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  • Bibliography:
    47 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1953
  • Latest Book:
    December 2023
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Three Mesquiteers

Powdersmoke Justice (1953)

Book List in Order: 47 titles



  • Jake Glendon's gang of opium smugglers had turned a deputy's badge into a death warrant. When the Three Mesquiteers rode off after discovering the body, they rode into one of the toughest cases in their career of unofficial outlaw-busting....



  • Whit Traxler might have been called an antique dealer. But Whit only dealt in antiques that really interested him -- and only when it pleased him. The Auction Atelier of Kyle Dormer & Son was one of his favorite places. Not only were the Dormers h...









  • WesternLarge Print EditionWhen the Guadalupe Kid rode in to see his old friend, Tresbarro, he didnt expect to use his gun. But Tresbarro was being forced to sell his ranch to someone who wanted it bad enough to kill for it. And when the Kid bought th...







  • There was no law in Tosco, only the bullet law of Dike Scaraban and his crew of range pirates. Nothing stood in their way - except a single, lone-ridin' stranger, the man known as Ridin' Through because he never stayed for long....








  • They called themselves the Scorpions, and when they struck they were as swift, silent and fatal as the vicious animals that inspired their name. No one had ever dared to try and stop their lawless rampages until the day Tucson Smith vowed vengeance f...





  • DOUBLE TROUBLE

    More than sixty films have been based on the works of William Colt MacDonald, ten of which feature John Wayne. This volume includes two of MacDonald's most memorable novellas. "Gun Fog" tells the story of Jerry Knight, a destitute...



  • Collection of Two Western Novellas featuring The Son of the Wolf (introduces Wolf Blaine and was made into the Motion Picture Wyoming Whirlwind) and Powder Smoke (introduces Powder Smoke Peters and filmed as Man of Action)....






  • Ramrod Ridge was a ghost town and a hideout for the dregs of the frontier that no law-abiding community would tolerate. Here Simon Crawford, a tyrant who ruled with fear and ill-gotten wealth, held absolute power. The trail that led Caliper and Nogal...



  • DESERT DISASTER Lance Tolliver wants nothing more than to solve his friend's murder and go home. But his only clues are the strangest he's ever seen: a blackened right hand and a rare cactus bud found with the body. As Lance gets closer and closer t...





  • One stormy night in Devil's Drum country, Texas, a freight train is halted by a landslide. Two teamsters with fake orders from one of the railroad's top officials ride up, requesting twenty cases of preserves from the startled crew - but are waylaid ...







  • Special railroad agent Quist looks at the tombstone bearing his own name. Since he'd hit town, his life had been in danger - but with this, he decides enough is enough... ...



  • Nash Canfield was a liar, a drunkard and a cheat. When he was murdered, even the sheriff didn’t work too hard to solve the case. It looked like the wife was guilty. Maybe his brother-in-law did it. But plenty of others wanted Canfield dead....







  • The Three Mesquiteers - Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke, and Lullaby Joslin - return with their special brand of triple trouble! Two gunfighters arrive in Los Potros the same day, both seeking Tucson. One is anxious to shake the hand of the man who befrie...



  • Quist sets off for Quivira City to clear up the murder of one Whitney Clayton, a man who had no mourners at his funeral. No lack of suspects, though, as both Clayton's widow and her brother - children of the powerful cattle baron Grizzly Baldridge - ...






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    Whit Gallatin was cursed with the label 'killer' because of his father's reputation. He rode the range from the Rio Grande to the Canadian border, and wherever he went people expected the worst. But Whit didn't care about gossip saddle bums or gunsli...



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    Known to everyone as the King of Crazy River, Big Vink Thorpe certainly looked like a king. Tall, handsome, open-hearted, a true cattleman of the old type, he was known and liked throughout the Crazy River country. But one night he was found dead, st...






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    The valley was being torn apart by a bloody feud. Rifles and six-shooters exploded, lighting the night sky with brilliant lances of flame. A man cursed, the words choking abruptly in his throat. A horse screamed and fell, tossing its rider to the hoo...



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    El Gato Montes, notorious bandit turned guer rilla chief, ruled his outlaw empire from a mountain strongh old. His name was feared throughout Mexico. Only two men dar ed oppose him, the Gila Shadow and Santiago, who both had sc ores to settle. '...



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    The lonely Texan had fought on the losing side in the Civil War. His father and brother had been killed, and his home had been burned to the ground. All that remained was the neglected land and the half-wild cattle. He had friends who joined him in a...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Colt MacDonald has published 47 books.

William Colt MacDonald does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Law and Order, Unlimited, was published in December 2023.

The first book by William Colt MacDonald, Powdersmoke Justice, was published in January 1953.

Yes. William Colt MacDonald has 1 series.