Besides his outstanding work in Hollywood, he is now best remembered for his humorous writings about the American Southwest, and his publication (1946–1964) of the Desert Rat Scrap Book, an irregular broadsheet devoted to the Southwest.
Udover sit fremragende arbejde i Hollywood bliver han nu bedst husket for sine humoristiske skrifter om det amerikanske sydvest og for sin publikation (1946-1964) Desert Rat Scrap Book et uregelmæssigt broadsheet, dedikeret til sydvesten.