Louis L'amour.. read every one and love them. Tell ya what, put three holes in a Sackett and let him crawl off into a cave and get some Bacon and coffie in em and two days later they are healed and your screwed. Plus, "they never, ever... screw the girl" they just ride off into the sunset to find some more bacon and coffie.

Still sticking with Steinbeck as our greatest 20th century writer. Papa was a close second.