# Joseph Chadwick

Joseph Chadwick, né le 18 mai 1909 à York en Pennsylvanie aux États-Unis, et mort en avril 1987 à Tampa, en Floride, est un écrivain américain, auteur de roman policier, de roman d'espionnage et de roman western.

## Biographie

Écrivain prolifique spécialisé dans le western, il publie à partir de la fin des années 1930 quelques centaines de nouvelles dans les pulps dédiés à ce genre. À partir des années 1950, sous son patronyme et sous divers pseudonymes, il fait paraître également plusieurs romans westerns, policiers et d'espionnage. Il a aussi rédigé des ouvrages sur les découvertes de gisements de pétrole en Pennsylvanie et les rangers du Texas.

## Œuvre
### Romans

liste non exhaustive

#### Signés Joseph Chadwick

* Rider from Nowhere (1951)
* Gunsmoke Reckoning (1951)
* Devil's Legacy (1952)
* Double Cross (1952)
* Whip Hand (1953)
* Destination Revenge (1953)
* Come Out Shooting (1954)
* Rebel Raider (1954)
* Renegade Gun (1954)
* The Golden Frame (1955)
* A Town To Tame (1958)
* Madigan’s Women (1959)
* Savage Breed (1959)
* Man Chase (1961)
* No Land Is Free (1962)
* Edge of the Badlands (1962)
* Cowboys and Cattle Drives (1967)
* Black Velvet (1970)
* Sabrina (1971)
* The Last War Cry (1971)
* A Bargain in Bullets (1972) Publié en français sous le titre Le Paladin du monde oriental, Paris, Gallimard, Série noire n$^o$ 1626, 1973
* The Professional (1973)
* Hangman’s Valley (1973)
* Last Stand for a Lawman (1973)
* Evil Is the Night (1974)
* Killer Trail (1975)

#### Signés John Conway

* Hell Is My Destination (1959)
* The Dark Desire (1960)
* A Sin in Time (1961)
* The Apache Wars (1961)
* The Sioux Indian Wars (1962)
* Woman Breaker (1962)
* The Valiant Breed (1963)
* Hard Man from Texas (1964)
* Love in Suburbia (1964)

#### Signés Jack Barton

* Texas Rawhider (1953)
* Trail of the Damned (1954)
* Ambush Range (1955)
* Gun in His Hand (1956)
* The Vengeance Riders (1956)
* Day of the .44 (1957)
* Brand of Fury (1960)

#### Signé Jim Layne

* The Swap Set (1967)

#### Signés Jo Ann Creighton

* House of Fury (1973)
* The Mask of Evil (1973)

