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Entry Updated : 07/18/2005
Full text biography:
Les Savage
Birth Date :
1922
Death Date :
1958
Known As :
Savage, Les
Place of Birth:
Alhambra,California,United States
Place of Death:
Los Angeles,California,United States
Nationality :
American
Occupation :
Novelist
Personal Information:

Born October 10, 1922, in Alhambra, CA; died May 26, 1959, of complications from diabetes and elevated cholesterol.

Writings:

WESTERN FICTION

  • Treasure of the Brasada, Simon and Schuster (New York, NY), 1947.
  • The Doctor at Coffin Gap, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1949.
  • The Hide Rustlers, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1950.
  • The Wild Horse, Fawcett Publications (New York, NY), 1950.
  • (As Logan Stewart) War Bonnet Pass, Fawcett Publications (New York, NY), 1950.
  • Land of the Lawless, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1951.
  • Shadow Riders of the Yellowstone, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1951.
  • Outlaw Thickets, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1952.
  • Last of the Breed, Dell (New York, NY), 1954.
  • Silver Street Woman, Hanover House (Garden City, NY), 1954.
  • Teresa, Dell (New York, NY), 1954.
  • Return to Warbow: An Original Western (also see below), Dell (New York, NY), 1955.
  • The Phantom Stallion, Dodd, Mead & Co. (New York, NY), 1955.
  • Hangtown, Ballentine Books (New York, NY), 1956.
  • Once a Fighter, Pocket Books (New York, NY), 1956.
  • The Royal City, Hanover House (Garden City, NY), 1956, reprinted, Friends-of-the-Palace Press (Santa Fe, NM), 1988.
  • Beyond Wind River, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1958.
  • Doniphan's Ride, Doubleday (Garden City, NY), 1959.
  • The Best Western Stories of Les Savage, Jr., edited by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg, Swallow Press/Ohio University Press (Athens, OH), 1991.
  • Table Rock, G. K. Hall (Thorndike, ME), 1993.
  • Phantoms in the Night, Five Star (Thorndike, ME), 1998.
  • The Shadow in Renegade Basin: A Western Trio, Five Star (Thorndike, ME), 2000.
  • Gambler's Row: A Western Trio, Five Star (Thorndike, ME), 2002.
  • The Beast in CaƱada Diablo: A Western Trio, Five Star (Thorndike, ME), 2004.
  • The Devil's Corral, Leisure Books (Wayne, PA), 2004.
  • The Ghost Horse: A Western Duo, Five Star (Thorndike, ME), 2004.
  • Trail of the Silver Saddle: A Western Trio, Five Star (Thorndike, ME), 2005.
SCREENPLAYS
  • The White Squaw, Columbia Pictures Corp., 1956.
  • Return to Warbow (adapted from his novel of the same name), Columbia Pictures Corp., 1958.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, 2005
Gale Database: Contemporary Authors Online
Source Citation: " Les Savage." 2005. Books & Authors. Gale. Gale Internal User 2 Sep 2010 <http://books.wiseto.com/bna/start.do?p=BNA&u=gale>