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In 1889 Hough wrote Madre D'Oro, a four-act spectacular drama about the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs. [20] With L. Frank Baum , author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , he created two play treatments: The Maid of Athens: A College Phantasy and The King of Gee-Whiz .
After such fireworks as two-column articles in the Dallas News, the explosion finally reached its climax when Airs. Saunders rounded up a whole symposium of living testimony to show that Emerson Hough knew what he was writing about In “North of ’36" and “The Covered Wagon,’’ and The Pioneer Alagat zine of Texas (San Antonio) de-
Emerson Hough was the author of some 34 books and countless magazine articles that were factual accounts and historical novels of life in the American West. Hough was born in Newton, Iowa, on June 28, 1857, to Joseph B. and Elizabeth Hough, who had moved from their native Virginia some five years earlier. He attended public schools in Newton ...
Emerson Hough (1857–1923) was an author and journalist who wrote factional accounts and historical novels of life in the American West. His works helped establish the Western as a popular genre in literature and motion pictures.
In 1907 Emerson Hough, a highly successful Western writer, published a book entitled The Story of the Outlaw. A major part of the book dealt with the Lincoln County War, one of the most dramatic events in Southwestern history. Much had been published about the war before 1907, but Hough was the first writer to attempt to report a factual
A personal favorite, The Story of the Outlaw, by Emerson Hough, includes historical narratives of famous outlaws, stories of noted border wars, vigilante movements, and armed conflicts on the frontier.
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Emerson Hough was an American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels. He married Charlotte Chesebro of Chicago in 1897 and made that city his home. During World War I, he served as a Captain with the Intelligence Service.
