Clifton Adams — Wikipedia

Clifton Adams , born the first ^is December 1919 in Comanche, and died the October 7, 1971 In San Francisco, is an American writer specializing in the novel Western, also the author of some detective novels. He published some titles under the pseudonyms Clay Randall , Jonathan Gant And Matt Kincaid .

After studying higher at the University of Oklahoma, he became a professional jazz drummer before devoting himself solely to writing.

He started his literary career by publishing dozens of new westerns from 1948 in pulps specializing in this genre. In 1952, he published The Colonel’s Lady . The following year, he made a first attempt in the detective novel with Whom Gods Destroy , a story on illegal alcohol traffic and the Oklahama bootleggers, then, under the pseudonym of Jonathan Gant, The cravings (1957), on the hectic escape of a killer. In 1953, however, he appeared It is awake , his most famous western, who convinces him to continue in this genre. Translated into several languages ​​and adapted to the cinema in 1954 by Thomas Carr, this novel tells the tragic story of Tall Cameron, a rebellious young who gradually becomes a desperado. Clifton Adams will follow up on the adventures of this anti-hero before writing around thirty other westerns, some of whom appeared after his abrupt death, caused by a heart attack in 1971.

Three of his texts were adapted to the cinema, and one, on television.

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Western Series Tall Cameron, him awake [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• The Desperado (1953)
  Posted in French under the title It is awake , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 529, 1959; reissue, Paris, Gallimard, the black pocket n ^O 20, 1967; Reissue, Paris, Gallimard, Black Square n ^O 355, 1980
• A Noose for the Desperado (1953)
  Posted in French under the title Tall Cameron , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 50, 1971

Other westerns [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• The Colonel’s Lady (1952)
• Two-Gun Law (1954)
• Gambling Man (1955)
  Posted in French under the title The son of the outlaw , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 44, 1970
• Law of the Trigger (1956)
• Killer in Town (1959)
• Stranger in Town (1962), elongated version of the new homonym
• The Legend of Lonnie Hall (1963)
  Posted in French under the title The legend of Lonnie Hall , Paris, Dupuis, coll. Gallop n ^O 27, 1968
  Published in French in another translation under the title The Phantom Viewer , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 175, 1977
• The Moolight War (1963)
• Reckless Men (1963)
• The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones (1964)
• Hogan’s Way (1964)
• The Hottest Fourth of July in the History of Hangtree County (1964)
  Posted in French under the title The law is me , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 14, 1968
• Doomsday Creek (1965)
• The Hottest Day in Hangtree County (1965)
• The Grabhorn Bounty (1966)
  Posted in French under the title Prices $ 10,000 , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 243, 1981
• Shorty (1966)
  Posted in French under the title The law of the gun , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1098, 1967
• A Partnership With Death (1967)
  Posted in French under the title The word is at the colts , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1188, 1968
• The Most Dangerous Profession (1968), posthumous novel
  Posted in French under the title A damn job , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1267, 1969
• Tragg’s Choice (1969)
  Posted in French under the title Rif for sheriff , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1330, 1970
• Dude Sherriff (1970)
• The Last Days of Wolf Garnett or Outlaw Destiny (1970)
  Posted in French under the title The last days of the wolf , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1424, 1971
• The Badge and Harry Cole (1971)
  Posted in French under the title The black badge , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1502, 1972
• Biscuit-Shooter (1971)
• Concannon (1972), posthumous novel
  Posted in French under the title The rails are red , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1595, 1973
• Rogue Cowboy (1972), posthumous novel
• Hassle and the Medicine Man (1973), posthumous novel
  Posted in French under the title The time of charlatans , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 1651, 1974
• Lawman’s Badge (1973), posthumous novel
• The Hard Time Bunch (1973), posthumous novel
  Posted in French under the title Wolves hunt , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 122, 1974
• Hard Times for Arnie Smith (1974), posthumous novel
• Day of the Gun (1984), posthumous novel

Detective novels [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Whom Gods Destroy (1953)
• Death’s Sweet Song (1955)

Western Series FLAGG Signed Clay Randall [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Lawman (1964)
• High Gun or Amos Flagg – High Gun (1965)
• Amos Flagg Rides Out (1967)
  Posted in French under the title Texas alert , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 56, 1971
• Bushwhacked (1967)
• Amos Flagg Has His Day (1969)
• The Killing of Billy Jowett (1969)
  Posted in French under the title The death of Billy Jowett , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 155, 1976
• Amos Flagg: Showdown (1969)

Other novels signed Clay Randall [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Six-Gun Boss (1953)
• Boomer (1957)
• When Oil Ran Red (1957)
• The Oceola Kid (1963)
  Posted in French under the title For the love of a mestizo , Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, coll. Mask-Western n ^O 150, 1976
• Hardcase for Hire (1964)

Westerns signed Matt Kincaid [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Hardcase (1958)
• The Cold Killers (1965)
• Hand and Rattle (1967)
• Star of Evil (1971)
• Gun of Vengeance (1972), posthumous novel
• Once an Outlaw (1973), posthumous novel

Detective novels signed Jonathan Gant [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Never Say No to a Killer (1956)
  Posted in French under the title The cravings , Paris, Gallimard, black series n ^O 369, 1957
• The Long Vendetta (1963)

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Collection of stories [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• War Whoop and Battle Cry (1968), in collaboration with Clay Fisher, T.V. Olsen and Luke Short

Isolated news [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

At the movie theater [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• 1954: The Desperado , American film by Thomas Carr, according to the novel Homonymous, with Jimmy Lydon, in the role of Tall Cameron, Wayne Morris and Beverly Garland.
• 1957: Outlaw’s Son , American film by Lesley Selander, according to the novel The son of the outlaw ( Gambling Man ), with Dane Clark and Ben Cooper.
• 1958: It is awake des plaines ( Cole Younger, Gunfighter ), American film by R. G. Springsteen, according to the new The Desperado , with Frank Lovejoy and James Best.

On the television [ modifier | Modifier and code ]