The prolific #author of this #scarce 1922 #western turned to #writing after an attempt at farming #skunks and #foxes for their #fur failed. This is the first #Canadian edition. Four #illustrations by #DonnieDuer. $20. #Booksky #HalGEvarts #cowboys #fiction #novel

10:50am TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

The 1930 #Western film🎥 “The Big Trail” directed by #RaoulWalsh from an uncredited screenplay by #MarieBoyle #JackPeabody + #FlorencePostal based on a story by #HalGEvarts

🌟 #JohnWayne #MargueriteChurchill #ElBrendel #TullyMarshall #TyronePowerSr

full issue at https://archive.org/details/colliersmagazine ‘Hal G. Evarts was an American short story writer and novelist. Born in Kansas, he explored the West extensively soaking up everything about the natural world. Hal eventually wrote about his experiences and knowledge in his best-selling Western novels and magazine short stories. Wikipedia

#HalGEvarts (1887-1934), “Midnight Patrol”
‘Kelso knew now that he was just another cop on the border beat doing his job – a job he liked and always would, because it was bigger than any man’s private grief or hate’
👉ALT
*Collier’s*, April 5, 1952
#borderpolice #borderpatrol