The Reel West: Classic Stories that Inspired Classic Films

by Bill Pronzini (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg

Ten western stories that inspired classic western movies:

-Tennessee's Partner (Tennessee's Partner) by Bret Harte
-The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky (Face to Face)by Stephen Crane
-The Double-Dyed Deceiver (The Texan) by O. Henry
-Massacre (Fort Apache) by James Warner Bellah
-The Tin Star (High Noon) by John M. Cunningham
-My Brother Down There (Running Target) by Steve Frazee
-Three-Ten to Yuma (3:10 to Yuma) by Elmore Leonard
-The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) by Dorothy Johnson
-Town Tamer (Town Tamer) by Frank Gruber
-Jeremy Rodrock (Tribute to a Bad Man) by Jack Schaefer

177 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1984

About the author

Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels
Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink

Married to author Marcia Muller.

Pseudonyms:
Robert Hart Davis (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Jack Foxx
William Jeffrey (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Alex Saxon

Reviews

[Ron · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read my review at my blog.

[Lyndsey Silveira]

With almost every story in this collection, I had trouble getting into them at first, stuck with it, and then found that they almost all had very surprising, funny, or satisfying endings. This was a strange reading experience.