Trouble in Tombstone
Tom Hopkins • 1971 • Signet
- Author
- Tom Hopkins
- First published
- 1971
- Publisher
- Signet
- Genres
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780451045904
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Trouble in Tombstone, authored by Tom Hopkins and published by Signet in 1971, is a quintessential example of the mass-market paperback Western that defined the mid-twentieth-century pulp genre. During this era, publishers like Signet played a crucial role in maintaining the popularity of Western fiction by releasing affordable, pocket-sized novels that catered to an audience eager for stories of frontier justice, outlaws, and the American West.
The book embodies the stylistic conventions of the period, featuring the high-contrast cover art and punchy, narrative-driven prose characteristic of the New American Library's Signet imprint. As part of a saturated market of similar Western titles, Hopkins’s work functioned as disposable entertainment for commuters and casual readers, focusing on rapid pacing and traditional archetypes rather than subverting the well-established tropes of the genre.
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