Raine's family emigrated to the United States in 1881 and settled in Arkansas where he was raised. Raine worked as a journalist, but is best remembered as an author of Western novels, the first of which, The War for the Range, appeared in 1903. He also produced some non-fiction work including Famous Sheriffs and Western Outlaws (1903), Oregon (1903) and Washington (1905).Raine did some ghostwriting including the memoirs of Sheriff William Breckenridge. During the 1920's many of his works were made into films. He was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1959, posthumously. His many works include A Texas Ranger (1910), A Daughter of the Dons (1914), A Man Four-Square (1919), Cattle Brands (1920), Iron Heart (1923), Bonanza (1926), The Valiant (1931), Square Shooter (1936), Riders of the Rim Rocks (1940), Justice Deferred (1942), The Broad Arrow (1945), Ranger's Luck (1950) and Rustler's Gap (1953). |
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