Part 3 of a personal account of homesteading in the 1920s by western author Cherry Wilson. Grass, brush and trees had been steadily drying out during the hot months of July and August, needing only a spark to transform the peaceful land into a roaring furnace. Then fires were reported on distant mountains. Day by… Continue reading Homesteading in the 1920s: part 4 by Cherry Wilson
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Homesteading in the 1920s: part 3 by Cherry Wilson
Part 3 of a personal account of homesteading in the 1920s by western author Cherry Wilson. But to go back to those first glorious days of Spring, after the eventful Winter; when the very air made one’s head light. The call of the outdoor was so strong that while snow still lay in canyon pockets… Continue reading Homesteading in the 1920s: part 3 by Cherry Wilson
Homesteading in the 1920s: part 2 by Cherry Wilson
Part 2 of a personal account of homesteading in the 1920s by western author Cherry Wilson. Two days later, when order was established, we looked with pardonable pride upon our work. For out of that rude shack we had made a home. The bare logs were hung with bright pennants, cheery curtains of cretonne draped… Continue reading Homesteading in the 1920s: part 2 by Cherry Wilson
Cherry Wilson: Life as a homesteader In the 1920s
When you think of a homestead, you probably think of something like this, the log cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born; but Cherry Wilson and her husband Bob homesteaded in the 1920s, driven by Bob’s tuberculosis into a place where they needed fresh air and quiet. This is her account of their experience, published in… Continue reading Cherry Wilson: Life as a homesteader In the 1920s
Dime Detective’s first issue: Success in reverse gear
Dime Detective, launched to compete with Black Mask, was the most popular of Popular Publication’s detective pulps. It featured stories by Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardener, Max Brand, John D. MacDonald and Cornell Woolrich. This editorial, in the first issue, is a mix of rah-rah cheerleading for the magazine’s contents and an anecdote about putting… Continue reading Dime Detective’s first issue: Success in reverse gear
Hidden Sex: The Origin of B. M. Bower
This article by and about B. M. Bower, author of Chip of the Flying U and many other novels and stories, appeared in the December 10, 1928 issue of Western Cattle Markets and News. My Own Tally SheetBy B. M. Bower Note—B. M. Bower, author of “Chip of the Flying U,” which was written in… Continue reading Hidden Sex: The Origin of B. M. Bower
Henry Bassett Comstock – Author, Editor, Illustrator
Henry Bassett Comstock (1908 – 2003), the son of illustrator Enos Benjamin Comstock and Christine Frances Bassett, was an illustrator, journalist and editor of Munsey’s Railroad Magazine in the 1940s. This profile of him originally appeared in The Journal News, White Plains, New York, August 6, 1972. Locomotive tootles way into one man’s heartBY VIRGINIA… Continue reading Henry Bassett Comstock – Author, Editor, Illustrator
Right To Reprint Or Not? That Is The Question
The question of whether to reprint old stories or not was always a thorny one for pulp publishers. While many know about the so called “reprint menace” of the 1930s and 1940s when publishers like Harry Donenfeld and Martin Goodman pushed out pulps full of reprints without identifying them as such, few know of an… Continue reading Right To Reprint Or Not? That Is The Question
The Thrilling World of Robert C. Blackmon: Man of Mystery
The depression, back in 1932, made writing sink-or-swim proposition for Robert C. Blackmon. Cast out on his own after losing a comfortable clerical position with the Atlantic Coast Line rail road, Blackmon swam and today he blesses the day his work terminated with the railroad. Today, eight years later, Blackmon is recognized as one of… Continue reading The Thrilling World of Robert C. Blackmon: Man of Mystery
Mastering Mystery: The Intriguing World of G. T. Fleming-Roberts
THE EDITORS of Better Homes and Gardens magazine unwittingly played right into the hands of G. T. Fleming-Roberts of Brown County, Indiana, when they printed a piece of advice on picking lilies a few months ago. Pull off the stamens, the magazine suggested, and the lilies won’t stain themselves—surely as innocent a tip on gardening… Continue reading Mastering Mystery: The Intriguing World of G. T. Fleming-Roberts