Man in the Saddle (novel by Ernest Haycox, 1938 and Columbia movie, 1951)
Death on the range . . In his excellent book on a great Western author, Ernest Haycox and the Western, Richard W Etulain tells us that “By 1935, a new type of Haycox Western hero was emerging, particularly in his serials. A Hamlet-like figure was replacing the cowboy whose life consisted largely of shooting, fighting […]