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Burt Arthur (1899–1975)

Author of Return of the Texan

55 Works 164 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Includes the names: Arthur Burt, Herbert Arthur

Works by Burt Arthur

Return of the Texan (1956) 10 copies
The Texan (1946) 9 copies
Gunsmoke in Nevada (1957) 9 copies
The Killer (1968) 7 copies
Sing a Song of Six-guns (1960) 6 copies
Nevada (1949) 5 copies
Walk Tall, Ride Tall (1965) 5 copies
Boss of the Far West (1965) 4 copies
The Gunslinger (1971) 4 copies
The Stranger (1971) 4 copies
Stirrups in the Dust (1951) 4 copies
The Buckaroo (1975) 4 copies
Ride a Crooked Trail (1964) 4 copies
Silver City Rangers (1964) 3 copies
The Free Lands (1966) 3 copies
Outlaw Fury (1972) 3 copies
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! (1998) 3 copies
Drifter (1975) 3 copies
Flaming Guns (1988) 3 copies
The Silent Years (2000) 3 copies
Thunder Valley (1952) 3 copies
Two-Gun Outlaw (1952) 3 copies
Trouble at Moon Pass (1943) 3 copies
Pebbles to Slay Goliath: (1996) 2 copies
How to Be Ordinary (2004) 2 copies
Trouble Town (1960) 2 copies
Canavan's Trail (1984) 2 copies
Gun Law on the Range (1967) 2 copies
Surrender (1997) 2 copies
Brothers of the Range (1980) 2 copies
Killer's Crossing (1960) 2 copies
Gunsmoke in Paradise (1943) 2 copies
Empty Saddles (1964) 2 copies
Trigger Man from Nevada (1949) 2 copies
Ride Out for Revenge (1957) 2 copies
Three Guns North (1979) 1 copy
Two Gun Outlaw (2012) 1 copy
The Drifter (1967) 1 copy
Freedom Run (1971) 1 copy
Action at Spanish Flat (1952) 1 copy
Sheriff of Lonesome (1948) 1 copy
Lead Hungry Lobos (1978) 1 copy
High pockets, (1992) 1 copy

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Birthdate
1899
Date of death
1975
Gender
male

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This is a very standard "Oater", with a clear bad guy, and a town, rotten to the core where, after a gunfight of serious dimensions, will, one hopes, go on to be a decent place.
 
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DinadansFriend | Jul 3, 2019 |
Wildside Press Megapacks are truly a great deal. Here, you get four novels for the price of one, three by Thomas B Dewey and one by Burt Arthur (who appears to be someone other than Dewey - ?) There might not be a particular reason these were bundled together.

Two of the Dewey novels are top-notch pulp novels. Run Brother Run could use a snazzier pulpier title, but that's really the
only complaint with it. It is a terrific fifties-era pulp story that is easy to read and hard to put down. The pacing is terrific and the action relentless. Dewey gives us a tale about a prison break, a group of ex-
cons holed up together with no one trusting each other and for good
reason, nightclubs, strippers, knife-wielding hoods, and a fortune in
jewels. It's much much more than your average prison break story and
it's filled with terrific characters that really come alive visually. Reminded me a little of westlake's Parker novels. Nothing -absolutely nothing not to like here.

Kiss Me Hard is another terrific pulp novel that pairs a hard-drinking piano player with a missing girl as they make their way across the country with the law and other menacing figures on their heels. They
hop freight trains and sleep in hayfields and rundown hotels on the wrong side of town just like out of Kerouac's On the Road. This story is worth reading as you follow these tragic figures trying to escape their pasts and trying to get by day to day.

The third Dewey novel A Season of Violence is more of a Perry Mason
type court case novel, but I thought it meandered a bit too much and
lacked the raw passion that the other two Dewey novels had.

Finally, the Burt Arthur novel is a classic western.
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DaveWilde | Sep 22, 2017 |

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Works
55
Members
164
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
116
Languages
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