Author Everett Aaker has written a new 50's TV Western Stars Encyclopedia.
The book is being published by- guess who?
Yes, McFarland.
The book will cover the years 1949-1959 and will profile all regular cast members in Western series.
For those of us who may be old enough to remember certainly that includes our own Hoby Gilman- Robert Culp and his TV show "Trackdown" 1957-1959. Robert played the lead role of the Texas Ranger.
I am really looking forward to this book as I was a big fan of those TV Westerns and saw many of them regularly as a child.
No actual release date as yet- Spring 2007 according to the McFarland's website.

Aujouret

Hi Aujouret,


Thanks for the head-ups on the Westerns Stars Encyclopedia that will be coming out.

I don't know how much of the FORUM you've gone through, but type in "Hoby" or "Trackdown" in the Search box and check out the past postings. There are some interesting interviews in there. We are all pretty fond of Hoby around here, to say the least.





And for anyone interested in seeing your favorite western stars and shows from childhood, check out this "Horse Opera" website ...!

http://members.shaw.ca/callag2/opera2.html


and for more current photos of your favorite Western stars taken in the past several years (sadly so many are gone ....)

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/stars-today.htm


and for photos of our own "Cowboy Bob" ....

http://www.network54.com/Forum/172251/message/1169373038/


.... so here's to The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Cisco and Pancho, Hop-a-long Cassidy, The Ranger Rider, Paladin, The Rifleman, Wild Bill Hickok and Jingles, Gabby Hayes, Paladin, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Annie Oakley, Gene Autry, Josh Randall and his Mare's Leg, Marshall Dillon and Chester, Wyatt Ear, Bat Masterson, Sugarfoot , and of course TEXAS RANGER, HOBY GILMAN.... anyone else want to throw in their favorites .....?


Happy trails ... .

Tatia


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I received a “New Books Spring 2007” McFarland catalog in the box with my copy of the I Spy book. Full of books you wished would exist, but never expected to (like Marc and Linda’s I Spy book). I see the western stars encyclopedia Aujouret. The complete title is “Television Western Players of the Fifties: A Biographical Encyclopedia of All Regular Cast Members in Western Series, 1949-1959”. Say that three times fast while drinking a glass of water! There are many show biz biographies including: Joan Crawford, Jimmy Durante, Ingmar Bergman, Gene Autry, Wild Bill Elliot, James Garner, Pete Duel(!), Sid and Marty Kroft, and most interestingly, “An Illustrated History of Trigger: The Lives and Legend of Roy Rogers’ Palomino”. There are highfalutin sounding tomes like “The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture” and “Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films”. And more “down to earth” books like “Super Bitches and Action Babes” and “Slapshtik: Essays on the Three Stooges.” And there are books for which the audience may be small, such as “The Birth of the Banjo” and “The Supreme Court Opinions of Clarence Thomas, 1991-2006” and, amazingly, one called “Florida Paper Money: An Illustrated History, 1817-1934”. There’s a critical history and episode guide for “Hawaii Five-O” as well. I wouldn’t expect it to be nearly as interesting as “our” I Spy book, though I understand that Jack Lord was hell on wheels.

It’s all really cool stuff and I think I’ve found a couple of books that I’ll be giving as birthday and Christmas gifts down the road (I know someone who is deeply into “Hawaii Five-O”). Also, I think I now know where to submit my manuscript: "The Chico Marx Syndrome: Pro-Social Reconstruction and Compromise of Anarchic Comic Figures in American Commercial Entertainment." In any case, I’m well into the I Spy book and it is all I could have hoped for.

Jimmy

Ahhhh ..... I can see it all now - even with my glassless glasses .....







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No. 1 & 2 on the New York Times Bestsellers List.....



As always,
Tatia

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