Novels

   Even after the movie was over, or the television set turned off for the night, you could sneak back into your room or go climb a tree someplace and enjoy your favorite Western character in a different way; through a novel.

 

A book allows you to be involved in the story in a different way. Sometimes, the stories vary a little from what you're used to seeing on the screen (but they romanticize the hero or heroine just as much, if not more), and sometimes the books actually came before the film.  

This is true for The Lone Ranger novels. The first one (The Lone Ranger) was published in 1936, after the radio show first aired in 1933, and many years before The Lone Ranger would air on TV in 1949. Fran Striker wrote the novels, and was involved in both the radio and TV shows. A couple of the books -- The Lone Ranger and The Lone Ranger and Mystery Ranch -- were written for adults rather than younger people.

 "Hopalong Cassidy" was first in novels, and then in movies and radio shows and television shows, and the character Clarence E. Mulford originally wrote about bears little resemblance to the other "Hoppies."  Mulford's Hoppy was not the polished, clean-cut man that Bill Boyd brought to the screen, and the novels had a strong vein of realism running through them that was eventually lost.

Whitman Publishing Company published many Authorized TV Editions, including stories about Clint Walker's "Cheyenne," Gail Davis' "Annie Oakley," and Nick Adam's "Johnny Yuma (The Rebel)." See list below.

(Note: this is a working page, and I will be updating and modifying it from time to time.)    



Whitman Authorized TV Editions

Annie Oakley in Danger at Diablo by Doris Schroeder

Annie Oakley: Double Trouble by Doris Schroeder 

Bat Masterson by Wayne C. Lee

The Big Valley by Charles Heckelmann

Bonanza: Heroes of the Wild West by B. L. Bonham

Bonanza: Killer Lion by Steve Frazee

Bonanza: Treachery Trail by Harry Whittington

Cheyenne and the Lost Gold of Lion Park by Steve Frazee

Circus Boy: War on Wheels by Dorothea J. Snow

Circus Boy: Under the Big Top by Dorothea J. Snow

Dale Evans: Danger In Crooked Canyon by Helen Hale

F Troop: The Great Indian Uprising by William Johnston

Fury and The Lone Pine Mystery by William Fenton

Fury and the Mystery at Trappers' Hole by Troy Nesbit

Gene Autry and the Badmen of Broken Bow (1951) by Snowden Miller

Gene Autry and the Big Valley Grab (1952) by W. H. Hutchinson

Gunsmoke by Doris Schroeder

Gunsmoke by Robert Turner

Gunsmoke: Showdown on Front Street by Paul S. Newman

Have Gun, Will Travel by Barlow Meyers

The High Chaparral: Apache Way by Steve Frazee

Maverick by Charles I. Coombs

The Rebel by H. A. DeRosso

The Restless Gun by Barlow Meyers

The Rifleman by Cole Fannin

Rin Tin Tin and Call to Danger by Doris Schroeder

Rin Tin Tin: The Ghost Wagon Train by Cole Fannin

Rin Tin Tin's Rinty by Julie Campbell

Wagon Train by Troy Nesbit

Wells Fargo and Danger Station by Sam Allison

Wyatt Earp by Monica Hill



Lone Ranger novels by Fran Striker 

The Lone Ranger (1936)

The Lone Ranger and the Mystery Ranch (1938)

The Lone Ranger and the Gold Robbery (1939)

The Lone Ranger and the Outlaw Stronghold (1939)

The Lone Ranger and Tonto (1940)

The Lone Ranger at the Haunted Gulch (1941)

The Lone Ranger Traps the Smugglers (1942)

The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1943)

The Lone Ranger Rides North (1946)

The Lone Ranger and the Silver Bullet (1947)

The Lone Ranger on Powderhorn Trail (1949)

The Lone Ranger in Wild Horse Canyon (1950)

The Lone Ranger West of Maverick Pass (1951)

The Lone Ranger on Gunsight Mesa (1953)

The Lone Ranger and the Bitter Spring Feud (1954)

The Lone Ranger and the Trouble on the Santa Fe (1955)

The Lone Ranger on Red Butte Trail (1956)

The Lone Ranger and the Code of the West (1957)



Roy Rogers 
(note: These books come in various lengths, but most of them are very short books,  meant for children)

Roy Rogers Robinhood of the Range (1942)

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1943) by Elizabeth Beecher/Irwin Myers

Roy Rogers and the Gopher Creek Gunman (1945) by Don Middleton

Roy Rogers at the Crossed Feathers Ranch (1945) by H.C. Thomas

Roy Rogers and the Raiders of Sawtooth Ridge (1946) by Snowden Miller

Roy Rogers and the Dwarf-Cattle Ranch (1947) by Don Middleton

Roy Rogers and the Deadly Treasure (1947) by Gaylord DuBois

Roy Rogers and the Mystery of Howling Mesa (1948 or '46?)

