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This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.

A biography of author Mulford (1883-1956) whose popular western tales and character Hopalong Cassidy were snatched from certain obscurity by a string of B movies made from them, and later television showings of the movies. Includes a complete bibliography and filmography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This work is the only comprehensive guide to sequels in English, with over 84,000 works by 12,500 authors in 17,000 sequences.

Clarence Edward Mulford (1883-1956) was an American author and the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy. He was educated in New York. He wrote about 20 story featuring Hopalong Cassidy. His works include: The Orphan (1908), Bar-20 (also titled: Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up) (1907), Hopalong Cassidy (1910), Bar-20 Days (also titled: Hopalong Cassidy's Private War) (1911), Hopalong Cassidy (1912), Buck Peters: Ranchman (with John Wood Clay) (1912), The Man From Bar-20 (1918), The Bar-20 Three (also titled: Hopalong Cassidy Sees Red) (1921), 'Bring Me His Ears' (1922), Black Buttes (1923), Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1924), Rustlers' Valley (1924), Cottonwood Gulch (1925), Hopalong Cassidy Protege (1926), Corson of the JC (1927), Mesquite Jenkins (1928), Me an' Shorty (1929), The Deputy Sheriff (1930), Hopalong Cassidy and the Eagle's Brood (1931), Mesquite Jenkins: Tumbleweed (1932), The Round-Up (1933), Trail Dust (1934), On the Trail of the Tumbling T (1935), Hopalong Cassidy Takes Cards (1937), Hopalong Cassidy Serves a Writ (1941), Hopalong Cassidy's Saddle Mate (1949) and The Orphan Outlaw (1950).