Elston, Allan Vaughan, 1887-1976

Writer of western fiction including 35 novels before retiring in 1971.

From the description of Letter, 1973 Feb. 26, Santa Ana, CA to Caroline Bancroft, Denver, CO. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 38137688

Author of mysteries and westerns.

From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122542293

Elston was born on July 28, 1887 in Kansas City, MO; BS in civil engineering, Univ. of Missouri, 1909; worked as a transitman for railroads in the West and Midwest (1909-13) and as a resident engineer (1913-15), a cattle rancher (1915-17), and as a consulting engineer (1918-24); became a free-lance fiction writer; publications include Come out and fight (1941), Round-up on the picketwire (1952), Long lope to Lander (1954), Showdown (1956), and Saddle up for steamboat (1973); he died on Oct. 21, 1976.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1920-1961. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40972209

Biography

Elston was born on July 28, 1887 in Kansas City, Missouri; BS in civil engineering, University of Missouri, 1909; worked as a transitman for railroads in the West and Midwest (1909-13) and as a resident engineer (1913-15), a cattle rancher (1915-17), and as a consulting engineer (1918-24); became a free-lance fiction writer; publications include Come out and fight (1941), Round-up on the picketwire (1952), Long lope to Lander (1954), Showdown (1956), and Saddle up for steamboat (1973); he died on October 21, 1976.

From the guide to the Allan Vaughan Elston Papers, ca. 1920-1961, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)