Nelson C. Nye
Encyclopedia
Nelson Coral Nye is an award-winning American author of Western
fiction who wrote close to 125 titles and co-founded the Western Writers of America
guild
. He wrote under the name Nelson C. Nye, as well as the pseudonyms Clem Colt and Drake C. Denver.
As Nelson C. Nye
Western (genre)
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fiction who wrote close to 125 titles and co-founded the Western Writers of America
Western Writers of America
Western Writers of America, founded 1953, promotes literature, both fiction and non-fiction, pertaining to the American West. Although its founders wrote traditional western fiction, the more than five hundred current members also include historians and other non-fiction writers as well as authors...
guild
Guild
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. He wrote under the name Nelson C. Nye, as well as the pseudonyms Clem Colt and Drake C. Denver.
Works
As Clem Colt- Hair-Trigger Realm, 1941
- The Five Diamond Brand, 1942
- Triggers for Six, 1943
- The Sure-Fire Kid, 1943
- Rustlers' Roost, 1944
- Guns of Horse Prairie, 1944
- Trigger Talk, 1944
- Breed of the Chaparral, 1948
- Tough Company, 1953
As Nelson C. Nye
- The Killer of Cibecue (1936)
- Gunsmoke (1938)
- Pistols for Hire (1941)
- Wildcats of Tonto basin (1941)
- Tinbadge (1941)
- The Gunfighter Breed (1942)
- Salt River Ranny (1942)
- Rustlers' Roost (1943)
- Tornado on Horseback (1944)
- Fiddle-Back Ranch (1944)
- Once in the Saddle (1946)
- Ramrod Vengeance (1946)
- Blood of Kings (1946)
- The Barber of Tubac (1947)
- Saddle Bow Slim (1948)
- Rustlers of K.C. Ranch (1949)
- A Bullet for Billy the Kid (1950)
- Horses Is Fine People (1950)
- Born to Trouble (1951)
- Riders by Night (1951)
- Wide Loop (1952)
- Thief River (1952)
- Caliban's Colt (1953)
- Desert of the Damned (1953)
- The Crazy K (1953)
- Hired Hand (1954)
- The Red Sombrero (1954)
- Smoke Talk (1954)
- The No-Gun Fighter (1956)
- Arizona Dead-Shot (1957)
- Bandido (1957)
- Gunfighter Brand (1958)
- Maverick Marshall (1958)
- River of Horns (1960)
- The Wolf That Rode (1960)
- The Last Bullet (1960)
- Long Run (1960)
- Johnny Get Your Gun (1960)
- Ride the Wild Plains (1960)
- The Irreverent Scout (1961)
- Death Comes Riding (1962)
- Not Grass Alone (1962)
- They Won Their Spurs (1962)
- Bancroft's Banco (1963)
- Death Valley Slim (1963)
- Wild River (1963)
- Frontier Scout (1964)
- Quick-fire Hombre (1964)
- Sudden Country (1964)
- Weeping Widow Mine (1964)
- The Bravo Brand (1965)
- Iron Hand (1966)
- Shotgun Law (1967)
- Trail of Lost Skulls (1967)
- Rider on the Road (1967)
- A Lost Mine Named Salvation (1968)
- Arizona Renegade (1969)
- Boss Gun (1969)
- Wolftrap (1969)
- Kelly (1971)
- The Clifton Contract (1972)
- The One-Shot Kid (1973)
- Horses Women and Guns (1975)
- The Kid from Lincoln County (1976)
- The Texas Gun (1976)
- Trouble at Quinn's Crossing (1976)
- Hideout (1977)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1978)
- Ambush at Yuma's Chimney (1978)
- The Marshall of Pioche (1979)
- Gringo (1979)
- The Texas Tornado (1979)
- The Trouble at Pena Blanca (1979)
- The Feud At Sleepy Cat (1979)
- Guns Horse Prairie (1979)
- Palominas Pistolero (1980)
- Gun Wolf (1980)
- Gunman, Gunman (1980)
- Breed of the Chaparral (1981)
- Rogue's Rendezvous (1982)
- Triggers for Six (1982)
- Come A-Smokin' (1983)
- Gun Feud at Tiedown (1983)
- Single Action (1983)
- Feud at Single Clinch (1984)
- Hellbound for Ballarat (1984)
- Cartridge Case Law (1985)
- The Overlanders (1985)
- Quick-Trigger Country (1985)
- Trigger-Finger Law (1986)
- The Parson of Gunbarrel Basin (1987)
- The Seven Six Gunners (1987)
- Treasure Trail from Tucson (1987)
- Deadly Companions (1987)
- Horse Thieves (1987)
- No Place to Hide (1988)
- The Lost Padre (1988)
- Mule Man (1988)
- Heathcliff Smooth Sailing (1989)
- Rafe (1990)
- Wild Horse Shorty (1990)
- Hideout Mountain (1991)
- Fight at Four Corners (1992)
- Gunshot Trail (1992)
- The Last Chance Kid (1992)
- Gun Quick (1992)
- The Shootin' Sheriff (1994)
- Parson of Gunmetal Basin (1994)
- The White Chip (1996)
- Renegade Cowboy (1996)
- Gun-Hunt for the Sundance Kid (2001)
- G Stands for Gun (2001)
- Ranger's Revenge (2002)
- The Sure-Fire Kid (2003)