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Frank C. Robertson


Born
in Moscow, Idaho, The United States
January 12, 1890

Died
July 29, 1969

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Frank Chester Robertson was an American author best known for his western novels. He published over 150 hard cover books and countless other short stories, serials and newspaper articles. In later years, he also wrote a column for the Provo Herald called "The Chopping Block".

Robertson was born in Moscow, Idaho. His father had become a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved his family to Chesterfield, Idaho. His family were farmers. To help support his family while his father was away on LDS missions, Robertson herded sheep and his mom briefly became a postmistress. In 1914, he obtained a 320-acre homestead in the hills a few miles east of Chesterfield. In 1919, he married Winifred "Winnie" Bowman with whom he
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Rawhide

4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions
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A Man Called Paladin

4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1964
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A Ram in the Thicket

3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1959 — 7 editions
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Wanted Dead or Alive

3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1973 — 8 editions
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Squatter's Rights

3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions
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Sagebrush Sorrel

3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1953 — 2 editions
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The outlaw of antler

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Crooked Water

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Boot Hill Bound

3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1968
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“Hall Jackson Kelley considered himself to be the Messiah of Oregon, but he was only its John the Baptist, crying in the wilderness. He inspired thousands who turned their eyes toward Oregon because of his burning message; most notable of whom were the other two members of that Massachusetts triumvirate, Nathaniel J. Wyeth and Captain Bonneville, who were to open up the Snake River country for the Americans.”
Frank C. Robertson, Fort Hall: Gateway to the Oregon Country