Category Archives: Paperbacks

                                                                                                                                                           Gun Luck by Lee Floren.  128 pages.  Copyright 1954.  Published by Macfadden-Bartel Books.    This is a quick, exciting story by Lee Floren.  When I started it I was a bit surprised by the author’s writing style.  He writes … Continue reading →

                                                                                                                                                          The Lone Deputy by Wayne D. Overholser.  157 pages.  Copyright 1957 by Wayne D. Overholser.  First Dell printing 1959. Cover by Robert Stanley. This title of this fine western tale concerns Price Regan, the deputy sheriff of the west side … Continue reading →

                                                                                                                                               Strange Courage by Evan Evans.  248 pages.  Copyright 1930 by the Estate of Frederick Faust.  Published by Bantam in 1953.  Originally published in Western Story Magazine as Daring Duval in 1930. The story begins with (David) Duval walking out … Continue reading →

                                                                Renegade of Rainbow Basin by Hal G. Evarts.  144 pages.  Copyright 1953 by Hal G. Evarts.  Published by Popular Library in 1960. From the first page this story struck me as hard boilded, dusty, and gritty–a western noir.  Jim … Continue reading →

                                                           Violent Maverick by Walt Coburn. 128 pages.  Copyright 1956 by Walt Coburn.  Published by Lancer Boos in 1963. The original title for this book was “Wet Cattle” which is a more apt name for this story since the hero … Continue reading →

                                                                                                                                                 Follow the New Grass By Cliff Farrell.  167 pages.  Copy Right 1953 & 1954 by Cliff Ferrell.  Bantam Edition published Jan 1957 This book was a real page turner.  Cliff Farrell deftly puts the reader right smack in the … Continue reading →

A Noose for the Desperado by Clifton Adams, Gold Medal (No. 1375), 156 pages. This books picks up the trail of young Talbert “Tall” Cameron as he moseys into the small town of Ocotillo.  This cluster of adobes, nestled near … Continue reading →

Gunswift by T. V. Oslen, A Fawcett Gold Medal Books (k1700); published 1960; 139 pages. Gunswift is another 60’s era paperback that packs tons of action and plot into a scant 139 pages.  This novel touches on some bitter emotions … Continue reading →

Gun Proud by Lewis B. Patten, Graphic Books (A Graphic Western #151), CR 1957, 155 pages, cover art by Robert Stanley). Gun Proud is a well written tale about a gunman on the run and his eventual collision with the … Continue reading →