Wilsonian

From Plastic Tub

The Wilsonian was the first in a series of dime-store cowboy novellas published from 1885 to 1914 by HJ Hornrather & Sons, Ltd. Including such classics as Gunfight at Goob's Gully and Showdown in Poobsville, the series involved a rotating stable of hacks and dilettantes writing under the pseudonym "Slim Chance."

The Wilsonian of the title was your typical cowboy hero, a nameless doer of good of which little was known except that he hailed originally from Ft. Wilson, Kansas. The Wilsonian broke from the norms, however, insamuch as the hero was a gluttonous devourer of pancakes, which in many installments nearly got him killed. "The flapjack," wrote William Flintrock, "was his Achilles heel and Kryptonite rolled up into one."

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He [The Wilsonian] brought the barrel of his Remington to bear upon Dirty Jake's brass belt buckle. "One move, Jake, and I'll have you pantsless faster'n you can say your name." Jake glanced down, then up, then down again. He was stymied and knew it. Navajo Gulch Hijinx (1905)