The Stars in Their Courses (Source for EL DORADO Movie starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan, Directed by Howard Hawks);t by BROWN, HARRY (Harry Peter McNab Brown Jr.; 1917-1986) (screenplay for film by Leigh Brackett) - 1962

New York, NY, USA.: Bantam Books, 1962. Book. Illus. by Painted Cover Art!. Very Good -. Soft cover. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. 308 Pages; Author was an Award Winning Screenwriter of 12 Movies, a Novelist and Poet; Pax Randall, Ellen Lacy, Mark, Arch Eastmore and Perce Randal in the Parched Southwest of 1879; The epic novel of the old west, a living legend of lust, doom, death, of tall strong men, golden women and towering passions! ** Painted cover depicts, Vulture on Cactus and Man on Horse; The Stars in Their Courses in 1960 which was made into the theatrical film El Dorado starring John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and James Caan six years later, although Brown insisted that his name be removed from the credits because he felt that the film had departed so radically from his novel, but the credit remains in the opening titles. ** Imdb Movie Synopsis; Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara. Together with an old Indian fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water; SCARCE TITLE, RARE in Paperback; >>> Minor paper-pulls in center of cover;spine slant; creasing to paper spine; cover creasing;.