author
Eugene Manlove Rhodes
1869–1934
Remembered as the “cowboy chronicler,” he turned firsthand life in New Mexico cattle country into lively western fiction that helped shape how many readers imagined the American Southwest. His work drew on real ranching experience, a sharp eye for local speech, and a lasting affection for the land he wrote about.
6 Audiobooks
Stepsons of Light
by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus
by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Copper Streak Trail
by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
The desire of the moth ; and, The come on
by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Good men and true, and Hit the line hard
by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Bransford in Arcadia : or, The little eohippus
by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
About the author
Born in Tecumseh, Nebraska, on January 19, 1869, he moved with his family to New Mexico in 1881 and grew up close to the world that would define his writing. Before becoming known as an author, he worked in and around ranching country, and those experiences gave his stories an easy authority that set them apart from more romanticized western tales.
He later became known as the "cowboy chronicler," a nickname tied to his vivid accounts of cowboy life and the Southwest. After moving to New York with his wife in 1899, he wrote fiction rooted in south-central New Mexico, drawing on the people, landscape, and working life he had known firsthand.
Rhodes died on June 27, 1934. He is still remembered as an important voice in western literature, especially by readers interested in stories of the frontier written by someone who had actually lived it.