Author:Raymond Smiley Spears

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Raymond S. Spears
(1876–1950)
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American author of western and adventure stories; son of John R. Spears. He used numerous pseudonyms, including: Jim Smiley, Raymond Smiley, Raymond S. Spears, DeAlton Valentine, William Wells, Cliff Campbell, James Terry, Hiram Vermont, Charles E. Shepard, and Smiley Ironbaker.

Raymond S. Spears

Works

  • A Trip on the Great Lakes; description of a trip, summer, 1912 (1912) travel IA
  • The Great Lakes (1913) travel
  • Camping on the Great Lakes (1913) travel
  • The River Prophet (1920) frontispiece by Ralph Pallen Coleman (HathiTrust)
  • Diamond Tolls (1920) frontispiece by Ralph Pallen Coleman
  • "Driftwood" (1921) Illustrated by George Avison juvenile

Works from periodicals

Longer works and series
  • "The Golden Pears" (novel) Munseys Feb 1917
  • "Nature and Tim Betine," (novelette) Munsey’s Jun 1917
  • "The Way of the Mississippi," (novella) Argosy All-Story Weekly Oct 28, 1922
  • The Wolf Pack (novella) Adventure, 8 Nov 1926
  • "Three Tales of the Old West (1927 Oct) (short stories, Everybody's Magazine, 1927 Oct)
    • The Bag of Gold Coins
    • A Clock for the Saddler
    • Tears on a Cowboy's Grave
  • "Three Tales of the Old West (1927 Nov) (short stories, Everybody's Magazine, 1927 Nov)
    • The Wrong Kind of a Killing
    • The Sheriff's Educated son
    • A Devil of a Joke
  • "The Killers of Blizzard Basin (novelette, Everybody's Magazine, Sept 1928)
  • "Proofs Positive (novella, Everybody's, Jan 1929)
Non-fiction


  • "Meanness in the Mountains," (2-part seriall) The Popular Magazine, Dec 15, 1912
  • "Levee Holds!," (ss) Collier’s Nov 10 1917
  • "Miller of Fiddler's Run," (ss) Collier’s Aug 11 1917
  • "Jim Tilon, Wastrel," (ss) Collier’s Jan 19 1918
  • "The Tornado—When a man is crazy" (ss) Argosy, Feb 9, 1918
  • "Bump," (ss) Collier’s Feb 28 1920
  • "Janie and the Waning Glories," (6-part sl), All-Story Weekly, May-June 1920
  • "Revenge," (ss) Collier’s Dec 18 1920
  • "Ten Thousand Dollars a Wag," (ss) Collier’s Mar 5 1921
  • "The Flying Coyotes" (sl) Argosy

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.

This author died in 1950, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 74 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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