H.A. DeRosso

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H.A. DeRosso


Born
in Carey, WI, The United States
July 15, 1917

Died
October 14, 1960

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H(enry) A(ndrew) DeRosso was born on July 15, 1917 in Carey, Wisconsin. This area, in the northeast corner of the state near the Michigan border, is rich in its own pioneer history. Carey and its neighboring community of Hurley in which DeRosso made his home for many years were once rough-and-tumble iron-ore mining towns not unlike the gold, silver, and copper camps of the Far West frontier. This rural milieu, with its harsh winters and its proximity to the vast North Woods, may explain DeRosso's early interest in adventure and Western fiction and his lifelong fascination with the southwestern desert country, a wildness and a climate exactly opposite of the one in which he lived. He began producing Western short stories while a high-school ...more

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.44

3.76 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1953 — 18 editions
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The Dark Brand

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Under the Burning Sun: West...

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End of the Gun

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The Gun Trail

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Riders of the Shadowlands: ...

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Tracks in the Sand

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Those Bloody Bells of Hell!

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The Man From Texas

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“Harland could see the dark yawn of eternity in the muzzle of Lancaster's .45.”
H.A. DeRosso, Forty-Four

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