This special booklength (234 pages) issue is our most ambitious yet The main feature is a 22,000word essay on Zane Grey and his involvement with Hollywood, illustrated with more than 60 rare photos Other articles cover Tom Mixs silentmovie adaptations of Max Brand novels, the evolution of Western fiction in pulp magazines, the making of Republics 1938 cliffhanger serial featuring the Lone Ranger, an overview of the Doubledaypublished pulp titled WEST, and a behindthescenes report on the discovery and marketing of Roy Rogers Finally and this last item would be worth the price alone we reprint a classic 1919 Western novella by Stewart Edward White, THE KILLER, which has been out of print for decades and was the inspiration for the 1932 George OBrien Western titled MYSTERY RANCH At 36,000 words, this thrilling yarn deserves publication as a standalone book, but weve included it as bonus material There are nearly 100 movie photos reproduced in this issue, and nearly as many pulp covers and original pieces of art by such wellknown Western illustrators as Walter M Baumhofer, Tom Lovell, and Gayle Hoskins, to name just a few