Saddles, Six Guns & Shootouts
Beginning in 1945, Charles Boeckman, writing as Charles Beckman, Jr., whipped out western tales that still resonate today. He lived in Texas all his life.  He learned to shoot a gun and ride a horse before he was in his teens.  He was familiar with Texas ranches and the vast Texas prairie dotted with cactus, mesquite and rattlesnakes. He honed his writing skills from voracious reading and self-taught techniques. He became one of the master writers of early popular fiction known as the pulps.