Gayle Porter Hoskins

Gayle Porter Hoskins
Gayle Porter Hoskins (1887–1962) was an American illustrator and painter known for his work in pulp magazines and adventure fiction during the early 20th century. He illustrated for publications like "The Saturday Evening Post" and "Harper's Weekly," creating dynamic covers and illustrations for westerns, crime, and romance stories. Hoskins was particularly recognized for his work in magazines like "Redbook" and "The Blue Book." In addition to his commercial art, he also focused on historical and western-themed paintings, and his work helped shape the visual aesthetic of American storytelling in that era.

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“ME—SMITH” A man on a tired gray horse reined in where a dim cattle-trail dropped into a gulch, and looked behind him. Nothing was in sight. He half closed his eyes and searched the horizon. No, there was nothing—just the same old sand and sage-brush, hills, more sand and sage-brush, and then to the west and north the spur of the Rockies, whose jagged peaks were white with a fresh fall of snow.... more...

CHAPTER I "How serene the joy,when things that are made for each other meetand are joined;but ah,—how rarely they meet and are joined, the thingsthat are made for each other!"—SAO-NAN. When Peter Moore entered the static-room, picked his way swiftly and unnoticingly across the littered floor, and jerked open the frosted glass door of the chief operator's office, the assembled operators... more...

The "Canuck" That Saved Flour Gold "A fellow must have something against himself—he certainly must—to live down here year in and year out and never do a lick of work on a trail like this, that he's usin' constant. Gettin' off half a dozen times to lift the front end of your horse around a point, and then the back end—there's nothin' to it!" Grumbling to... more...