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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    July 2008
  • Latest Book:
    December 2017
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Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • Publisher’s Weekly: “…an excellent western with an intense moral gravity.”Amazon Vine Review: “...history is brought alive with fine description and sensory detail.”Roundup Magazine: “…the finest novel of the vigilante era ever writte...



  • “It’s rare that you get a writer like Carol Buchanan; an historian with a novelist’s ear capable of rending the individual voices of character into the orchestral narrative of a sweeping story.” Craig Johnson, author of the Longmire series of...



  • After Vigilantes ended a criminal conspiracy in Alder Gulch during the winter of 1863-1864, they founded a “People’s Court” to administer justice. At the same time, Joseph (aka Jack) Slade has settled near Alder Gulch with his wife and adopted ...



  • It's Christmas Eve, 1864, in Virginia City, the gold mining center of Montana Territory. When a young girl begs Daniel Stark for "a pinch of dust," he is torn between his duty to his own family and his sympathy for the child's plight. Just giving her...



  • “Stark is a compelling, complicated hero, one of several finely drawn characters who bring the Old West to life.” -- Kirkus Reviews/Indie Ruffians ruled and murder was tolerated in Alder Gulch, Montana Territory, during 1863 until the Montana V...



  • Joel Van Fleet, a New York banker, devised a plot to rob Daniel Stark of the gold he brought from the Montana gold fields to pay his father’s debts. During the robbery, two men were killed. Only Stark’s strength and agility saved his life and his...




Award-Winning Books by Carol Buchanan

God's Thunderbolt
2009 Spur Award -- First Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Carol Buchanan has published 6 books.

Carol Buchanan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Brother Joel Begs Forgiveness, was published in December 2017.

The first book by Carol Buchanan, God's Thunderbolt, was published in July 2008.

No. Carol Buchanan does not write books in series.