Roy Rogers and Robber's Roost (1948)

Roy Rogers and the Snowbound Outlaws (1948)

Roy Rogers and the Mystery of the Lazy M (1949)

Roy Rogers and the Ghost of Mystery Rancho (1950) by Walker A. Tompkins

Roy Rogers and the Outlaws of Sundown Valley (1950) by Snowden Miller

Roy Rogers Range Detective (1950)

Roy Rogers at the Lane Ranch (1950)

Roy Rogers' Trigger to the Rescue (1950)

Roy Rogers on the Double-R Ranch (1951)

Roy Rogers and the Sure 'nough Cowpoke (1952) by Elizabeth Beecher

Roy Rogers and the Rimrod Renegades (1952) by Snowden Miller

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1953) by Elizabeth Beecher

Roy Rogers and the New Cowboy (1953) by A.N Bedford

Roy Rogers' Bullet and Trigger Wild Horse Roundup (1953) by Elizabeth Beecher

Roy Rogers' Bullet Leads the Way (1953) by Frances Wood

Roy Rogers and the Trail of the Zeroes (1954) by Packer Elton

Roy Rogers and the Desert Treasure (1954) by Alice Sankey

Roy Rogers in Surprise for Donnie (1954) by Alice Sankey

Roy Rogers and Cowboy Toby (1954) by Elizabeth Beecher

Roy Rogers and the Enchanted Canyon (1954) by Jim Rivers

Dale Evans and the Lost Gold Mine (1954) by Monica Hill/Jane Werner Watson

Roy Rogers and the Brasada Bandits (1955) by Cole Fannin

Roy Rogers and the Mountain Lion (1955) by Ann McGovern

Roy Rogers' Favorite Western Stories (1956) by Dorothea J. Snow

Dale Evans and Buttermilk (1956) by Rose Welden

Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1956) by Cole Fannin 

Dale Evans and the Coyote (1956) by Gladys Wyatt

Roy Rogers and the Indian Sign (1956) by Gladys Wyatt

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans in Big Toppers (1956)

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans in River of Peril (1957) by Cole Fannin

Dale Evans and Danger in Crooked Canyon (1958) by Helen Hale



Hopalong Cassidy

Bar 20 (1907) by Clarence Mulford

The Orphan (1908) by Clarence Mulford

Hopalong Cassidy (1910) by Clarence Mulford

Bar-20 Days (1911) by Clarence Mulford

Buck Peters, Ranchman (1912) by Clarence Mulford

The Coming of Cassidy (1913) by Clarence Mulford

The Man From Bar-20 (1918) by Clarence Mulford

Johnny Nelson (1920) by Clarence Mulford

The Bar-20 Three (1921) by Clarence Mulford

Tex (1922) by Clarence Mulford

Bring Me His Ears (1922) by Clarence Mulford

Black Buttes (1923) by Clarence Mulford

Rustler's Valley (1924) by Clarence Mulford

Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1924) by Clarence Mulford

Cottonwood Gulch (1925) by Clarence Mulford

Hopalong Cassidy's Protégé (1926) by Clarence Mulford

The Bar-20 Rides Again (1926) by Clarence Mulford

Corson of the JC (1927) by Clarence Mulford

Mesquite Jenkins (1928) by Clarence Mulford

Me 'an Shorty (1929) by Clarence Mulford

The Deputy Sheriff (1930) by Clarence Mulford

Hopalong Cassidy and the Eagles Brood (1931) by Clarence Mulford

Mesquite Jenkins, Tumbleweed (1932) by Clarence Mulford

The Round-Up (1933) by Clarence Mulford

Trail Dust (1934) by Clarence Mulford

On the Trail of the Tumbling T (1935) by Clarence Mulford

Hopalong Cassidy Takes Cards (1937) by Clarence Mulford

Hopalong Cassidy Serves a Writ (1941) by Clarence Mulford

The Rustlers of West Fork (1950) by Louis L'amour

The Trails to Seven Pines (1950) by Louis L'amour

The Riders of High Rock (1950) by Louis L'amour

Troubleshooters (1950) by Louis L'amour





Sources:

https://www.librarything.com/series/Whitman+Authorized+TV+Editions

https://archive.org/details/RoyRogersAndTheDeadlyTreasure-BigLittleBook

http://www.hopalong.com/novels.htm

http://www.louislamour.com/novels/hopalong4.htm

http://www.ebay.com

https://www.amazon.com



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   Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Mechandising and    
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