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Station West is a mid-1940s Western novel by Luke Short, the pen name of American writer Frederick Dilley Glidden. Its plot places an undercover Army intelligence officer in a rough mining town where stolen military uniforms and repeated gold shipments point to an organized criminal operation. The book combines frontier action with investigation, disguises, and the atmosphere of hardboiled detective fiction. It is suited to readers looking for a Western built around a military mystery rather than a simple range conflict.
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Was Station West by Luke Short made into a movie?
Yes — RKO released a film version, Station West, in 1948, starring Dick Powell with Jane Greer. The adaptation is often described as a Western noir.
Who was Luke Short, the author of Station West?
Luke Short was the pen name of Frederick Dilley Glidden, a prolific American Western novelist of the 1930s and 1940s. His stories were adapted for Hollywood so often that he became one of the most-filmed Western writers of his era.
What is the plot of Station West?
An undercover Army intelligence officer arrives in a rough mining town where stolen military uniforms and a string of gold shipment robberies point to an organized criminal operation. His job is to find who in the town is running it.
When was Station West published?
The novel appeared in the mid-1940s, a few years before the 1948 RKO film adaptation. Like Short's other books, it blends a detective-style investigation with a frontier Western setting.
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