Charles Alden Seltzer 
Charles Alden Seltzer: 6 western novels 

This book-collection file includes: The Boss of the Lazy Y, ‘Drag’ Harlan, The Range Boss, Square Deal Sanderson, The Trail Horde, and The Two-Gun Man. According to Pulp Rack (quoting Adventure Fiction.com): ‘Charles Alden Seltzer (Aug. 15, 1875 – Feb. 9, 1942) … Born … at the village of Janesville, Wisconsin. One year in Wisconsin. Then to Columbus, Ohio, where after a time I worked at various enterprises, such as newsboy, telegraph messenger, painter, carpenter and manager of the circulation of a newspaper. Spent the better part of five summer and some of the winters in Union County, New Mexico. At twenty I was in Cleveland, Ohio, where I was again a carpenter. Foreman, contractor. Began to write about this time — nights. Thirteen years of writing without finding a publisher. In the interim I was engaged in various enterprises: Building inspector for the City of Cleveland, editor of a small newspaper, expert for the Cuyahoga County Board of Appraisers. Wrote and sold about one hundred short stories. Published a book of short stories called the Range Riders in 1911. A success. Followed it with a full length novel called The Two Gun Man in 1911. Another bell-ringer…’