The Joyous Troublemaker

The Joyous Troublemaker (1918) Beatrice, 21, is heir to the Carliss fortune and she has inherited her father's money and his business sense. Unfortunately, she also inherited his impatience. It was no surprise then that she found rough-and-tumble gold prospector Bill Steele to be the most infuriating of men. Steele refused to succumb to her womanly charms or her orders. Beatrice was determined to teach him a lesson. This is a story of love, revenge, fortunes made and lost, gambling, shooting, fighting and redemption under the big sky in America's wild west. Jackson Gregory's The Joyous Troublemaker was made into a Hollywood film of the same name.

About the Author - Jackson Gregory (1882-1943) was an American teacher, journalist, and writer born in Salinas, California. He was educated at University of California, Berkeley, and began his career as a newspaper reporter in San Francisco. He later worked as a principal at a high school where he met his wife. were wed December 20, 1910, [3] and the couple would have two sons. Jackson returned to journalism working in Illinois, Texas, and New York. The family eventually settled in Auburn, California, where Jackson wrote western and detective stories. He died while working on a novel titled The Hermit of Thunder King. During his life, Jackson Gregory wrote more than 40 fiction novels and a number of short stories. Several of his tales were used as the basis of Hollywood films including The Man from Painted Post.