The Coming of Cassidy, Clarence E. Mulford
The Coming of Cassidy, Clarence E. Mulford
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The Coming of Cassidy
A Hopalong Cassidy Novel

Author: Clarence E. Mulford

Narrator: R.C. Bray

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/29/2013

Synopsis

Hopalong Cassidy is an iconic western cowboy hero conceived by Clarence Mulford, but immortalized in a series of films starring William Boyd from 1935-1948. A tough-talking and violent character in the print novels, Cassidy was remade into a clean-cut hero who traveled the West with his sidekicks fighting villains who took advantage of the weak. Clarence E Mulford takes you back to the beginning by relating the stories (as told to him by Red and the boys of the BAR-20) of how Buck Peters started the BAR-20 ranch. It tells of how he picked up Hopalong Cassidy, Red Connors, Skinny Thompson, and many of the other colorful characters in this famous series.

About Clarence E. Mulford

Clarence Edward Mulford (1883-1956) was the creator of Hopalong Cassidy, a cowboy character he originated in 1904. He wrote it in Fryeburg, Maine, United States, and the many stories and 28 novels were followed by radio, feature film, television, and comic book versions. Clarence was born in Streator, Illinois. He died of complications from surgery in Portland, Maine. He set aside much of his money from his book for local charities.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rose

Set in several short stories, this is the origin of Hopalong Cassidy. This is of course a hilarious and rip snorting Western adventure, heavy on action and light on romance, and scorning realism! It is interesting as a social study as well. It comes from a time when the Irish were the scorned and di......more

Goodreads review by H

Enjoyable stories, but I did at times find it difficult to keep up with what the author was trying to convey.......more

Goodreads review by Jimmie Lee Johnson

Some chapters were better than others, but the beginning of Bill Cassiday's working for the Bar 29 ranch in west Texas ia riveting as well as his transformation into Hopalong.......more

Goodreads review by Donna

Don't approach this book thinking you will be reading a true novel. It is a collection of 14 short stories about the men of the Bar-20 ranch. The writing is dated, but enjoyable when Mulford puts his talents to humor rather than gunfights. I think I would have given up on this one if it hadn't been......more

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