Recommended reading - Stage to Lordsburg by Ernest Haycox (1937):

Stage to Lordsburg

By Ernest Haycox.

Filmed as Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford.

Short story.

First published 1937.

Published by Fantasy and Horror Classics.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1447404130

ISBN-13: 978-1447404132

Description:

Ernest Haycox's 1937 short story, Stage to Lordsburg, was a bestseller and a classic of the Western genre. Popularized by the 1939 film adaptation Stagecoach, this Wild West tale vividly portrays Haycox's setting and characters.

Stage to Lordsburg follows a collection of characters as they journey from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico. A series of dangers and perils face the colorful group as they embark on the uncomfortable trip. Ernest Haycox presents a number of cliché Western characters and the point of view shifts between them as the short story progresses. This masterful tale by Ernest Haycox, a prolific writer of Western fiction, is not to be missed by fans of old cowboy narratives.