Willeford was born in Arkansas in His family moved to Los Angeles, where he was orphaned at the age of 8.
When the depression hit, he ran away from home and became one of many "road kids" living in government camps. He returned to Los Angeles in , lied about his age and joined the Army, where he remained through World War II, becoming a decorated tank commander and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge. He'd always wanted to be a writer, and in the late forties his poetry and prose sketches about his WWII experiences found publication. Of course, in the manner of all the best mystery writers, before we can take that step forward in the past, we have to step backward to the present.
Jesse Sublett a musician who has played with Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones at one point found himself with a need to quit cigarettes. In order to do so, he decided that he would reward himself for not smoking with the purchase of lurid vintage paperback novels. Of course the outcome was that he had augmented one addiction with another, more expensive addiction.
Nothing is worse than books.
I mean -- it's not as if you stack old cartons of cigarettes around the house once you're done with them. A book addiction requires that sooner or later, you learn how to fold space in the manner of Doctor Who, or get rid of books.
There are a lot of unsung Time Lords out there. Sublett's vintage paperback collection led to the discoveries outlined in his fascinating introduction to the McMillan edition of 'Deliver Me From Dallas'. So, in Charles Willeford was burning to become a writer. On the weekends, he'd drive up to San Francisco to the Powell Hotel, where he'd check in and write when he wasn't taking time to talk to used car dealers as research for his second novel, 'The High Priest of California'.
He was also probably working on a version of 'Deliver Me from Dallas', co-authored with W. Franklin Sanders. Though between Herron's bibliography and Sublett's introduction, the chronology is rather unclear, apparently Sanders was left to send the book off to publishers. With 'Deliver Me from Dallas' roundly rejected, Willeford went on finish his second novel, 'The High Priest of California', which did manage to find publication.
Willeford's career inched forward as he wrote novels now acknowledged to be early masterpieces of sixties noir -- 'The Burnt Orange Heresy' and 'Cockfighter', with its ultra-cruel narrator who plunges needles into his birds to see how much they can take. It wasn't until the 's, when he began the Hoke Moseley series of South Florida noirs, that Willeford began to get the recognition he deserved.
His tough-guy writing is lauded by sources as diverse as Quentin Tarantino and Kurt Vonnegut. Looping back once again to , we find W.
It languished for some 30 years, getting a few bucks at the vintage paperback swap meets for its lurid cover and title. Jesse Sublett tells me the actual title on the title page is indeed 'The Whip Hand'. Jesse Sublett was kind enough to send me this scan of his copy of 'The Whip Hand'. McMillan was already reprinting some of the best Willeford works, and the two became friends. McMillan, ever the generous publisher and fan, eventually sent Sublett a fan's dream box; a pile of old Willeford papers and manuscripts.
Sublett read some of the papers, but like a good book addict he quickly filed them away, and continued on his paperback binge. He specialized in Fawcett Gold Medal editions, but even though he loved the cover, he passed on the copies of 'The Whip Hand' he had seen because they weren't in great condition. Then, months later, Dennis McMillan asked Sublett "Hey, did you ever read the manuscript about the woman from Dallas with a bullwhip?
A side-by-side comparison convinced him that they were the same book, and for the most part, pure Willeford.
McMillan went on the publish Don Herron's ripe biography 'Willeford', in , and in published ' Deliver Me from Dallas ', the rejected Willeford original that started his career. For readers wanting to get an introduction to Willeford, 'Deliver Me from Dallas' is an excellent choice. First off, you get all the usual qualities of McMillan books that make them practically an auto-buy for any serious reader.
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He lived in New York City for a month at the end of before re-enlisting in the armed forces. Ghost written by Charles Willeford, Lovisi, p. Things start out bad and get worse. But before we get all the way back to 'The Whip Hand', it helps to get the same instant education in just who the hell Charles Willeford is that I got from the ever-helpful Dennis McMillan, in the form of the Willeford Biography he published, titled 'Willeford', written by Don Herron. TripAdvisor LLC is not responsible for content on external web sites.
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