Graduated from the University of Denver and also studied at Long Beach State College and New York University.
A one-time social worker, he served during World War II as Pacific Coast Director of the United States Seamen's Service and after that devoted full time to his writing.
He is the author of more than 1,000 short stories as well as many successful western novels.
Just another short western but so much above the average. Not a JAMES Fenamore Cooper but almost as good. I kept thinking of THE LAST OF THE MOJICANS. Enjoyed every single page and every character