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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:HappyHighwayman.jpg</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">1960s paperback edition</td></tr> <tr><th>Country</th><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th>Language</th><td>English</td></tr><tr><th>Series</th><td>The Saint</td></tr><tr><th>Genre(s)</th><td>Mystery, Short Stories</td></tr> <tr><th>Media Type</th><td>Print (Hardback & Paperback)</td></tr><tr><th>Preceded by</th><td>Follow the Saint</td></tr><tr><th>Followed by</th><td>The Saint in Miami</td></tr>

The Happy Highwayman

Author	Leslie Charteris
Publisher	Hodder and Stoughton
Released	1939

The Happy Highwayman is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1939 by by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and The Crime Club in the United States. This was the 21st book to feature the adventures of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".

This was the last set of Saint short stories until the publication of Saint Errant nine years later.

[edit] Stories

The book consisted of 9 stories:

1. The Man who was Lucky
2. The Smart Detective
3. The Wicked Cousin
4. The Well-Meaning Mayor
5. The Benevolent Burglary
6. The Star Producers
7. The Charitable Countess
8. The Mug's Game
9. The Man who Liked Ants

[edit] Television adaptations

Several stories from this collection formed the basis for episodes of the 1962-69 TV series, The Saint.

"The Man Who Was Lucky" and "The Charitable Countess" were both adapted during the show's first season, on December 13 and December 20, 1962, respectively. "The Well-Meaning Mayor" and "The Benevolent Burglary" aired during the second season on December 5 and December 26, 1963, respectively. "The Smart Detective" was adapted during The Saints abbreviated fourth season on July 22, 1965.

The Saint, created by Leslie Charteris
Characters: Simon Templar | Patricia Holm | Claud Eustace Teal | Hoppy Uniatz | Roger Conway
Books by Leslie Charteris Meet - The Tiger! (1928) | Enter the Saint (1930) | The Last Hero (1930) | Knight Templar (1930) | Featuring the Saint (UK only-1931) | Alias the Saint (UK only-1931) | Wanted for Murder (US only-1931) | She Was a Lady (1931) | The Holy Terror (1932) | Getaway (1932) | Once More the Saint (1933) | The Brighter Buccaneer (1933) | The Misfortunes of Mr. Teal (1934) | Boodle (1934) | The Saint Goes On (1934) | The Saint in New York (1935) | Saint Overboard (1936) | The Ace of Knaves (1937) | Thieves' Picnic (1937) | Prelude for War (1938) | Follow the Saint (1939) | The Happy Highwayman (1939) | The Saint in Miami (1940) | The Saint Goes West (1942) | The Saint Steps In (1942) | The Saint on Guard (1944) | The Saint Sees it Through (1946) | Call for the Saint (1948) | Saint Errant (1948) | The Saint in Europe (1953) | The Saint on the Spanish Main (1955) | The Saint Around the World (1956) | Thanks to the Saint (1957) | Señor Saint (1958) | The Saint to the Rescue (1959) | Trust the Saint (1962) | The Saint in the Sun (1963)
Collaborations (credited to Charteris) Vendetta for the Saint (1964) | The Saint on TV (1968) | The Saint Returns (1968) | The Saint and the Fiction Makers (1968) | The Saint Abroad (1969) | The Saint in Pursuit (1970) | The Saint and the People Importers (1971) | Catch the Saint (1975) | The Saint and the Hapsburg Necklace (1976) | Send for the Saint (1977) | The Saint in Trouble (1978) | The Saint and the Templar Treasure (1979) | Count on the Saint (1980) | Salvage for the Saint (1983)
Books by Burl Barer The Saint (film novelization) (1997) | Capture the Saint (1997)
Unpublished works Bet on the Saint (1968) | The Saint's Lady (1979)
Theatrical films The Saint in New York (1938) | The Saint Strikes Back (1939) | The Saint in London (1939) | The Saint's Double Trouble (1940) | The Saint Takes Over (1940) | The Saint in Palm Springs (1941) | The Saint's Vacation (1941) | The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) | The Saint's Girl Friday (1953) | Le Saint mène la danse (1960) | Le Saint prend l'affut (1966) | The Saint (1997)
Made-for-TV films The Fiction Makers (1968) | Vendetta for the Saint (1969) | The Saint and the Brave Goose (1983) | The Saint in Manhattan (1987)
Television series The Saint (1962-1969) | Return of the Saint (1978-1979) | Mystery Wheel of Adventure (1989)
Related articles Daredevil (1929) (Teal's first appearance) | S.W.O.R.D. (fictional organization)