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1954 · rif. 8663 — Los Angeles 1954. Manuscript. 11x8.5" sheets mimeo'd copy typed rectos only 210pp. Brad bound in red wraps with title and literary agency info of H.N. Swanson Inc on front cover. From the library of Frank Gruber label attached to inside front cover. Wraps with toning staining and a light crease. Pages clean and very good. Typescript copy from one of the more prolific pulp and screen writers of the mid century Frank Gruber 1904-1969. Gruber began writing stories for Weird Tales Shadow Magazine The Spider Black Mask Dime Mystery and others publishing some 300 stories for over 40 magazines in the span of about 30 years. Once he caught on as a writer he began turning his attention to novels generally in the Western and Detective Fiction genres publishing more than 60 in his lifetime. He also penned 65 screenplays and numerous television scripts. This novel published by Rinehart in 1955 tells the story of Sam Bonner a former Civil War drummer boy who unwillingly becomes an outlaw in the post-Civil War American West after being forced to work with the Morgan gang. An excellent representation of the work in manuscript form of a versatile and influential writer across many literary and media genres. . unknown