James Warner Bellah (1899-1976) was a journalist, WW1 fighter pilot, author and screenwriter. He wrote 19 novels, but is perhaps best known for his screenplays, which include Ten Tall Men, Rio Grande, The Sea Chase, Sergeant Rutledge & The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
James Warner Bellah wrote this memorable collection of stories, winner of the prestigious Alfred A. Knopf Literary prize, in just nineteen hours while still a student at Columbia University. Its success launched Bellah's long, remarkable career as a novelist and screenwriter (Rio Grande, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance). Now, over a hundred since it's release, it is finally back in print.
In the horrific quiet before the battle, Captain MacLaw handed his pistol to the woman he loved and said: "There are six cartridges. Save one for yourself." If it came to that, she would... and take six savages with her.
A New York reporter is targeted for death after he unexpectedly inherits a Maryland estate...which some believe is the final resting place of Napoleon Bonaparte, who may have secretly escaped from exile on St. Helena island in 1815.
