Traditionally, a 'hack' writer is paid to write sensational pulp fiction, such as true crime novels or bodice ripping paperbacks. Though Ben Haas often referred to himself as a hack, he was in fact an exceptionally talented writer whose body of work - around 120 books over a sixteen-year period - was always distinguished by exhaustive research and well-rounded, wholly credible characters. His western series, Fargo, Sundance, John Cutler and Rancho...