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Nelson C. Nye

{{short description|20th-century American writer of fiction and non-fiction}}

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| name = Nelson C. Nye

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|09|28}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|10|04|1907|09|28}}

| death_place = Tucson, Arizona

| nationality = American

| other_names = Clem Colt, Drake C. Denver

| occupation = Author, editor

| years_active = 60

| known_for = Western fiction, co-founder and president Western Writers Association, quarter horse expert

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Nelson Coral Nye (1907–1997) was an American writer, editor, and reviewer of Western fiction, and wrote non-fiction books on quarter horses. Besides Nelson C. Nye he also wrote fiction using the pseudonyms Clem Colt and Drake C. Denver.{{cite web|title=Nye, Nelson C 1907-1997|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83-192734/|website=worldcat.org|accessdate=21 March 2015}} He wrote over 125 books, won two Spur Awards: one for best Western reviewer and critic, and one for his novel Long Run, and in 1968 won the Saddleman Award for ""Outstanding Contributions to the American West".

Nye was born September 28, 1907, in Chicago, Illinois. Before becoming a ranch hand in 1935, he wrote publicity releases and book reviews for the Cincinnati Times-Star and the Buffalo Evening News. He published his first novel in 1936 and continued writing for 60 years. He served with the U.S. Army field artillery during World War II. He worked as the horse editor for Texas Livestock Journal from 1949 to 1952.

In 1953 Nye co-founded the Western Writers of America (WWA){{cite web|title=The Owen Wister Award|url=http://westernwriters.org/the-owen-wister-award/|website=Western Writers of America|accessdate=20 March 2015}} and served as its first president during 1953–1954.{{cite web|title=About|url=http://westernwriters.org/about/|website=Western Writers of America|accessdate=20 March 2015}} He was also the first editor of ROUNDUP, the WWA periodical that is still published today.

From 1958 to 1962 he was the frontier fiction reviewer for the New York Times Book Review, and served a second term as president of the WWA from 1960 to 1961.

Nye became a breeder and trainer of, and expert on, quarter horses, and wrote several non-fiction books on quarter horses and quarter racing. Nye died October 4, 1997, in Tucson at the age of 90.{{cite web|title=Person Details for Nelson C. Nye|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V3MW-YY4|website=familysearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org citing U.S. Social Security Administration Deaths Master File|accessdate=20 March 2015}}

Publications

Sources:{{cite web|title=Nye, Nelson C 1907-1997|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83-192734/|website=worldcat.org|accessdate=21 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Colt, Clem 1907-1997|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no93026553/|website=worldcat.org|accessdate=21 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Denver, Drake C. 1907-1997|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no93026561/|website=worldcat.org|accessdate=21 March 2015}}

=Nonfiction=

  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1948 |title=Outstanding Modern Quarter Horse Sires}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1964 |title=The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1973 |title=Speed and the Quarter Horse}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1983 |title=Great Moments in Quarter Racing History}}

