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Ernest James Haycox (October 1, 1899 – October 13, 1950) [1] was an American writer of Western fiction . Haycox in 1923. Biography. Haycox was born in Portland, Oregon, to William James Haycox and the former Martha Burghardt on October 1, 1899. [2] .
Ernest Haycox was one of the prominent authors of the historical and western fiction genres, hailing from The United States. He was born on October 1, 1899; and died on October 13, 1950. Author Haycox’s birth had taken place in Portland, Oregon.
Ernest Haycox was an important figure in the development of the popular Western. Diligent, prolific, and ambitious, he wrote twenty-four novels, nearly three hundred short stories and serial installments, and dozens of essays.
When Ernest Haycox applied his University of Oregon journalism education to western literature, he reinvented the genre. In place of flowery bursts of sentiment and sensationalism, Haycox offered clear, lean, and active prose.
Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. Ernest Haycox (1899-1950) by Ernest Haycox, Jr. 2001. Born Ernest James Haycox in Portland, Oregon on Oct. 1, 1899, in a house or apartment on lower Caruthers Street. There is no record of the event ( no announcements, no birth certificate.
Feb 26, 2018 · Ernest Haycox died in 1950, but he continues to cast a long shadow over Western fiction. In Ernest Haycox and the Western (University Press of Oklahoma, $29.95), Richard W. Etulain gives us a literary history of the author’s work, with special emphasis on two.
The Ernest Haycox Papers comprise manuscripts of his short stories and novels, magazine tearsheets, freestanding volumes and research material. Manuscripts for some of his earliest short stories are missing, but most of these are represented by tearsheets.
