James Warner Bellah

James Warner Bellah (September 14, 1899 – September 22, 1976) was an American Western author from the 1930s to the 1950s. His pulp-fiction writings on cavalry and Indians were published in paperbacks or serialized in the ''Saturday Evening Post''.

Bellah was the author of 19 novels, including ''The Valiant Virginian'' (the inspiration for the 1961 NBC television series ''The Americans''), and ''Blood River''. Some of his short stories were turned into films by John Ford, including ''Fort Apache'', ''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'', and ''Rio Grande''. With Willis Goldbeck he wrote the screenplays for ''Sergeant Rutledge'' (1960) and ''The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'' (1962). Provided by Wikipedia