Complete Western Romance of Harold Bell Wright

A best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and non-fiction during the first half of the 20th century. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).

Contents

Their Yesterdays (1912)

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1919)

The Calling of Dan Matthews (1909)

Helen of the Old House (1921)

When A Man's A Man (1916)

The Winning of Barbara Worth (1911)

The Eyes of the World (1914)

The Uncrowned King (1910)

That Printer of Udell's (1902)

The Shepherd of the Hills (1907)

Their Yesterdays (1912)

A little boy crawled under a hedge and saw a little girl, and they became playmates. Then the families moved away, and their paths do not cross again, although their thoughts drift back to each other and those childhood days. Then, as by a common impulse, each is drawn back to the old spot where they first met, and after that they are lonesome no longer.

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1919)

A lively plot with something doing all the time and a love story revolving around sin forgiven and effort rewarded.

The Calling of Dan Matthews (1909)

In "The Calling of Dan Matthews" I havetried to say that the one thing above allthat a man cannot do and reckon hislife worth it's face value is to be untrueto his own heart and soul convictionsor to occupy himself with other than his ownwork. That Truth, first to self and thusthru self to the race -- truth expressed inits only adequate language, life -- isinseparable from the Christianity of the Christ --that without this truth for the goal of allstriving neither man nor society nor institutionscan be rightly called Christian.

Helen of the Old House (1921)

A story of capital and labor by the most popular author in the world.

When A Man's A Man (1916)

There is a land where a man, to live, must be a man. It is a land of granite and marble and porphyry and gold--and a man's strength must be as the strength of the primeval hills.

The Winning of Barbara Worth (1911)

An historical novel set in the Imperial Valley of southeastern California, full of action, big incidents, and the Spirit of the West.

That Printer of Udell's (1902)

A tale of exalted ideals, human to the very core. When the reader closes this book he will feel as though he has learned more of human nature than ever before.

The Shepherd of the Hills (1907)

Wright's second novel, set in Branson, Missouri, established him as a best-selling author and attracted a growing stream of tourists to the little-known town of Branson, resulting in its becoming a major tourist destination.

"There are many bits of excellent description in the course of the story, and an atmosphere as fresh and sweet and free from modern grime as one would breathe on the Ozark trails themselves."--New York Times