Edwin Booth

(1906-1996) born in Beatrice, lived in Norfolk. Author and businessman, published almost 50 Western novels, contributed several short stories to anthologies, served as an officer in Western Writers of America; at least thirty-eight of his books were printed in foreign editions in Argentina, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Norway, Spain, and Sweden. Consult Oakland, California Montclarion, November 10, 1971 and Twentieth Century Western Writers, 2nd ed (St. James Press, 1991) 66-67 and Contemporary Authors-New Revision Series, Vol 63 (Gale, 1998) 39-40.

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