Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Swarthout akatangawo kutengesa nyaya pfupi kuzvinyorwa zvenyika zvakadai se"Cosmopolitan" uye "The Saturday Evening Post". Akabhadharwa $2500 muna 1955 nokuda kweimwe yenyaya idzi, "A Horse for Mrs. Custer", iyo yakava Randolph Scott yakaderera-bhajeti Western yeColumbia Pictures muna 1956, pasi pemusoro unoti "7th Cavalry". Zuva rakatevera pashure pokunge apedza bvunzo dzake dzokupedzisira dzokupedza dhigirii, akatanga kunyora bhuku rinonzi "Vakauya kuCordura". Yakanga iri muMexico muna 1916 mukati mePershing Expedition
kuti vatore Pancho Villa, uye vamwe vevarwi vayo vaifungidzirwa vakanga varongedzerwa Medals of Honor. Bhuku racho rakakurumidza kutengeswa kuRandom House uye ipapo kuColumbia Pictures muna 1958, ichiva imwe yemifananidzo yavo mikuru inofamba naGary Cooper naRita Hayworth gore rakatevera. Iri bhuku re"NY Times" rinotengwa zvikurusa nemari yefirimu rakabvumira Swarthout kuva munyori wenyanzvi pakupedzisira. Akanga ava nemakore 39.