Leonard Frank Meares (13 February 1921 – 4 February 1993) was an

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writer of

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. He wrote over 700http://www.benbridges.co.uk/riders3.html LEONARD F MEARES – THE MAN THEY CALLED MARSHALL GROVER Westerns for the Australian

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publishers Cleveland and Horwitz using the

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"Marshall McCoy", "Marshall Grover" "Ward Brennan" and "Glenn Murrell". Among his most famous characters were "Larry & Stretch", Larry Valentine and Stretch Emerson. In the

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they were known as "Bill & Ben".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Meares, Leonard Frank 1921 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Australian novelists Australian male novelists Western (genre) writers 20th-century Australian male writers