek , 1945Redden Rides the Death-Watch , 1945The Gunsmoke Way , 1945Sign on the Bullet Line , 1946There’s Hell in Custer Country! , 1946Tollgate to a Boot Hill Claim , 1946All Guts—No Brains! , 1946Holster Headlines , 1946Powdersmoke Wisdom , 1946Trouble Exposure , 1946Gun-Song of the Melody Kid , 1946Lawmen Are Made, Not Born , 1946Outlaw Masquerade , 1946The Beard on Eli’s Face , 1946Gun-Devil of Paradise , 1946Bad Trouble at Traitor Station! , 1946.45 Jamboree in Jubilee Basin , 1946“Senator Sixgun’s” Bullet Election , 1946Strangers Die Young , 1946Deputy Wanted—Dead or Alive! , 1946Ghost of the Glory Gold , 1946Grangers, Get Your Guns! , 1946Jury for Juniper , 1946Sunset for Red Hell Dawson , 1946Trail’s End , 1946No Bounty on Polecats , 1946Rolling the Devil’s Freight , 1946Death-Watch on the Hat , 1946Gun-Mission to Orengo , 1946Satan’s Backtrail , 1946Mask of Satan , 1946The Gun Ghost , 1946Gun-Prodigal’s Bullet Feast , 1946Lay Your Lines to Hell! , 1946Water-Barrel Trap , 1946Bounty Hunter’s Harvest , 1947The Riders of Carne Cove , 1947Old Lawdogs Never Die , 1947Town-Burners’ Barbecue , 1947Three Hold a Dollar , 1947Grandstand Pistol Play , 1947Gun-Master of Massacre Train! , 1947Keep ’Em Rolling West , 1947Killer on the Keys , 1947Gun Cure , 1947Gun-Guardians of the Devil’s Ditch , 1947Traitors’ Blood Is Red , 1947Mountain Girl , 1947Sister’s Got a Feller , 1947Move On, Sawbones , 1947Pack Your Law on the Hip! , 1947The Price of Pride , 1947Shadow of a Lobo , 1947Fiddlefoot Star-Packer , 1947Gunman’s Sleep , 1947Buckskin Man , 1947Reunion at Dead Man’s Ranch , 1947Sheepers Ain’t Folks! , 1947Glory-Hound’s Blunder , 1947Four Guns in Purgatory , 1947Jubilee Valley’s Quick Death Combine , 1947Scalp-Orphan of Sunset Trail , 1947“Six-Gun Fiesta” , 1947They Hanged Wild Bill Murphy , 1947Ready-Made Husband , 1947Book-L’arnin’ and the Equalizer , 1947Star-Toter’s Last Stand , 1947Stopover in Mineral City , 1947The Devil Walks in Carney Town , 1947Hot Lead Homecoming , 1947Make Way for a Buckaroo , 1947Range-Lord of the Land-Lost , 1947When a Ranger Rides , 1947The Long Haul , 1948The Manbreaker , 1948Six Bullets from Boothill , 1948Thunder of Guns , 1948Syndicate Man , 1948Debt Canceled , 1948The Distant Guns , 1948From Hell to Leadville , 1948Nester’s Nemesis , 1948Golden Heels , 1948The Breaking of Sam McKay , 1948Ride Back to Hell! , 1948By Name of Joder , 1948The Tinsel and the Glory , 1948Gold Spur’s Last Strike , 1948A Gun for Lucky Dan , 1948The Trouble Prod , 1948Fugitive from the Boothill Brigade , 1948Judge Guppy’s Colt Law , 1948The Petticoat Brigade , 1948Vigilante Vengeance , 1948The Fence , 1948The Buckskin Prairie-Buster , 1948Hot Lead for the Hellbox , 1948Prison Bait , 1948Fighting Ed Garvey , 1948Law-Dog’s Payday , 1948Blood Call , 1948Boothill Send-Off , 1948Gunhand Wanted—Bring Own Coffin! , 1948Beware the Committee of Death! , 1948Gun-Rep on His Backtrail , 1948For Love of the Union , 1948Hemp-Collar Hero , 1948Raw-Red Law of the Rebel Legion , 1948Sam Colt’s ABC’s , 1948High Desert , 1948Six-Shooter Shadows , 1948Wild Son , 1949The Home Corral , 1949The Man Ten Feet Tall , 1949Rip Van Winkle of Sawbone Gulch , 1949Tenderfoot Gal , 1949Call Him Killer! , 1949A Man’s Job , 1949Steel to the South , 1949Boss Gunman , 1949Strangers, Keep Riding! , 1949Outlaw Saint , 1949Hate in His Holster , 1949It’s Hell to Be a Hero! , 1949Conniving Eli , 1949Gun Job at Deadman’s Spring , 1949Six-Gun Sentence , 1949The Hero , 1949Born Stubborn , 1949Hell Wouldn’t Take Him! , 1949Gun-Dog’s Chance , 1949The Gunsmoke Gambler , 1949Sixshooters Wait at Santa Fe! , 1949Roost on the Purgatory , 1950The Trail Led East , 1950The Leather-Slapper , 1950The Steadfast , 1950The Gunman and the Lady , 1950The Gunman and the Girl , 1950The Golden Witch , 1950Land Rush , 1950Gun-Bride of Sage Valley , 1950The Patriarch of Gunsight Flat , 1950Shootin’ for a Fall , 1950Stage to Glory , 1950Bullets Can’t Break Her! , 1950The Tongue-Tied Cowboy , 1950Gun in His Hand , 1950Blood Feud Valley (ss) 1950 Satan’s Segundo (na) 1950 When Trail Wolves Call Wipe-Out! , 1950Sun in the Sky , 1951Hair-Trigger Headlines , 1951Home to Rafter C , 1951Wheels Roll West , 1951Flight from Fury , 1951Mission to Sontag , 1951When Feed Money Buys Bullets , 1951To Please a Girl , 1951The Girl on Cougar Creek , 1951Fabulous Gunman , 1951Affair at Forty Gun , 1951Devil and Old Man Gillis , 1951Six-Gun Range , 1951Good-Bye to Paradise , 1951Brand of the Sinners , 1951The Land of Gomorrah , 1951The Fifth Cartridge , 1951Bullets from the Night , 1952Boomer Gals—Keep Moving! , 1952The Long Riders , 1952High Valley , 1952Trail to Sundown , 1952Gun Flame , 1952Outlaw with a Star , 1952Red Letter Day , 1952A Fighting Man Rides Home , 1952Gun-Champion for a Bad Girl , 1952Vigilante Valley , 1952Fight for the Fish Hook , 1952Hide-Out on the Poudre , 1952Brody Rustles a Bride , 1952High-Grade , 1952Fighting Man , 1952Rancho of Fear , 1952The Black Jappards , 1953Gateway House , 1953Sudden Verdict , 1953The Nester , 1953The Unbranded , 1953Outlaw’s Wife , 1953Ac-High Hombre , 1953Matt Seery’s Town , 1953Bunchgrass , 1953Gunman Escort , 1953Bushwhacker’s Bride , 1954Ride the Red Trail! , 1954The Desperate Men , 1957Ring-Tailed Catamount , 1957The Law-Abiding Outlaw , 1959Mean Men Are Big , 1960
Fireworks from Texas , 1941The Gunslick Medico , 1941Hoosegow Grubstake, 1947 Joker Barney Dugan , 1948The Insignificant Mr. Dimple , 1948Rats Want It All , 1948Bullet Trail , 1949
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