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Robert J. Horton
Born(1885-10-06)October 6, 1885
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 26, 1934(1934-01-26) (aged 48)
New York City
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
GenreWestern novels

Robert J. Horton (October 6, 1885 — January26, 1934) was a pulp fiction author of westerns. He attended Peddie Prep School.

Before becoming an author of fiction, Horton worked in advertising in Great Falls, Montana, then becoming a journalist for the Great Falls Tribune, where he also wrote a sports column under the name "Sporticus". During this time, he first met cowboy and fellow future author Walt Coburn.[1] Horton and Coburn were drinking buddies at this time, according to Coburn.

A few years later, one of his stories in Adventure inspired Coburn to begin writing stories himself, and Horton mentored Coburn during the latter's early years as a published author.[1]

After starting off with stories in Adventure, Argosy, and Munsey's[2][3], in the 1920s Horton sold his novels and stories almost exclusively to Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine, which continued to be his primary market up to his death in 1934. His novels and novellas were then published as books by Street & Smith's book publishing imprint, Chelsea House Books, sometimes under the pen name James Roberts.

Works[edit]

  • Whispering Cañon (serial 1921)
  • Unwelcome Settlers (serial 1921, book 1925)
  • The Coyote (novella 1923, book as by "James Roberts" 1925)
  • Rider o' the Stars (1924)
  • The Prairie Shrine (1924)[4]
  • The Man of the Desert (serial 1924, book 1925)
  • The Cavalier of Rabbit Butte (as by "James Roberts") (1925)
  • The Spectacular Kid (novellas 1923, book 1925)
  • The Cactus Kid (novellas 1924, book 1925 as by "James Roberts")
  • The Two-Gun Kid (1927)
  • The Well-Wisher (1928)
  • The Maverick of Marble Range (serial 1927-1928, book 1929)
  • Bullets In The Sun (1932)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Coburn, Walt (1973). Western World Wrangler. Northland Press. ISBN 0873581229.
  2. ^ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Munsey_s_Magazine/3WlRAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robert+J.+Horton%22&pg=PA103&printsec=frontcover
  3. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=t9hSAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&dq=%22Robert%20J.%20Horton%22&pg=PA157&source=bookclip&ci=61%2C130%2C899%2C1222
  4. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=VznQAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&dq=%22Robert%20J.%20Horton%22&pg=PA932&source=bookclip&ci=153%2C1165%2C766%2C166

https://pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2018/02/robert-j-horton-western-author.html

External links[edit]

Category:Western (genre) writers Category:American male novelists Category:American male short story writers Category:20th-century American novelists Category:20th-century American short story writers Category:20th-century American male writers Category:Pulp fiction writers

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