Peter Dawson

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  • Bibliography:
    44 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1979
  • Latest Book:
    August 2017
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Book List in Order: 44 titles

  • The Showdown

  • The Stageline Feud

  • Royal Gorge

    Bourke rode into Canon City after his brother's killer. He then got caught in the crossfire of a vicious railroad war between the Rio Grande and the Santa Fe. The law was after Bourke, the army branded him a deserter, even his woman betrayed him. Th...

  • Gunsmoke Craze

  • The Blizzard

  • Gunsmoke Graze

    Returning to Lodgepole after leaving in disgrace five years ago, Joe Bonnyman finds himself the prime suspect in a bank robbery and murder, and in order to prove his innocence he must find the real culprit...

  • Big Outfit

  • The Outlaw of Longbow

  • The Stirrup Boss



  • Dark Riders of Doom

    Five tales of the West portray a rancher who goes up against nocturnal raiders, a man framed for murder by a crooked judge, the showdown between a sheriff and a wealthy land owner, an accused murderer and cattle rustler, and a confrontation with arme...

  • Ruler of the Range

    Jeff Kindred knew Frank Sorrell wanted the range, but Jeff was determined to keep what was his. When his partner is gunned down, Jeff knows that Sorrell wants more than just the range, and that he has a real battle on his hands....

  • Rattlesnake Mesa

    A DEADLY WARNING Luke Barron, riding at night beyond Rattlesnake Mesa on his way to the Eagle Canon mining camp, sees an old woman cutting down a body hanging from a tree. A sign is attached to the body: Luke Barron, Beware! And things only get wo...

  • The Crimson Horseshoe

    Jim Allard rode in to Antelope Valley with what looked like a peaceful job ahead. He was tired of guns and killing. But a deadly range war was brewing. Both sides tried to hire Allard's gun. They then pinned an ambush on him, so he had to fight back....

  • Ghost Brand of the Wishbones

    A trio of short novels set against the backdrop of the Old West includes Sagerock Sheriff, in which an elderly lawman confronts his toughest challenge; Hell's Half Acre, about a range war between cattle ranchers and a sheep-raising sy...

  • Treachery at Rock Point

  • Angel Peak

    In the seven stories collected here, Peter Dawson captures the soul of the American West and the spirit that made its people legendary. Within these pages, a newly sworn deputy sheriff risks his reputation and his livelihood to defend a wanted man. A...

  • Trail Boss

  • Claiming of the Deerfoot

    Two short novels in one volume, capturing the excitement of the wild frontier, include "Barbed Wire," in which Jim Lance attempts to occupy a homestead he won in a poker game, but a devious rancher has other plans for him. Reprint....

  • Long Ride



  • Lone Rider from Texas

    Set against the untamed American West, a powerful collection of stories captures the triumphs and tribulations of such unforgettable characters as an outlaw father who tries to save his son and a shotgun guard who must choose between love and honor. ...

  • Forgotten Destiny

    Over the decades, Peter Dawson has become well known for his classic style and action-packed stories. This volume collects in paperback for the first time three of his most popular novellas--all of which embody the dramatic struggles that made the Am...

  • Phantom Raiders

    Sometimes, as in "Retribution River," conflict has to do with the disenfranchised struggling desperately to regain their land. Sometimes, as in "Cutbank Welcome," it is a matter of having to learn the identity of a murderer. Then, as in "Matched Pair...

  • Ghost of the Chinook

    Bill Ash, an escaped convict in "Spawn of Yuma," returns to find his father murdered. The "Colt-Cure for Woolly Fever" is Matt North's secret plan to force an entire range to reverse its decision to raise sheep. In "Posse of Outlawed Men," the disenf...

  • Showdown At Anchor

    The heart of the American West lives in Peter Dawson's stories, with characters that blaze a trail over a land of frontier dreams and nightmares and across a country coming of age. Sometimes, as in "A Tinhorn Takes a Tank Town," the conflict has to d...

  • Desert Drive

    The heart of the American West lives in Peter Dawson's stories, with characters that blaze a trail across a country coming of age. This quintet includes Wanted for Blackmail, where Sheriff Walt Crowe, a wanted man, uses a local strongman for his own ...

  • Troublesome Range

    After five years of virtual banishment because he sold out his small outfit to the Middle Arizona Cattle Company, giving it a foothold on the Mesa Grande range, violent-tempered Joe Bonnyman is summoned back to Lodgepole by his father when it appears...

  • Posse Guns

    In "Outcast Deputy," Hugh Connor has to find a way to stop the men who want to take his land without getting himself killed in the process. Tom Marolt is a hardworking sheriff who takes a desperate gamble to end a rustling spree in "The Bullet."...

  • Phantom Riders

  • Gunsmoke Masquerade

    The only hope of finding a US marshal who suspiciously vanished in the desert is rotting in a New Mexico jail!Because of reports of a potential range war in Peñasco County, New Mexico, US Commissioner Guilford dispatches Deputy US Marshal Ed Church ...



  • Willow Basin

    Ralph Frazer of the Bar Z in "Posse of Outlawed Men" has a strong hand. Sheriff Canby and Judge Solon do his bidding and have helped him in disenfranchising one rancher after another, so the Bar Z can grow. He has had a number of men posing as open-r...

  • Rider on the Buckskin

    Frank Rivers had served four years in the penitentiary for the murder of his father in the commission of a stagecoach robbery. There had been a witness that could not be found at the time of the trial, but who's testimony four years later was suffici...

  • Longriding Lawman

    Red Sutrow in Back-Trail Bondage is an ex-convict, working as a blacksmith in Hardrock. As a provision of his parole, Red is not allowed to carry a gun. But when two hardcases start shooting up the saloon, the sheriff cowers in the blacksmith shop......

  • The Stirrup Brand

    After Fred Vance's father died, his mother married Milt Hurd. When his mother died, the Stirrup Ranch was left to Fred but with the provision that Milt Hurd be supported. Rather than stay on Stirrup, Vance left and sought his fortune in New Mexico Te...

  • Treasure Freight

    Lonesome Jim Barkley in "Boomerang Bounty" is a former lawman who has successfully concealed his past involvement in a robbery. Banker Tade Wardow knows Lonesome's secret‚ and he uses that knowledge to bargain with Lonesome to commit a new crime. "...

  • Beyond Fort North

    Captain Dan Gentry did nothing to defend himself at the court-martial held following the massacre of all but himself and Sergeant Tim McCune, as well as the loss of a herd of sixty remounts to Apaches on the way back to Fort North from Fort Starke. F...

  • Dead Man Pass

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  • High Country

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  • The Man on the Buckskin

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  • A Pride of Men

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  • Renegade Canyon

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  • Run to Goldrock

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  • The Savages

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  • The Stagline Feud

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  • The Texas Slicks

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peter Dawson has published 44 books.

Peter Dawson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Beyond Fort North, was published in August 2017.

The first book by Peter Dawson, The Stageline Feud, was published in January 1979.

No. Peter Dawson does not write books in series.
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