I decided to write Westerns because there was a terrific market for Westerns in the ’50s. There were a lot of pulp magazines, like ‘Dime Western’ and ’10 Story Western’ that were still being published. The better ones paid two cents a word. And I thought, ‘I like Westerns.’
Elmore Leonard
Ben Haas wrote 130 books under a variety of pen names in 16 years starting around 1961. A lot of those were pulp westerns in the Fargo and Sundance series as “John Benteen.”
http://lynn-munroe-books.com/list63/benhaas1.htm
But he couldn’t stop himself from doing it well – I will always be grateful for Tire in the Hole – and Justified.
The language!
Fire. Not Tire. Stupid fingers.
Now I’d like to read a Western titled Tire in the Hole. Sounds interesting 😉