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Roy Chanslor (August 25, 1899 - April 16, 1964) was a novelist and screenwriter. Several of his works were filmed. Chanslor was born in Liberty, Missouri. He and his wife lived in Carmel, California. He died in Encino, California. Written works. Johnny Guitar (1953) Trouble With Paradise (1954) The Naked I (1953)
Roy Chanslor has 21 books on Goodreads with 229 ratings. Roy Chanslor’s most popular book is The Ballad Of Cat Ballou.
The Balland of Cat Ballou is the story of Cat and Clay, told with all the earthy simplicity of a folksong out of those forever banished days of six guns, frontier dance halls and blazing range wars between cattlman and farmer, the days when a sense of honor could sometimes make a man an outlaw.
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Roy Chanslor is the author of The Ballad Of Cat Ballou (3.67 avg rating, 46 ratings, 9 reviews, published 1956), Johnny Guitar (3.71 avg rating, 17 ratin...
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Jul 8, 2016 · A classic Western novel by Roy Chanslor, featuring a strong female protagonist in a story of love, justice and violence in Wyoming Territory. The reviewer praises the author's style, characters, themes and moral vision, but also points out some flaws and inconsistencies.
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Sep 18, 2015 · Chanslor, Roy. Publication date. 1956. Topics. Literature, Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir, DLI Top-Up. Publisher. Little, Brown and Company, Toronto. Collection. digitallibraryindia; JaiGyan. Language. English. Source: Digital Library of India. Scanning Centre: Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir.
Roy Chanslor's "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" is essentially a western novel with a woman as the protagonist. The early part of the book focuses not on Cat, a dark-haired, sultry tomboy who bears almost no resemblance to the Jane Fonda character, but on the love story of her parents, set in a small, wild-west community.
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