=Fiction=

  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1936 |title=The Killer of Cibecue}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1936 |title=Two-Fisted Cowpoke}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1937 |title=The Leather Slapper}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1938 |title=Gunsmoke}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1938 |title=The Star-packers}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1938 |title=The Shootin' Sheriff}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1939 |title=Center-fire Smith}}
  • {{cite book |last=Denver |first=Drake C. |date=1939 |title=No Wire Range}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1940 |title=Hair-Trigger Realm}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1940 |title=Trigger Finger Law}}
  • {{cite book |last=Denver |first=Drake C. |date=1940 |title=Turbulent Guns}}
  • {{cite book |last=Denver |first=Drake C. |date=1940 |title=The Feud At Sleepy Cat}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1941 |title=Pistols for Hire}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1941 |title=Wildcats of Tonto Basin}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1941 |title=Triggers For Six}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1941 |title=Law of the Lost Lands}}
  • {{cite book |last=Denver |first=Drake C. |date=1941 |title=Tinbadge}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1942 |title=Gun Quick}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1942 |title=The Gunfighter Breed}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1942 |title=Trigger Talk}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1942 |title=Salt River Ranny}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1942 |title=The Five Diamond Brand}}
  • {{cite book |last=Denver |first=Drake C. |date=1942 |title=Lost Water}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1943 |title=Rustlers' Roost}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1943 |title=The Sure-Fire Kid}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1943 |title=Smoke-wagon Kid}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1943 |title=Rustlers' Roost}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1944 |title=Tornado on Horseback}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1944 |title=Fiddle-Back Ranch}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1944 |title=Renegade Cowboy}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1944 |title=Guns of Horse Prairie}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1944 |title=Maverick Canyon}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1945 |title=Gunslick Mountain}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1946 |title=Ramrod Vengeance}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1946 |title=Blood of Kings|url=https://archive.org/details/bloodofkings00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1946 |title=Once in the Saddle}}
  • {{cite book |last=Denver |first=Drake C. |date=1946 |title=Breed of the Chaparral}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1947 |title=The Barber of Tubac}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1947 |title=Coyote Song}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1948 |title=Long Rope}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1948 |title=Saddle Bow Slim}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1949 |title=Rustlers of K.C. Ranch}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1950 |title=A Bullet for Billy the Kid}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1950 |title=Horses Is Fine People}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1951 |title=Born to Trouble}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1951 |title=Riders by Night|url=https://archive.org/details/ridersbynight00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1952 |title=Wide Loop}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1952 |title=Tough Company}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1952 |title=Thief River|url=https://archive.org/details/oldenglishpopul00woolgoog }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1953 |title=Caliban's Colt}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1953 |title=Desert of the Damned}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1953 |title=The Crazy K}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1953 |title=Strawberry Roan}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1954 |title=Hired Hand}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1954 |title=The Red Sombrero}}
  • {{cite book |last=Colt |first=Clem |date=1954 |title=Smoke Talk}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1955 |title=Quick-Trigger Country}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1955 |title=The Lonely Grass}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1956 |title=The No-Gun Fighter}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1957 |title=Arizona Dead-Shot}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1957 |title=Bandido|url=https://archive.org/details/bandido_00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1958 |title=Gunfighter Brand}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1958 |title=Maverick Marshall}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1959 |title=Long Run}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1960 |title=Gunfight at the O.K. Corral}} (novelization of the screenplay by Leon Uris)
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1960 |title=River of Horns}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1960 |title=The Wolf That Rode|url=https://archive.org/details/wolfthatrode00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1960 |title=The Last Bullet}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1960 |title=Johnny Get Your Gun}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1960 |title=Ride the Wild Plains}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1961 |title=The Irreverent Scout}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1962 |title=Death Comes Riding}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1962 |title=Not Grass Alone|url=https://archive.org/details/notgrassalone00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1962 |title=They Won Their Spurs}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1963 |title=Bancroft's Banco}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1963 |title=Death Valley Slim}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1963 |title=Wild River}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1964 |title=Frontier Scout}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1964 |title=Quick-fire Hombre}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1964 |title=Sudden Country}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1964 |title=Weeping Widow Mine}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1965 |title=The Bravo Brand}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1966 |title=Iron Hand}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1967 |title=Shotgun Law}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1967 |title=Trail of Lost Skulls|url=https://archive.org/details/trailoflostskull00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1967 |title=Rider on the Road}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1968 |title=A Lost Mine Named Salvation}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1969 |title=Arizona Renegade}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1969 |title=Boss Gun}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1969 |title=Wolftrap}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1971 |title=Kelly}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1972 |title=The Clifton Contract}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1973 |title=The One-Shot Kid}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1975 |title=Horses Women and Guns}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1976 |title=The Kid from Lincoln County}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1976 |title=The Texas Gun}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1976 |title=Trouble at Quinn's Crossing}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1977 |title=Hideout}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1978 |title=Ambush at Yuma's Chimney}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1979 |title=The Marshall of Pioche}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1979 |title=Gringo}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1979 |title=The Texas Tornado}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1979 |title=The Trouble at Pena Blanca}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1979 |title=Guns Horse Prairie}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1980 |title=Palominas Pistolero}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1980 |title=Gun Wolf}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1980 |title=Gunman, Gunman}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1981 |title=Breed of the Chaparral}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1982 |title=Rogue's Rendezvous}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1982 |title=Triggers for Six}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1983 |title=Come A-Smokin'|url=https://archive.org/details/comeasmokin00nyen_0 |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1983 |title=Gun Feud at Tiedown}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1983 |title=Single Action}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1984 |title=Feud at Single Clinch}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1984 |title=Hellbound for Ballarat}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1985 |title=Cartridge Case Law}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1985 |title=The Overlanders}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1986 |title=Trigger-Finger Law}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1987 |title=The Parson of Gunbarrel Basin}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1987 |title=The Seven Six Gunners}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1987 |title=Treasure Trail from Tucson}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1987 |title=Deadly Companions|url=https://archive.org/details/deadlycompanions00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1987 |title=Horse Thieves|url=https://archive.org/details/horsethieves00nyen |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1988 |title=No Place to Hide}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1988 |title=The Lost Padre}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1988 |title=Mule Man|url=https://archive.org/details/muleman00nyen_5el |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1989 |title=Heathcliff Smooth Sailing}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1990 |title=Rafe}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1990 |title=Wild Horse Shorty}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1991 |title=Hideout Mountain}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1992 |title=Fight at Four Corners}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1992 |title=Gunshot Trail}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1992 |title=The Last Chance Kid}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1994 |title=The Shootin' Sheriff}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1996 |title=The White Chip|url=https://archive.org/details/whitechip00nyen_0 |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=1996 |title=Renegade Cowboy|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780783816166 |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=2001 |title=Gun-Hunt for the Sundance Kid|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780783894751 |url-access=registration }}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=2001 |title=G Stands for Gun}}
  • {{cite book |last=Nye |first=Nelson C. |date=2002 |title=Ranger's Revenge|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780783896731 |url-access=registration }}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.westerwriters.org Western Writers of America]

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Category:1907 births

Category:1997 deaths

Category:Western (genre) writers

Category:20th-century American novelists

Category:American male novelists

Category:Novelists from Arizona

Category:Writers from Tucson, Arizona

Category:20th-century American male writers