Trouble Shooter

The novel Trouble Shooter was the basis for the movie Union Pacific (1939), directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea Plot: Frank Peace is a hired gunman and security guard working for the Union Pacific Railroad company known for his temper and severe ways of dealing with those who try to interfere with railway and its progress. His reputation and his deeds have earned him a lot of enemies and one of them in particular, Al Brett, is determined to kill him. Brett announces to Peace the time and the place of when and where he plans to do it which brings his tension to another level. Together with this 'small' problem, Peace faces a difficult challenge to choose between two women with affections towards him, fearing the disappointment of each.

Ernest Haycox is among the most successful writers of American western fiction. He is credited for raising western fiction up from the pulp fiction into the mainstream. His works influenced other writers of western fiction to the point of no return. Fans of his work included Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway, and the latter once wrote, 'I read The Saturday Evening Post whenever it has a serial by Ernest Haycox.'