Frank Chester Robertson

Frank Chester Robertson (January 12, 1890, Idaho – July 29, 1969) was an American writer of Western stories.

Biography

"Frank worked at a variety of menial jobs with cattle and sheep in his early life in an attempt to help provide for his family. He and his brother Oba became farmers, but were deeply in debt. He obtained his own homestead of 320 acres in 1914 at the age of 24. He typed up a western story and sold it, and gradually began to earn more of his money by writing than by farming. He had had little formal education, but his mother taught him and his brothers at home. He continued to write western stories all his life, and contributed about 100 stories and articles to magazines.

Frank wrote his autobiography, and the tale of his parents, in a book titled, A Ram in the Thicket which contains many more details about his and his family's life than it is possible to reproduce here. In later years, he also wrote a column called The Chopping Block for the Provo Herald. His home was Springville, Utah and he had a cherry orchard there." [ [http://www.geocities.com/grandmashannon/momI3576.html Frank Chester Robertson Family ] ]

On July 11, 1919 he married Winifred "Winnie" Bowman. He was survived by three children: Nellie Robertson, Glen Evan Robertson and Victor Hugh Robertson. He passed away on July 29, 1969.

He had "251 works in 413 publications in 8 languages and 3,790 library holdings" as of January 2008. [ [http://worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/30252422?page=frame&url=%2fidentities%2ffind%3furl_ver%3dZ39.88-2004%26rft_val_fmt%3dinfo%3aofi%2ffmt%3akev%3amtx%3aidentity%26rft.namelast%3dRobertson%26rft.namefirst%3dFrank%2bchester.%26rft.nameinit%3dF%26rft.nameinit1%3dF%26rft.nameinitm%3d%26rft.namesuffix%3d%26rft.nametitle%3d%26rft.date%3d%26rft.name%3d%26rft.birthdate%3d%26rft.deathdate%3d%26rft.arn%3d%26rft.title%3dHoodlums%2bat%2bHogup.%26rft_id%3dinfo%3aoclcnum%2f30252422&title=&linktype=identitiesLink [WorldCat.org ] ]

Bibliography

Foreman of the Forty-Four, 1925; Boss of Tumbling h, 1927;

On the Trail of Chief Joseph, 1927;

Fall of buffalo Horn, 1928;

The Man Branders, 1928;

The Silver Cow, 1929;

The Far Horizon, 1929;

The Hidden Cabin, 1929;

Brand of the Open Hand, 1929;

Clawhammer Ranch, 1930;

Deadman's Grove 1930;

Riders of Sunset Trail, 1930;

The Mormon Trail, 1931;

Bandit of Bayhorse Basin, 1931;

The Range Defender, 1931;

We Want That Range, 1931;

The Prairie Princess, 1931;

Red Rustlers, 1932;

The Trouble Grabber, 1932;

Cowboy Courage, 1933;

Freewater Range, 1933;

Song of the Leather, 1933;

Round-up at Rustler's Gap, 1934;

Outlaw Ranch, 1934;

Forbidden Trails, 1935;

The Powder Burner, 1935;

The Rocky Road to Jericho (nom de plume, Frank Chester Field), 1935;

Branded Men, 1936;

Randy of Roaring River, 1936;

Bandits of the Barrens, 1937;

The Outlaw of Antler, 1937;

Thunder of the Range, 1938;

The pride of Pine Creek, 1938;

Fighting Jack Warbonnet, 1939;

Rip Roarin' Rincon, 1939;

Cowboy Comes a Fightin', 1940;

The Fight for River Range, 1940;

Firebrand from Burnt Creek, 1940;

Rifle Law, 1940;

Snake River to Hell, 1941;

Poison Valley, 1941;

Round Up and Trail, 1941;

Pilgrims of Poison Valley, 1941;

References

*Who's Who in America Vol. 21 1940-1941