University of Wyoming
D. B. Newton was a western novelist who began writing short stories for magazines while studying for his master’s degree. He wrote under various other pseudonyms, publishing 74 novels over the course of his career. He was one of the founders of Western Writers of America when it formed between 1952 and 1953.
Collection contains 3 manuscripts written by D. B. Newton including Cross Me in Gunsmoke, The Badge Shooters, and The Lurking Gun.
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This material was received from D. B. Newton and the August Lenniger Literacy Agency in July 1958.
Dwight Bennett Newton papers, 1947-1985, Collection Number 192, Special Collections and University Archives Manuscripts and Archives, University of Oregon.
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