Eugene Manlove Rhodes | |
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![]() Rhodes, Jim Tully, and Rupert Hughes in 1922 | |
Born | January 19, 1869 Tecumseh, Nebraska |
Died | June 27, 1934 Pacific Beach, California | (aged 65)
Resting place | New Mexico |
Occupation | Writer of the American West |
Language | English |
Alma mater | University of the Pacific |
Period | 1910–1934 |
Genre | Western fiction, short stories and novels |
Subject | The American West |
Years active | 1881–1934 |
Notable works | Short story Pasó Por Aquí Novel Good men and true |
Spouse | May Louise Davison Purple (1899 to his death) |
Eugene Manlove Rhodes (January 19, 1869 – June 27, 1934) was an American writer, nicknamed the "cowboy chronicler". He lived in south central New Mexico when the first cattle ranching and cowboys arrived in the area; when he moved to New York with his wife in 1899, he wrote stories of the American West that set the image of cowboy life in that era. He moved back to New Mexico in 1926 and continued to write novels. In 1958, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.[1]