| SHIRREFFS, GORDON |
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SHIRREFFS, GORDON [1914-96] (writer) |
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| | Biographical |
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Aka GORDON DONALD SHIRREFFS |
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GORDON DONALDS; STEWART GORDON; JACKSON FLYNN; ART MAC LEAN; also worked under house name DAVE SANDS (in magazines) |
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Avocations: Arms collecting, model making, marksmanship (pistol, rifle, and bow), fishing, hunting, travel, Southwest legends, and sea lore |
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His western novels have been published in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, England, Canada, and Australia |
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| | Education |
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B.A., and M.A.,California State University [Northridge] |
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Northwestern University; Armed Forces Infoirmation School [Pennsylvania] |
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Authors League of America; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; National Rifle Association; Western Writers of America |
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| | Print Media (non-comics) |
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Writer: Historical nonfiction: The Road to Victory 1946 book |
> 46 |
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Writer: Novel: Action Front! 1962 |
> 62 |
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Writer: Novel: Ambush on the Mesa 1958 |
> 58 |
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Writer: Novel: Apache Butt 1960 |
> 60 |
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Writer: Novel: Arizona Justice 1956 |
> 56 |
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Writer: Novel: Barranca 1965 |
> 65 |
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Writer: Novel: Blood Justice 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: Bold Legend 1982 |
> 82 |
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Writer: Novel: Bowman's Kid 1973 |
> 73 |
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Writer: Novel: Brasada 1972 |
> 72 |
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Writer: Novel: Bugles on the Prairie 1957 |
> 57 |
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Writer: Novel: Calgaich the Swordsman 1980 |
> 80 |
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Writer: Novel: Captain Cutlass 1978 |
> 78 |
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Writer: Novel: Code of the Gun 1956 |
> 56 |
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Writer: Novel: Five Graves to Boothill 1968 |
> 68 |
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Writer: Novel: Fort Suicide 1959 |
> 59 |
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Writer: Novel: Fort Vengeance 1957 |
> 57 |
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Writer: Novel: Glorieta Pass 1984 |
> 84 |
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Writer: Novel: Gunswift 1957 |
> 57 |
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Writer: Novel: Hangin's Pards 1961 |
> 61 |
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Writer: Novel: Hell's Forty Acres [first novel in Dave Hunter/Ash Mawson series] 1987 |
> 87 |
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Writer: Novel: Jack of Spades 1970 |
> 70 |
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Writer: Novel: Judas Gun 1964 adapted as film A Long Ride from Hell |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: Last Man Alive 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: Last Train from Gun Hill 1958 |
> 58 |
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Writer: Novel: Legend of the Damned 1977 |
> 77 |
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Writer: Novel: Massacre Creek 1957 adapted as Galvanized Yankee of TV Playhouse 90 |
> 57 |
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Writer: Novel: Maximilian's Gold [second novel in Dave Hunter/Ash Mawson series] 1988 |
> 88 |
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Writer: Novel: Mystery of the Haunted Mine 1973 |
> 73 |
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Writer: Novel: Mystery of the Lost Canyon 1963 |
> 63 |
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Writer: Novel: Mystery of the Lost Cliffdwelling 1968 |
> 68 |
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Writer: Novel: Now He Is Legend 1965 |
> 65 |
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Writer: Novel: Power Boy of the Monitor 1961 |
> 61 |
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Writer: Novel: Quicktrigger 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: Range Rebel 1956 |
> 56 |
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Writer: Novel: Renegade Lawmaqn 1959 |
> 59 |
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Writer: Novel: Renegade's Trail 1974 |
> 74 |
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Writer: Novel: Ride a Lone Trail 1961 |
> 61 |
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Writer: Novel: Rio Bravo 1956 adapted as film Oregon Passage |
> 56 |
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Writer: Novel: Rio Desperado 1962 |
> 62 |
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Writer: Novel: Rio Diablo 1977 |
> 77 |
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Writer: Novel: Roanoke Raiders 1959 |
> 59 |
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Writer: Novel: Shadow Valley 1958 |
> 58 |
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Writer: Novel: Shadow of a Gunman 1959 |
> 59 |
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Writer: Novel: Shootout 1974 |
> 74 |
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Writer: Novel: Showdown in Sonora 1969 |
> 69 |
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Writer: Novel: Silent Reckoning adapted as film The Lonesome Trail |
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Writer: Novel: Slaughter at Broken Arrow 1963 |
> 63 |
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Writer: Novel: Son of the Thunder People 1957 |
> 57 |
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Writer: Novel: Southwest Drifter 1967 |
> 67 |
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Writer: Novel: Swiftwagon 1958 |
> 58 |
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Writer: Novel: The Apache Hunter 1976 |
> 76 |
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Writer: Novel: The Bolo Battalion 1966 |
> 66 |
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Writer: Novel: The Border Guidon 1962 |
> 62 |
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Writer: Novel: The Brave Rifles 1959 |
> 59 |
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Writer: Novel: The Cold Seas Beyond 1963 |
> 63 |
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Writer: Novel: The Devil's Dance Floor [fourth novel in Dave Hunter/Ash Mawson series] 1994 |
> 94 |
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Writer: Novel: The Enemy Seas 1965 |
> 65 |
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Writer: Novel: The Ghost Dancers 1986 |
> 86 |
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Writer: Novel: The Godless Breed 1968 |
> 68 |
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Writer: Novel: The Gray Sea Raiders 1961 |
> 61 |
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Writer: Novel: The Haunted Treasure of the Espectros 1962 |
> 62 |
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Writer: Novel: The Hidden Rider of Dark Mountain 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: The Hostile Beaches 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: The Killer Sea 1968 |
> 68 |
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Writer: Novel: The Lone Rifle 1965 |
> 65 |
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Writer: Novel: The Lonely Gun 1959 |
> 59 |
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Writer: Novel: The Manhunter 1970 |
> 70 |
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Writer: Novel: The Marauders 1977 |
> 77 |
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Writer: Novel: The Mosquito Fleet 1961 |
> 61 |
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Writer: Novel: The Nevada Gun 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: The Rebel Trumpet 1961 |
> 61 |
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Writer: Novel: The Secret of the Spanish Desert 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: The Untamed Breed 1981 |
> 81 |
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Writer: Novel: The Valiant Bugles 1962 |
> 62 |
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Writer: Novel: The Walking Sands [third novel in Dave Hunter/Ash Mawson series] 1990 |
> 90 |
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Writer: Novel: They Met Danger 1960 |
> 60 |
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Writer: Novel: Three from the West [contains Rio Desperado, Quicktrigger, and Voice of the Gun] 1978 |
> 78 |
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Writer: Novel: Too Tough to Die 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Novel: Top Gun 1957 |
> 57 |
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Writer: Novel: Torpedoes Away 1967 |
> 67 |
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Writer: Novel: Trail's End 1959 |
> 59 |
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Writer: Novel: Voice of the Gun 1962 |
> 62 |
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Writer: Novelettes: Gunslingers Three 1964 |
> 64 |
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Writer: Over 150 short stories, juvenile stories and novelettes for periodicals |
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| | Commercial Art & Design |
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Owner: Shirreffs Gadgets and Toys [Chicago] 1948-52 |
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| | Additional biography |
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Comtemporary Authors |
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| | Honors |
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Commonwealth Club of California Silver Medal Award 1962 [for Gray Sea Raiders] |
> 62 |
| | DELL PUBLICATIONS |
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RIN TIN TIN (w) 1950s |
> 50s |
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ROY ROGERS (w) 1950s |
> 50s |
| | Source (some data) |
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Via Dennis Lien 2004 |
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