Glendon Swarthout
Glendon Swarthout was an American novelist whose Westerns and adventure novels were distinguished by their literary quality and moral seriousness. The Shootist, about an aging gunfighter dying of cancer, was filmed as John Wayne's last movie. He received the Spur Award from Western Writers of America.
Works
- They Came to CorduraWestern novel about American soldiers during Mexican Revolution
- The ShootistWestern about aging gunslinger facing death in final days
- Bless the Beasts and ChildrenNovel about teenage rebels on animal rescue mission adventure
- The HomesmanWestern about pioneer woman rescuing abducted mental patients
- SkeletonsWestern involving ghost-town mystery and buried past