### Nouvelles

* Guns Against the Law (1939)
* High-Graders from Hell (1940)
* .45 Reunion (1943)
* Be Kind—But Draw First! (1943)
* Range-Hog’s Gun-Lesson (1943)
* Range-Hogs Gun Requiem (1943)
* Guns Make the Man (1944)
* Gunhawk’s Glory (1944)
* The Ranger’s Ghost Walks (1944)
* The Square-A Traitor (1944)
* Tumble-Weedin’ to Perdition! (1944)
* Johnny’s Bullet Bonanza (1944)
* Sanctuary in Hell (1944)
* The Devil’s Jackpot (1944)
* Guardian of Purgatory River (1944)
* The Double-Barreled Noose (1944)
* The Drummer Deals in Death (1945)
* Johnny Chance Sides a Button (1945)
* Vengeance Pasear (1945)
* Gun-Master! (1945)
* Rawhide Boss of the Steel Trail (1945)
* Bad Trouble at Black Hat (1945)
* Guns Against Darkness (1945)
* Measure of a Man (1945)
* Red Is the Blade (1945)
* Halfway to Hell (1945)
* Death Bets a Blue Chip (1945)
* Colt Chore for a Mossyhorn (1945)
* A Rope for Painted Creek (1945)
* Boothill Reckoning (1945)
* Crossroads to the Owlhoot (1945)
* False-Front (1945)
* Once a Trooper (1945)
* Run—or Die! (1945)
* The Town That Wouldn’t Squeal (1945)
* Brannigan’s Town (1945)
* Sign of the Wild Bunch (1945)
* Born to Gunsmoke (1945)
* Sign of the Rebel Brigade (1945)
* Curtain Call for a Has-Been (1945)
* Close Shave at Survey (1946)
* Cut-Rate Gun-Guard (1946)
* Welcome for an Outcast (1946)
* Some Dream of Gold (1946)
* Thee Devil in a Man (1946)
* Call a Man Thief (1946)
* Devil Take the Mail! (1946)
* Gun-Watch at Dead Man’s Crossing (1946)
* Hangnoose Fever Hits Epitaph (1946)
* Hangrope Reunion (1946)
* Trial by Fire (1946)
* Storm in Her Heart (1946)
* And Then There Was One (1946)
* Black Conover Pays in Blood (1946)
* Boomers, Booty—and Bullets! (1946)
* Desert Destiny (1946)
* Girl on His Hands (1946)
* Judas Wears Buckskins! (1946)
* Renegade Brand (1946)
* Ambush House (1946)
* Belly-Gun Buckaroo (1946)
* Brannigan Deals with the Devil (1946)
* Cut a Notch for Dan (1946)
* Man Hunt (1946)
* Six Shots to Tombstone (1946)
* Strange Faces West (1946)
* Bonanza Stampeder (1946)
* Kill-Shy (1946)
* Pawn in a Tinhorn’s Game (1946)
* Sierra Showdown (1946)
* Mill of the Gods (1946)
* Showdown at Hangnoose Tree (1946)
* Tangled Honeymoon (1946)
* Brannigan—Boothill Boomer! (1946)
* Captain Blunder (1946)
* Gambler’s Luck (1946)
* Tejano Boss of Rebel City (1946)
* Trouble at Blue Lode (1946)
* Badlands Rendezvous (1946)
* Gun-Storm Range (1946)
* Payoff in Lead (1946)
* Written in Hot Lead! (1946)
* Dead Man’s Ride (1946)
* No Law North of Dodge! (1946)
* Payoff for a Hardrock Man (1946)
* Ambush for One (1946)
* Brannigan’s Bonanza War (1946)
* Stagecoach to Hell (1946)
* The Devil Drives ’Em North (1947)
* Drift, Gringo, or Die! (1947)
* Gold, Grub—and Gunsmoke! (1947)
* Gun-Guards for the Devil’s Drift-Fence (1947)
* Hardrock Jinx (1947)
* Brannigan and the Forty Thieves (1947)
* One Gun Against Texas! (1947)
* Steamboat to Hell (1947)
* Stop-Over at Rogues’ Station (1947)
* Night of the Storm (1947)
* Brazos to Hell (1947)
* Gun Gospel (1947)
* Gun Journey to Hell (1947)
* The Man Who Tamed Texas (1947)
* The Range that Law Forgot (1947)
* Yoke Creek Loses a Tenderfoot (1947)
* A Town Named Linda (1947)
* Blizzard Boomerang (1947)
* Dead Man’s Town (1947)
* They Grow ’Em Tough on the Brazos! (1947)
* When Terror Rode the Border (1947)
* Trail for Two (1947)
* Never Bait a Texan! (1947)
* Panhandle Burn-Out! (1947)
* That Gun-Lucky Brannigan! (1947)
* Hell for a Yankee Cowman (1947)
* Ramrod of Hangtree Range (1947)
* Trail Town Boss (1947)
* Bullet Bargain (1947)
* The Grave That Raised Hell! (1947)
* Tough-Town Showdown (1947)
* A Grave for Rowdy Jim (1947)
* The Indian Ring (1947)
* Six Shots for Empire (1947)
* Hell on the River! (1947)
* A Man for .45 Range (1947)
* Mingaloe Hide-Out (1947)
* Thirty Days Has Sam Reber (1947)
* Last Chance for a Tinhorn (1947)
* Ride the Devil’s Death-Watch (1947)
* Treachery at Smugglers’ Crossing (1947)
* Mystery of Magruder’s Cache (1947)
* Send One Ranger (1947)
* The Stubborn Fool (1947)
* When Guns Turned West (1948)
* Hell and High Water (1948)
* The Bonanza King (1948)
* Hell for Free-Staters! (1948)
* Leave Him for the Hangman! (1948)
* Trouble for Two (1948)
* Bonanza Trail (1948)
* Bait for the Hang-Rope Crowd (1948)
* The Blizzard and the Banker (1948)
* Bonanza Bait (1948)
