The Adventurers - A Novel

Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1954. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Drawing By Samuel H. Bryant (illustrator). First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. "Ernest Haycox was responsible for lifting western fiction out of the formulaic pattern inherited from Wister, Grey, and Brand. Haycox first gave psychologically complex heroes rather than gun dummies, pairs of contrasting heroines, and challenging themes. Many other western writers have acknowledged Haycox's influence and followed some of the paths he blazed." - Robert l. Gale. Haycox developed from a writer of formulaic western short stories to a brilliant historical [panoramic] novelist. Haycox's influence and craftsmanship has been recognized by W.H. Hutchinson, Bernard de Voto, Frank Gruber, Russel Nye, John R. Milton, Philip Durham, Frederick W. Nolan, Luke Short, Brian Garfield, D.B. Newton, Richard W. Etulain. 'The Adventurers' [published posthumously] is the culmination of Haycox's writing journey towards the panoramic historical western. "The setting is Oregon in 1865. To the exciting and violent story of a primitive land in evolution, Ernest Haycox has added his deep understanding of its people. He gives us a profound and memorable picture of the living American past." - The dust jacket has some minor tears to edges, slight wear to corner extremities, and slight soiling.