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Authors: Glendon Swarthout

About the Author

Glendon Swarthout wrote sixteen novels, many of which were bestsellers and were made into films. Among those were
Seventh Cavalry
(Columbia Pictures, 1956) starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Hale;
They Came To Cordura
(Columbia, 1959) starring Gary Cooper and Rita Hayworth;
Where The Boys Are
(MGM, 1960) starring George Hamilton and Paula Prentiss;
Bless The Beasts & Children
(Columbia, 1972) starring Billy Mumy;
The Shootist
(Paramount Pictures, 1976) starring John Wayne and Lauren Bacall; and
A Christmas To Remember
(CBS TV, 1978) starring Joanne Woodward and Jason Robards. With his wife Kathryn, he wrote six books for children, and lived in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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ALSO BY GLENDON SWARTHOUT

Willow Run

They Came to Cordura

Where the Boys Are

Welcome to Thebes

The Cadillac Cowboys

The Eagle and the Iron Cross

Loveland

Bless the Beasts & Children

The Tin Lizzie Troop

Luck and Pluck

The Shootist

The Melodeon

Skeletons

The Old Colts

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Copyright © 1988 by Glendon Swarthout

Afterword © 2014 by Miles Swarthout

Originally published in 1988 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

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