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| SHIRREFFS, GORDON |
| | Source (some data) |
| | | Via Dennis Lien 2004 | NULL |
| | Name and vital stats |
| | | SHIRREFFS, GORDON DONALD [1914-96] (writer) | NULL |
| | Pen names |
| | | GORDON DONALDS; STEWART GORDON; JACKSON FLYNN; ART MAC LEAN; also worked under house name DAVE SANDS (in magazines) | NULL |
| | Education |
| | | B.A., and M.A.,California State University [Northridge] | NULL |
| | | Northwestern University; Armed Forces Infoirmation School [Pennsylvania] | NULL |
| | Member |
| | | Authors League of America; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled American Veterans; National Rifle Association; Western Writers of America | NULL |
| | Note |
| | | His western novels have been published in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, England, Canada, and Australia | NULL |
| | Print Media (non-comics) |
| | | Writer: Historical nonfiction: The Road to Victory 1946 book | > 46 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Calgaich the Swordsman '80; The Untamed Breed '81; Glorieta Pass '84; The Ghost Dancers '86 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Dave Hunter / Ash Mawson series: Hell's Forty Acres '87; Maximilian's Gold '88; The Devil's Dance Floor '94 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Fort Suicide '59; They Met Danger '60; Apache Butt '60; The Rebel Trumpet '61; The Mosquito Fleet '61 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Gunswift '57; Fort Vengeance '57; Bugles on the Prairie '57; Swiftwagon '58; Shadow Valley '58 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Jack of Spades '70; Mystery of the Haunted Mine '73; Bowman's Kid '73; Shootout '74; Rio Diablo '77 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Judas Gun (adapted as film A Long Ride from Hell) '64; Blood Justice '64; Gunslingers Three '64; The Lone Rifle '65 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Last Train from Gun Hill '58; Ambush on the Mesa '58; Trail's End '59; The Lonely Gun '59; The Walking Sands '90 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Mystery of the Lost Canyon '63; Too Tough to Die '64; The Secret of the Spanish Desert '64; The Nevada Gun '64 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Mystery of the Lost Cliffdwelling '68; Five Graves to Boothill '68; Showdown in Sonora '69; The Manhunter '70 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Renegade's Trail '74; The Apache Hunter '76; The Marauders '77; Legend of the Damned '77; Bold Legend '82 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Rio Bravo (adapted as film Oregon Passage) '56; Range Rebel '56; Code of the Gun '56; Arizona Justice '56 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 The Border Guidon '62; Action Front! '62; The Cold Seas Beyond '63; Slaughter at Broken Arrow '63 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 The Brave Rifles '59; Shadow of a Gunman '59; Roanoke Raiders '59; Renegade Lawmaqn '59 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 The Enemy Seas '65; The Lone Rifle '65; Now He Is Legend '65; Barranca '65; The Bolo Battalion '66 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 The Gray Sea Raiders '61; Ride a Lone Trail '61; Power Boy of the Monitor '61; Hangin's Pards '61 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 The Hostile Beaches '64; The Hidden Rider of Dark Mountain '64; Quicktrigger '64; Last Man Alive '64 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Three from the West [contains Rio Desperado, Quicktrigger, and Voice of the Gun] '78; Capt. Cutlass '78 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Top Gun '57; Son of the Thunder People '57; Massacre Creek (adapted as Galvanized Yankee of TV Playhouse 90) '57 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Torpedoes Away '67; Southwest Drifter '67; The Killer Sea '68; The Godless Breed '68; Brasada '72 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: 1956-94 Voice of the Gun '62; The Valiant Bugles '62; The Haunted Treasure of the Espectros '62; Rio Desperado '62 | > 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 |
| | | Writer: Novels: Silent Reckoning adapted as film The Lonesome Trail | NULL |
| | | Writer: Over 150 short stories, juvenile stories and novelettes for periodicals | NULL |
| | Commercial Art & Design |
| | | Owner: Shirreffs Gadgets and Toys [Chicago] 1948-52 | > 48 49 50 51 52 |
| | Other career notes |
| | | Avocations: Arms collecting, model making, marksmanship [pistol, rifle, and bow], fishing, hunting, travel, Southwest legends, and sea lore | NULL |
| | Additional biography |
| | | Comtemporary Authors | NULL |
| | Honors |
| | | Commonwealth Club of California Silver Medal Award 1962 [for Gray Sea Raiders] | > 62 |
| | DELL PUBLICATIONS |
| | | RIN TIN TIN (wr/) 1950s | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
| | | ROY ROGERS (wr/) 1950s | > 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 |
