Luke Short
Luke Short
Luke Short is the pen name of Frederick Dilley Glidden, the bestselling, award-winning author of over fifty classic western novels and hundreds of short stories. Renowned for their action-packed story lines, multidimensional characters, and vibrant dialogue, Glidden’s novels sold over thirty million copies. Ten of his novels, including Blood on the Moon, Coroner Creek, and Ramrod, were adapted for the screen. Glidden was the winner of a special Western Heritage Trustees Award and the Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award from the Western Writers of America. Born in Kewanee, Illinois, Glidden graduated in 1930 from the University of Missouri where he studied journalism. After working for several newspapers, he became a trapper in Canada and, later, an archaeologist’s assistant in New Mexico. His first story, “Six-Gun Lawyer,” was published in Cowboy Stories magazine in 1935 under the name F. D. Glidden. At the suggestion of his publisher, he used the pseudonym Luke Short, not realizing it was the name of a real gunman and gambler who was a friend of Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. In addition to his prolific writing career, Glidden worked for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. He moved to Aspen, Colorado, in 1946, and became an active member of the Aspen Town Council, where he initiated the zoning laws that helped preserve the town.
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Ambush
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War on the Cimarron
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War on the Cimarron
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Coroner Creek
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Trumpets West!
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The Man From Two Rivers
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Sunset Graze
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The whip
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Donovan's Gun
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High Vermilion
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Summer of the smoke
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The some-day country
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Ride the Man Down
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And the Wind Blows Free
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First campaign
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The man on the blue
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Blood on the moon
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The branded man
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The feud at Single Shot
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The outrider
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Rimrock
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Station West
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Silver Rock
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The Stalkers
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Ambush
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War on the Cimarron
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War on the Cimarron
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Coroner Creek
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Trumpets West!
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The Man From Two Rivers
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Sunset Graze
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The whip
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Donovan's Gun
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High Vermilion
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Summer of the smoke
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The some-day country
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Ride the Man Down
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And the Wind Blows Free
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First campaign
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The man on the blue
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Blood on the moon
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The branded man
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The feud at Single Shot
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The outrider
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Rimrock
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Station West
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Silver Rock
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The Stalkers