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The Complete Tales of Sheriff Henry #1
The Sherlock of Sageland - The Complete Tales of Sheriff Henry, Volume 1
Once voted Adventure Magazine's most popular author, W.C. Tuttle introduced the world to one of his longest-running—and most popular—series characters, Henry Harrison Conroy, in the pages of Argosy. Collected here are the first four stories. Volume #4 in The Argosy Library.
270 pages, Paperback
Published December 31, 2017
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W.C. Tuttle
165 books4 followersW. C. Tuttle (Wilbur Coleman Tuttle) was an American writer, almost all of which were westerns. His best known character was Hashknife Hartley, who along with his friend Sleepy Stevens, served as unofficial detectives solving crimes on the ranches where they worked as cowboys.
He was also a screenwriter hailing back to the silent era. He wrote the screenplays for 52 films between 1915 and 1945.
A semi-pro baseball player in his youth, Tuttle served as President of the Pacific Coast Baseball League 1935-1943.[1] Tuttle recommended to the Los Angeles Angels that the team should ask Gene Lillard to join them.
He was also a screenwriter hailing back to the silent era. He wrote the screenplays for 52 films between 1915 and 1945.
A semi-pro baseball player in his youth, Tuttle served as President of the Pacific Coast Baseball League 1935-1943.[1] Tuttle recommended to the Los Angeles Angels that the team should ask Gene Lillard to join them.
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December 24, 2024
This book is from the Argosy Library published by Steeger Books. This publisher is reprinting what they consider the best stories, novellas and novels from Argosy’s pulp days. These stories are from 1935. They are the first tales of many by W C Tuttle telling the adventures of a thespian turned Arizona sheriff. The plots are hilarious and there is fine fun in the four novellas that make up this first volume.
Henry Conroy is an actor, well known throughout the states, especially for his incredibly large red nose and his comic antics. His uncle passes away and leaves a large cattle spread to Henry. Henry takes possession of the property and from there meets with one outlandish problem after another. In the second story he is elected the new sheriff, though he wants nothing to do with it. He decides that he will do his best and hires an outstanding cast as his deputies. This is great stuff!
Henry Conroy is an actor, well known throughout the states, especially for his incredibly large red nose and his comic antics. His uncle passes away and leaves a large cattle spread to Henry. Henry takes possession of the property and from there meets with one outlandish problem after another. In the second story he is elected the new sheriff, though he wants nothing to do with it. He decides that he will do his best and hires an outstanding cast as his deputies. This is great stuff!
January 29, 2018
IF you get a kick out of old pulp magazine fiction, you'll love this book. Old Vaudeville slapstick comedy actor Henry inherits his uncle's semi-prosperous Arizona ranch back in the old cowboy days of the Old West. He sort of accidentally figures out a couple of crimes and gets elected sheriff as a joke. Funny thing is, he has a real talent for solving crimes and putting the bad guys out of commission.
I had a lot of fun with these stories. But I love old pulp magazine fiction anyway.
I had a lot of fun with these stories. But I love old pulp magazine fiction anyway.
September 1, 2022
The first four stories featuring Henry Harrison Conroy, vaudeville comedian turned sheriff.
Set in the early 20th Century, these tales were published in Argosy Magazine beginning in 1935. They are hilarious.
In the first tale, Henry (aging, fat and balding) is no longer getting as many theater bookings. But his luck seems to turn when he inherits a ranch in Arizona from an uncle he had never met.
Henry knows nothing about ranching, but what has he to lose? He travels to Tonto City, AR and is soon embroiled in a murder case. Henry is drunk more often than sober, unable to ride a horse and unable to even come close to a target when he tries to shoot a gun. But he has two things going for him--he has a sense of right and wrong buried in him somewhere and he has a talent for Sherlock Holmesian-level deductions. By the end of the first story, he's solved the murder. At the beginning of the second story, he's been elected sheriff of Tonto County.
The stories work on two levels. First, as I said, they are hilariously funny. Both Henry and the supporting cast provide slapstick humor and witty dialogue. Second, the mysteries that Henry must solve are solid--even while leavening the stories with absurdist humor, the author builds strong plots and brings them to satisfying conclusions.
Set in the early 20th Century, these tales were published in Argosy Magazine beginning in 1935. They are hilarious.
In the first tale, Henry (aging, fat and balding) is no longer getting as many theater bookings. But his luck seems to turn when he inherits a ranch in Arizona from an uncle he had never met.
Henry knows nothing about ranching, but what has he to lose? He travels to Tonto City, AR and is soon embroiled in a murder case. Henry is drunk more often than sober, unable to ride a horse and unable to even come close to a target when he tries to shoot a gun. But he has two things going for him--he has a sense of right and wrong buried in him somewhere and he has a talent for Sherlock Holmesian-level deductions. By the end of the first story, he's solved the murder. At the beginning of the second story, he's been elected sheriff of Tonto County.
The stories work on two levels. First, as I said, they are hilariously funny. Both Henry and the supporting cast provide slapstick humor and witty dialogue. Second, the mysteries that Henry must solve are solid--even while leavening the stories with absurdist humor, the author builds strong plots and brings them to satisfying conclusions.
February 8, 2023
Need something to make u feel good with zero baggage this sure worked for me, just pure corny classic fun, even has Slim Pickens in it!
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