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Bud La Mar
A little-known writer from the pulp era, remembered for lively Western short stories full of rodeo swagger, frontier humor, and fast-moving action. Surviving records are sparse, which only adds to the old-magazine mystery around the name.
2 Audiobooks
Buckin' the air
by Bud La Mar
The bar act
by Bud La Mar
About the author
Bud La Mar appears in surviving library and public-domain records as the author of Western short fiction from the late 1920s. Two confirmed stories now available through Project Gutenberg are The Bar Act and Buckin' the Air, both centered on cowboy competition, showmanship, and rough-edged humor.
The available evidence suggests a writer working in the world of popular magazine fiction rather than a heavily documented literary figure. Because so little verified biographical information seems to survive online, it is safer to remember La Mar through the stories themselves: brisk, entertaining tales that capture the energy of rodeos, stunts, and the mythic American West.
For modern listeners, that makes Bud La Mar an appealing rediscovery. The work offers a window into the Western pulp tradition, where personality, pace, and colorful situations mattered as much as historical grandeur.