* Boomtown Buster (1948)
* Red Runs the Pecos (1948)
* Beyond Hell’s Frontier (1948)
* Texican’s Deadfall Doom (1948)
* Ranger Bait (1948)
* Manhunt—to Hell! (1948)
* The Mucker - Bonanza Boss! (1948)
* Renegades Corral the Iron Horse (1948)
* Steel Sabers—Iron Guts! (1948)
* Rogue River Pilgrim (1948)
* Cherokee Strip Deadline (1948)
* Death Valley King-Buster (1948)
* Wet Cattle-Red Grass (1948)
* Phantom .45’s Talk Loud (1948)
* Rangers Keep Out! (1948)
* Trail Pirates of the Santa Fe Trace (1948)
* Renegade’s Roost (1948)
* Rustlers Pay in Colt Coin (1948)
* You Can’t Kill a Texan Twice! (1948)
* The Dude Hangs High (1948)
* Riders of Purgatory Range (1948)
* Death Rides the White Buffalo (1949)
* Tally the Texas Turncoat! (1949)
* No Range for a Cowhand (1949)
* Trouble at Jubilee Town (1949)
* Renegades from Texas (1949)
* When Blood Brought the Ballots! (1949)
* Gun-Wolves of Frozen Hell (1949)
* Hell-Bent for Frisco! (1949)
* Seven Rode Out (1949)
* Slow Draw—Quick Corpse! (1949)
* .45’s Rule Rustlers’ Paradise (1949)
* Land of Broken Men (1949)
* Judge Lynch Presidin’! (1949)
* Vengeance Guns (1949)
* Home Is the Drifter (1949)
* Riders of No-Law Range (1949)
* Greenhorn’s Gun (1949)
* Ramrod of Hangrope Range (1949)
* Manhunt to Frozen Hell (1949)
* Wild Boss of the Wildcatter Crew! (1949)
* Trouble Comes Riding (1950)
* Girl Strike in Jubilee (1950)
* Manhunters Ride Alone (1950)
* Guns Across the Cherokee Strip (1950)
* Raiders of the Iron Trail (1950)
* Don’t You Die for Me! (1950)
* Gun Queen ou Gun-Queen of the Spanish Grant (1950)
* Gunman’s Girl (1950)
* Trouble Rides Double (1950)
* Tough Hand (1950)
* Boothill Bridegroom (1950)
* Dead Man’s Star (1950)
* Drive Your Herd - to Hell! (1950)
* Riders of Bushwhack Range (1950)
* Range Outcast (1950)
* Gun Master of the Goldfields (1950)
* Siren of Shamrock Ranch (1950)
* Hideout Trial (1950)
* Mustang Ranch (1950)
* Red Trail of No Return (1950)
* Nightmare Ranch (1950)
* Anvil Rock Showdown (1950)
* Trouble Rides the Brazos (1950)
* Tenderfoot Trouble (1950)
* Bloody Bonanza! (1950)
* Rider for Boot Hill (1951)
* A Bride for Bullet Range (1951)
* The Buckskin Militia (1951)
* Measure Your Man (1951)
* The Wildcatter (1951)
* Trigger from Texas (1951)
* Double-Cross Range (1951)
* Riders of Purgatory Trail (1951)
* Showdown at Crescent (1951)
* The Apaches Ride Again (1951)
* Ramrod of the Range ou Too Tough to Kill (1951)
* Partners in Suspicion (1951)
* The Boothill Vote (1951)
* Once a Fugitive (1951)
* Renegade Camp (1951)
* The Dangerous Land (1951)
* Bullets on Broken Bow (1951)
* Home to Boot Hill (1951)
* Maverick Brand (1951)
* Rebel Range (1951)
* A Man for Katie (1951)
* A Miracle in His Holster (1951)
* Night Riders in the Hatchets (1951)
* Riders of the Devil’s Empire (1951)
* Blonde Trouble at Apache Pass (1951)
* Long Range for a Short Gun (1951)
* Lure for the Bounty Hunters (1951)
* The Iron Trail (1952)
* Treachery at Coffin Creek (1952)
* Who Shall I Kill? (1952)
* Boomtown Bride (1952)
* Killer—I’m A-Comin’! (1952)
* Riders of Doublecross Range (1952)
* Smugglers’ Moon (1952)
* Death Rides the Star Route (1952)
* The Girl Behind the Gun (1952)
* Killer’s Last Chore (1952)
* Treachery Range (1952)
* The Bushwhacker (1952]
* Gun-Help Wanted! (1952)
* Target for the Wild Bunch (1952)
* Home to Laura (1952)
* Blood Money (1952)
* Forbidden Woman (1952)
* Ride with the Devil (1952)
* Killers, Keep Off! (1952)
* Black Sheep (1952)
* Texans West! (1952)
* Trail of the Comancheros (1952)
* Blood on the Spur (1952)
* Guns Across No Mans Land (1952)
* Mule Deal (1952)
* Beware the Bonanza Queen (1953)
* Satan’s Range (1953)
* The Devil’s Deadline (1953)
* No Trail for a Tenderfoot (1953)
* Badlands Homestead (1953)
* Girl for No Man’s Land (1953)
* A Man for the Boothill Blonde! (1953)
* Decision by Gunsmoke (1953)
* Man-Trap (1953)
* Taming of the Maverick (1953)
* The Courting at Blue Bonnet (1954)
* Deal with the Devil! (1954)
* Double-Cross Women (1954)
* Rider from Hell (1954)
* Blood on the Star (1955)
* The Untamed Breed (1955)
* Showdown at Rosilla (1956)
* The Saddle Tramp (1956)
* Trouble with the Tough Tollivers (1956)
* Breed of the Badlands (1957)
* Gunsmoke over Wyoming (1957)
* Trail West to Fury (1957)
* Trail-Town Raiders (1958)
* Last Ride (1958)

