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Cherry Wilson
Cherry Wilson (born Rosemary Burdick, July 12, 1893 – November 1976) was an American novelist known for her work in the Western genre. Several of her books were turned into Hollywood films. Biography Cherry was born in Pennsylvania to Frank Burdick and Anna Woodbury. After moving out west when she was 16, she began working in journalism; she had a column called "Cherry's Corner" that ran for more than 200 editions in ''The Journal Miner'' in Republic, Washington. She married Robert Wilson in the 1910s, and the pair was involved in homesteading, mining, taming wild mustangs. She worked a lot of these experiences into the Western novels she began writing in the 1920s. She also wrote more than 100 short stories; most of these were published in the pulp magazine ''Western Story Magazine''. Many of her books were turned into films (including several in the Buck Jones series), although Wilson said she had no part in their production. "I don't want to take credit for someone else's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre Setting (narrative), set in the American frontier and commonly associated with Americana (culture), folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a state of near-total lawlessness patrolled by outlaws, sheriffs, and numerous other Stock character, stock "gunslinger" characters. Western narratives often concern the gradual attempts to tame the crime-ridden American West using wider themes of justice, freedom, rugged individualism, Manifest Destiny, and the national history and identity of the United States. History The first films that belong to the Western genre are a series of short single reel silents made in 1894 by Edison Studios at their Edison's Black Maria, Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. These featured vet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
