T. V. Olsen
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Biography
Olsen's family migrated from Norway in 1901.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Theodore Olsen was born on April 25, 1932, in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.[1] He went to school in Rhinelander and began to write in high school. He began a Western novel at that time. He went to college in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Olsen finally finished his novel, Haven of the Hunted, and it was published in 1956. He also began to sell Western stories to pulp magazines at this time. Though he occasionally traveled west, he lived his whole life in Rhinelander and used exhaustive research to help accurately portray scenes of the West in his stories.
Olsen was married to fellow fiction author Beverly Butler.[2]
Olsen died in Rhinelander on July 13, 1993, and several works were published posthumously.[1]
Much of Olsen's family still lives in the Rhinelander region. They own a Script error: No such module "convert". ranch with a century-old farm house and dairy barn.[3]
Bibliography
Novels
Western
- Haven of the Hunted, Ace Books 1956, new ed. Chivers Press 6/2000, Template:ISBN
- The Man from Nowhere, Ace 1959, new ed. Chivers 3/1992, Template:ISBN
- McGivern, Gold Medal Books 1960, new ed. Thorndike Press 4/2001, Template:ISBN
- High Lawless, Fawcett 1960, new ed. Sagebush Westerns 7/2010, Template:ISBN
- Gunswift, Fawcett Books 1960, new ed. Center Point Print 7/2006, Template:ISBN
- Brand of the Star, Fawcett Gold Medal 1961, new ed. Thorndike 4/2011, Template:ISBN
- Ramrod Rider, Fawcett Gold Medal 1961, new ed. Center Point 9/2005, Template:ISBN
- Savage Sierra, Gold Medal 1963, new ed. Thorndike 3/1998, Template:ISBN
- A Man Called Brazos, Fawcett Gold Medal 1964, new ed. Gunsmoke Westerns 8/2005, Template:ISBN
- Canyon of the Gun, Fawcett Gold Medal 1965, new ed. Gunsmoke 9/2007, Template:ISBN
- The Stalking Moon, Doubleday (publisher) 1965, new ed. Leisure Books 5/2010, Template:ISBN
- The Hard Men, Star Weekly Novel 1966, new ed. Gunsmoke 7/2001, Template:ISBN
- Blizzard Pass, Fawcett 1/1968, new ed. Thorndike 10/2004, Template:ISBN
- Soldier Blue a.k.a. Arrow in the Sun, Star Weekly 1970, new ed. Thorndike Template:ISBN
- The Burning Sky, Star Weekly 1/1971, new ed. Chivers 5/1998, Template:ISBN
- A Man Named Yuma, Gold Medal 1/1971, new ed. Chivers 3/2011, Template:ISBN
- Bitter Grass, Sphere Books 4/1971, Template:ISBN
- There Was a Season, Doubleday 1972
- Summer of the Drums, Doubleday 1972
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- Mission to the West, Ace 1/1973, new ed. Leisure 9/1997, Template:ISBN
- Eye of the Wolf, Sphere 3/1973, Template:ISBN
- Run to the Mountain, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1974, new ed. Gunsmoke 11/2008, Template:ISBN
- Starbuck's Brand, Belmont Tower 1974, new ed. Leisure 11/1997, Template:ISBN
- Day of the Buzzard, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1976, new ed. Gunsmoke 1/2009, Template:ISBN
- Westward They Rode, Ace 1/1976, new ed. Leisure 7/1996, Template:ISBN
- Track the Man Down, Manor Books 1976, new ed. Leisure 10/1998, Template:ISBN
- Bonner's Stallion, Fawcett Gold Medal 1/1977, new ed. Center Point May 2010, Template:ISBN
- Rattlesnake, Doubleday 2/1979, Template:ISBN
- The Lockhart Breed, Walker & Company 3/1982, Template:ISBN
- Red is the River, Fawcett 1/1983, Template:ISBN
- Lazlo's Strike, Doubleday 1/1983, new ed. Gunsmoke 2/2010, Template:ISBN
- Blood of the Breed, Ulverscroft Print 1/1985, Template:ISBN
- Lonesome Gun, Fawcett 10/1985, Template:ISBN
- Blood Rage, Ballantine Books 6/1987, Template:ISBN
- A Killer is Waiting, Fawcett 2/1988, Template:ISBN
- Break the Young Land, Avon Books 1988, new ed. Center Point 9/2004, Template:ISBN
- Under the Gun, Fawcett 9/1989, Template:ISBN
- Keno, Chivers 4/1991, Template:ISBN
- The Golden Chance, Fawcett 9/1992, Template:ISBN
- Deadly Pursuit, Thorndike 8/1995, Template:ISBN, sequel to Golden Chance
- Treasures of the Sun, Five Star Publishing Westerns 11/1998, Template:ISBN
- The Lost Colony, Five Star 9/1999, Template:ISBN
- The Vanishing Herd, Five Star 5/2001, Template:ISBN
Other Novels
- Brothers of the Sword, Berkley Books 1962 (Vikings)
Anthologies
- War Whoop and Battle Cry, collection of stories together with Clifton Adams, Clay Fisher and Luke Short, edited by Brian Garfield, Scholastic Corporation 1/1968
- Lone Hand (Frontier Stories), Thorndike 6/1998, Template:ISBN
- Man without a Past (Frontier Stories), Five Star 11/2001, Template:ISBN
Non-fiction
Rhinelander Country series
- Roots of the North, Pineview Publishing 1979
- Birth of a City, Pineview 1983, Template:Catalog lookup link
- Our First Hundred Years, Pineview 1983
Filmography
- The Stalking Moon, 1968 directed by Robert Mulligan, with Gregory Peck and Eva Marie Saint
- Soldier Blue, 1970 directed by Ralph Nelson, with Peter Strauss and Candice Bergen
Awards
- 1992: Golden Spur Award in the category Paperback Original for Golden Chance
References
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