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Luke Short (born Frederick Dilley Glidden November 19, 1908 – August 18, 1975) was a popular Western writer. At least ten of his novels were made into films.
Luke Short is the pseudonym of Frederick Dilley Glidden, one of the most prolific authors of Western novels that ever lived. He was born in 1908 and published his first novel “The Feud at Single Shot” in 1936. By the time of his death in 1975, he had published more than a hundred short stories and over fifty novels.
Luke Short has 161 books on Goodreads with 9058 ratings. Luke Short’s most popular book is Gunman's Chance.
Occupation (s) Cowboy, gambler, saloon owner, gunfighter, Army scout, boxing promoter. Spouse. Hattie Buck. Luke Lamar Short (January 22, 1854 – September 8, 1893) was an American Old West gunfighter, cowboy, U.S. Army scout, dispatch rider, gambler, boxing promoter, and saloon owner.
Luke Short (real name Frederick Dilley Glidden) was a popular Western writer. Born in Kewanee, Illinois Glidden attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two and a half years and then transferred to the University of Missouri at Columbia to study journalism.
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Feb 18, 2014 · Luke Short was a farmer in New England who attained his hundredth year in exceptional vigor though without having sought peace with God. One day as he sat in his fields reflecting upon his long life, he recalled a sermon he had heard in Dartmouth as a boy before he sailed to America.
Oct 23, 2023 · “Luke Short, whose stories of hard‐riding, hell‐for-leather Western heroes sold millions of paperback novels over a 30‐year period, died today . . . He was 67 years old.” So reported The New York Times in its obituary for Kewanee-born Frederick Dilley Glidden at his death in 1975.
