Clarence Edward Mulford (3 February 1883 – 10 May 1956) was an American writer, best known as the creator of the character

Hopalong Cassidy Hopalong Cassidy is a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of short stories and novels based on the character. Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. He was ...

Biography

Mulford was born in Streator, Illinois. He created

in 1904 while living in Fryeburg, Maine, and the many short stories and 28 novels were adapted to radio, feature film, television, and comic books, often deviating significantly from the original stories, especially in the character's traits. While many of his stories depicted Cassidy and other men of the Bar-20 ranch, he also wrote novels (and short stories) of other Westerners, starting with ''Johnny Nelson'' in 1920. He also wrote nonfiction, mostly about the American West, the outdoors, and motoring.Nevins, Francis M., Jr., 1993, ''Bar-20: The Life of Clarence E. Mulford, Creator of Hopalong Cassidy, with Seven Original Stories Reprinted''. McFarland & Company: Jefferson, North Carolina. pp. 211–218 (bibliography of works by Mulford). More than just writing a very popular series of Westerns, Mulford recreated an entire detailed and authentic world filled with characters drawn from his extensive library research.Nevins, Francis M., Jr., 1993, ''Bar-20: The Life of Clarence E. Mulford, Creator of Hopalong Cassidy, with Seven Original Stories Reprinted.'' McFarland & Company: Jefferson, North Carolina. p. 124. His biographer, Francis Nevins, characterized Mulford's writing as "rooted in Victorian convention." Nevins also states that he originated the Western series that has continuous characters, and that, unlike the characters of most later Western series writers, his characters aged. He died of complications from surgery in Portland, Maine. He set aside much of his money from his books for local charities.

Works

Hopalong Cassidy novels

*''Bar-20'' (1906) *''The Orphan'' (1908) *''Hopalong Cassidy'' (1910) *''Bar-20 Days'' (1911) *''Buck Peters, Ranchman'' (1912) *''The Coming of Cassidy'' (1913) *''The Man from Bar-20'' (1918) *''Johnny Nelson'' (1920) *''The Bar-20 Three'' (1921) *''Tex'' (1922) *''Bring Me His Ears'' (1922) *''H. C. Returns'' (1923) *''Black Buttes'' (1923) *''Rustler's Valley'' (1924) *''Cottonwood Gulch'' (1925) *''Hopalong Cassidy's Protege'' (1926) *''The Bar-20 Rides Again'' (1926) *''Corson of the J.C.'' (1928) *''Mesquite Jenkins'' (1928) *''Me an' Shorty'' (1929) *''The Deputy Sheriff'' (1930) *''Hopalong Cassidy and the Eagles Brood'' (1931) *''Mesquite Jenkins, Tumbleweed'' (1932) *''The Round-Up'' (1933) *''Trail Dust'' (1934) *''On the Trail of the Tumbling T'' (1935) *''Hopalong Cassidy Takes Cards'' (1937) *''Hopalong Cassidy Serves a Writ'' (1941)

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