Harry Sinclair Drago
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Harry Sinclair Drago was an American writer who began his writing career as a reporter and columnist for the Toledo Bee in Toledo, Ohio. In 1928, he went to work in Hollywood as a scriptwriter. He is best known for his historical fiction, most of which was set in the American Southwest. In 1960 he was awarded the Buffalo Award for best wester book for Wild, Woolly, and Wicked. In 1970 he was given the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Award for The Great Range Wars. He averaged three books a year, and published more than a hundred books over his career.
Books
Canal days in America
The author reviews the colorful pageant of the canal era in America as he rambles along the old towpaths where mules once trod, long ago given over to weed and buckbruch, to make this book one of the pleasantest of nostalgic adventures.
The great range wars
Details the Lincoln County War, Pleasant Valley Feud, Johnson County War, Conflict on the Clear Fork of Texas and Fence-Cutting War in the Texas Panhandle, etc.
Notorious ladies of the frontier
Separates hard fact from colorful fiction in several vivid vignettes of notorious women of Western frontier cities and towns. Lola Montez, Calamity Jane, and Diamond-tooth Lil are included.
Where East is East
When Tiger Haynes learns his beloved daughter Toyo intends to marry Bobby Bailey, the son of an American circus owner, the Indochina-based animal trapper is skeptical at first, but soon gives his blessing. But when Bobby joins Tiger for a boat ride down the river, the young man soon falls under the seductive spell of fellow passenger Madame de Sylva, Toyo's estranged mother and Haynes' vengeful ex-wife. She attempts to even the score by stealing Bobby away from their daughter.