### Nouvelle signée Jackson Cole

* Trail of the Desert Witch (1953)

### Autres publications

* The Texas Rangers (1963)

## Filmographie
### Au cinéma

* 1949 : Rim of the Canyon, film américain réalisé par John English, avec Gene Autry

### À la télévision

* 1957 : Gallows at Granite Gap, épisode de la série télévisée Colt .45 (en) réalisé par Franklin Adreon
* 1958 : Trail West to Fury, épisode de la série télévisée Maverick réalisé par Alan Crosland Jr.
* 1957 - 1959 : A Time to Live et Rebel Ranger, épisodes de la série télévisée Zane Grey Theater réalisées par Lewis R. Foster et Don Medford
* 1957 - 1960 : Top Hand et Savage Breed (adaptation de son roman éponyme), épisodes de la série télévisée Cheyenne réalisés par Douglas Heyes et Robert Sparr

## Sources

* Claude Mesplède, Les années "Série noire" bibliographie critique d'une collection policière, t. 4 : 1972-1982, Amiens, Encrage, coll. « Travaux » (n$^o$ 25), 1995, 318 p. (ISBN 978-2-906389-63-2).
* Claude Mesplède et Jean-Jacques Schleret, SN, voyage au bout de la Noire : inventaire de 732 auteurs et de leurs œuvres publiés en séries Noire et Blème : suivi d'une filmographie complète, Paris, Futuropolis, 1982 (OCLC 11972030), p. 64