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Western Story Magazine

Western Story Magazine was a pulp magazine published
by Street & Smith, which ran from 1919 to 1949.[1] It was the
first of numerous pulp magazines devoted to Western fiction.
In its heyday, Western Story Magazine was one of the most
successful pulp magazines; in 1921 the magazine was selling
over half a million copies each issue.[2] The headquarters were
located in New York City.[3]

History
Western Story Magazine began when Street & Smith executive
Henry Ralston decided to convert one of the company's nickel
weeklies, New Buffalo Bill Weekly, into a pulp.[1][4] Ralston
installed Frank Blackwell as editor of the new magazine. The
magazine attracted a number of famous Western authors,
including Charles Alden Seltzer, H. Bedford-Jones, Stewart
Edward White, W. Ryerson Johnson and William MacLeod
Cover of Western Story Magazine
Raine.[2] The November 25, 1920 issue was the first issue to vol. 8, no. 1
carry the work of Max Brand (writing under the pseudonym
George Owen Baxter). Brand's work would dominate the
magazine in the next decade; he would write dozens of stories for Western Story Magazine both
under his own name and several pseudonyms.[5] Western Story Magazine was also prominent in
publishing material by women writers, including B. M. Bower and Cherry Wilson.[2]

In the 1930s, the publication's roster of authors expanded to include Walt Coburn, William Colt
MacDonald and W. C. Tuttle,[2] while noted pulp illustrator Walter M. Baumhofer contributed
several covers.[6]

In the late 1930s, Blackwell was succeeded as editor by John Burr, who edited the magazine until it
ceased publication in 1949.[2]

References
1. Doug Ellis, John Locke, and John Gunnison, (editors),The Adventure House Guide to the
Pulps, Adventure House, 2000. (pp. 311–12).ISBN 978-1886937451
2. Ed Hulse, The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps. Murania Press, 2009. ISBN 0-
9795955-0-9 (pp. 137–141)
3. "Street & Smith Records" (http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/s/street_smith.htm). Syracuse
University Library. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
4. Jon Tuska, The Western Story: A Chronological Treasury, University of Nebraska Press, 1999,
ISBN 978-0-8032-9439-4 (p. xxiii).
5. William F. Nolan, Max Brand, western giant: the life and times of Frederick Schiller Faust,
Popular Press, 1985 ISBN 978-0-87972-291-3 (p. 67)

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6. Nick Carr, The Western Pulp Hero, Starmont House, 1989, ISBN 978-1-55742-032-9 (pp. 119–
120).

External links
Western Story Magazine (http://www.pulpmags.org/database_pages/western_story.html) at the
Pulp Magazines Project
Western Story Magazine (http://www.vintagepulps.com/store/c28/Western_Story.html) at
Vintage Pulps

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