HOPALONG CASSIDY TAKES CARDS BY CLARENCE E. MULFORD, DOUBLEDAY, 1937 1ST ED
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HOPALONG CASSIDY TAKES CARDS BY CLARENCE E. MULFORD, DOUBLEDAY, 1937 1ST edition, 1st print.Best known for Hopalong Cassidy a fictional cowboy hero created in 1904 by the author Clarence E. Mulford, who wrote a series of popular short stories and twenty-eight novels based on the character. In his early writings, Mulford portrayed the character as rude, dangerous, and rough-talking. Beginning in 1935, the character—as played by movie actor William Boyd in film...s adapted from Mulford's books—was transformed into a clean-cut on-screen hero. A total of sixty-six immensely popular films were released, only a few of which relied on Mulford's original story lines. Mulford later revised and republished his earlier works to be more consistent with the character's new, polished on-screen persona.Clarence E. Mulford (3 February 1883- 10 May 1956) was the author of Hopalong Cassidy, written in 1904. He wrote it in Fryeburg, Maine, United States, and the many stories and 28 novels were followed by radio, feature film, television, and comic book versions. Clarence was born in Streator, Illinois. He died of complications from surgery in Portland, Maine. He set aside much of his money from his books for local charities.
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