Brett Cogburn

Morgan Clyde

1 - Smoke Wagon (Mar-2017)
2 - Call Me Lonesome (Mar-2018)
3 - Red Ruckus (Nov-2019)
4 - Too Proud to Run (Feb-2022)

Widowmaker Jones

1 - Widowmaker Jones (Aug-2016)
2 - Buzzard Bait (Sep-2017)
3 - Gunpowder Express (Jan-2020)
4 - This Side of Hell (Mar-2021)

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  The Devil's Hoofprints
  

  • Dec-2011
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  When I first read Brett's work I thought he had to be a writer who had been writing for decades. Then I found out he was only 39 years old. He's one of the true natural born story tellers of this world, and his collection, The Devil's Hoofprints, are...

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  Panhandle
  

  • Nov-2012
  • / Western
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  From the great grandson of the real Rooster Cogburn, iconic hero of the Old West, comes a novel that adds an exciting new chapter to the legend of the Texas frontier. The Texas Panhandle of the late 1880s is the last great open range of American lege...

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  The Texans
  

  • Sep-2013
  • / Western
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  A Texan always keeps his promise. At seventeen years old, Odell Spurling is taller than most men, and all too ready to be treated like one. But nothing could prepare him for the Comanche raid that left him without a home or family. The girl he ...

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  Forty Loads
  

  • Sep-2014
  • / Historical
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  Outnumbered, outgunned, and hell-bent on beating the odds. When the beautiful McGaffney twins hire Faro Wells to escort them to New Mexico to claim their inheritance, Faro thinks his luck has finally turned. But a world of trouble stands between ...

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  Two-Dollar Pistol
  

  • Apr-2015
  • / Historical
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  The Great Depression has brought with it hard times like nobody has ever seen. It's the era of gangsters‚ G-Men‚ hobos‚ and soup lines. Indeed‚ the future looks as dark as an Okie dust storm‚ at least to those old enough to know better. ...

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  Destiny, Texas
  

  • Aug-2015
  • / Historical
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  True Grit, Texas-Style From the great-grandson of famed U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn comes an exciting new legend of the Old West -- the epic story of a hero, a family, and a sprawling frontier just waiting to be tamed… Before the Civil War, ...

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  Widowmaker Jones
  

  • Aug-2016
  • / Historical
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  Widowmaker Jones - 1
  

  From the great-grandson of famed U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn comes an authentic new "True Grit" Western classic. With a bag full of gold dust, Newt "Widowmaker" Jones is set for life. Then he makes his first mistake, trusting a cheerful stranger....

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  Showdown
  

  • Sep-2016
  • / Historical
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  Do you believe in cowboys? You will after you read the 12 stories in this anthology. The authors are the best in the business of western writing. There are stories from Brett Cogburn, Johnny Boggs, Michael Ritt, Michael Zimmer, McKendree Long, H. ...

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  Smoke Wagon
  

  • Mar-2017
  • / Historical
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  Morgan Clyde - 1
  

  “Readers who enjoy tall tales built around real history -- and aren’t turned off by the sight of a bit of blood -- will enjoy this read.” -- Booklist LAST STOP ON THE TRAIN RIDE TO HELL   Welcome to Ironhead Station, Indian Territory...

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  Buzzard Bait
  

  • Sep-2017
  • / Historical
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  Widowmaker Jones - 2
  

  Two-time Spur Award winner Brett Cogburn brings back the true grit and glory of the Old West -- with a hero as glorious as the author’s real-life ancestor Rooster Cogburn . . . THEY CALL HIM THE “WIDOWMAKER” Newt Jones is none too proud...

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  Call Me Lonesome
  

  • Mar-2018
  • / Historical
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  Morgan Clyde - 2
  

  With a storm of hot lead he brought peace to the blood-drenched, lawless Ironhead Station, deep in the wilds of Indian Territory. Now Morgan Clyde, who fought criminals as a New York City policeman and Confederates as a Union soldier, has another war...

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  Red Ruckus
  

  • Nov-2019
  • / General Fiction
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  Morgan Clyde - 3
  

  WHEN YOU CAN’T TRUST THE LAWHE DELIVERS JUSTICE Morgan Clyde, former New York City peacekeeper and Union army veteran, is a man of righteous words and a gunfighter of uncanny skill. With deadly aim he has ended the reign of every badman to walk the...

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  Gunpowder Express
  

  • Jan-2020
  • / Historical
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  Widowmaker Jones - 3
  

  Arizona’s Vulture City is home to a prosperous gold mine and every badman west of the Pecos knows it. Nearly every stagecoach attempting to deliver the gold to the railroad at Maricopa has been ambushed on the trail -- a trail known as the Gunpowde...

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  This Side of Hell
  

  • Mar-2021
  • / Historical
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  Widowmaker Jones - 4
  

  THE WIDOWMAKER MEETS POKER ALICE.The most famous lady gambler of the Old West teams up with Widowmaker Jones in a doomed search for lost treasure, a deadly trek through the desert -- and a dangerous alliance with the greatest gunslingers in history ....

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  Too Proud to Run
  

  • Feb-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  Morgan Clyde - 4
  

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  Blind Dog Canyon
  

  • Oct-2023
  • / Historical
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  THE WIDOWMAKER MEETS HIS MATCH  Spur-Award winner and bestselling western author Brett Cogburn -- great grandson of the ledgendary Rooster Cogburn -- continues his high-octane Widowmaker Jones historical western series.THEY CALL HIM “THE CUTT...

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Award-Winning Books by Brett Cogburn

Panhandle
2013 Spur Award -- First Novel
This Side of Hell
2022 Spur Award -- Mass Market Paperback Novel