Paul Wellman

Paul Iselin Wellman (October 15, 1895 — September 17, 1966) was an American journalist, popular history and novel writer, and screenwriter, known for his books of the Wild West: Kansas, Oklahoma, Great Plains. Hollywood movies Cheyenne with Jane Wyman, The Walls of Jericho (1948) with Kirk Douglas, The Iron Mistress (1952) with Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie, Apache (1954) with Burt Lancaster and Jean Peters, Jubal (1956) with Ernest Borgnine and Rod Steiger, and The Comancheros (1961) with John Wayne and Lee Marvin are based on Wellman novels.

Wellman's brother, Manly Wade Wellman, was also a well published author, as was his father, Frederick Creighton Wellman under the pseudonym Cyril Kay-Scott. Another brother, Frederick Lovejoy Wellman, was a noted plant pathologist.

Literary works

Death on the Prairie, 1934 Death in the Desert, 1935 Broncho Apache, 1936 Jubal Troop, 1939 The Trampling Herd: The Story of the Cattle Range in America, 1939 Angel with Spurs, 1942 The Bowl of Brass, 1944 The Walls of Jericho, 1947 Death on Horseback, 1947 (combines Death on the Prairie & Death in the Desert) The Indian Wars of the West, 1947 (formerly Death on Horseback) The Chain, 1949 The Iron Mistress, 1951 (about Jim Bowie) The Comancheros, 1952 The Female, A Novel of Another Time, 1953 (about Empress Theodora) Glory, God and Gold, 1954 The Blazing Southwest, The Pioneer Story of the American Southwest, 1954 Jericho's Daughters, 1956 Portage Bay, 1957 Ride the Red Earth, 1958 The Fiery Flower, 1959 Indian Wars and Warriors—East, 1959 Indian Wars and Warriors—West, 1959 Gold in California, 1958 Stuart Symington, 1960 Race to the Golden Spike, 1961 A Dynasty of Western Outlaws, 1961 Magnificent Destiny, 1962 (about Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston) The Greatest Cattle Drive, 1964 Spawn of Evil, 1964 The Devil's Disciples, 1965 The House Divides: The Age of Jackson and Lincoln, 1966 The Buckstones, 1967