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- William Wallace Johnstone (October 28, 1938 – February 8, 2004) was an American author most known for his western, horror, and survivalist novels.
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William Wallace Johnstone (October 28, 1938 – February 8, 2004) was an American author most known for his western, horror, and survivalist novels.
- The Last Dog of The Dog Team
- Anarchy in The Ashes
- The First Mountain Man Series: Preacher
- The Devil’s Kiss
- The Last Gunfighter Series: No Man’S Land
- The First Mountain Man: Blood on The Divide
- Code Name: Kill Zone
- Vengeance Is Mine
This is the first of the Dog Team Series that is acclaimed to be Johnstone’s favorite of his own novels, and the book is generally reviewed to be one of Johnstone’s best. The first of a series, the novel introduces us to Terry Kovak, considered to be one of Johnstone’s more hard-hitting characters. He was chosen for an elite secret squad of deadly ...
The Ashes series from Johnstone is his series of post-apocalyptic novels. They depict Ben Raines, the book’s hero, attempting to rejuvenate and rebuild the US after the devastation of World War III, where Johnstone imagines Russia and the US finally came to war. In this particular novel we see Ben Raines is no longer US president but is attempting ...
Considered to be the best in the series, or at least the most well-written, this book is a prequel that tells the original story of Preacher, the titular character in Johnstone’s ‘The First Mountain Man’ series, and is the 8th book in the series. Preacher is filled with wanderlust and courage and leaves his family in Ohio to venture Westward. On hi...
This is Johnstone’s first novel which was interestingly not the Western he is known for but is instead a horror novel. The novel is gruesome and deals with religious themes that some may not enjoy, if you are looking for his Western novels, this pilot novel for Johnstone is quite different. It’s basically a classic Christian fable, Sam Balon is a p...
Frank Morgan is the last gunfighter and in the 9th installment of this series, he faces some of his toughest challenges yet. No Man’s Land is a strip of land destined to become the Oklahoma Panhandle, but neither Kansas nor Texas want anything to do with it. Morgan takes it upon himself to fight on this new Frontier but he may have bitten off more ...
The novel is your classic cat-and-mouse chase through the Western Frontier and if you like your classic Western story this one won’t disappoint. The Pardee gang, a band of siblings, and the marauding band known as the Utes plague the Oregon Trail and it is up to Preacher to lead them into the Rockies to their death and sweet justice. Johnstone real...
This is the last book of the Code Name series. It pits the ex-CIA agent John Barrone against ‘El Presidente’ Luis Mendoza. In this final installment, Barrone must spearhead the fight against Mendoza with a secret strike of force of ex-law enforcement elites and intelligence professionals. Mendoza has removed himself from his native Columbia to form...
John Howard Stark is about to start a one-man war against the outlaws coming across the Mexican border, a Vietnam vet who has worked on a ranch on the border for years. Suddenly he is plunged into the world of Colombian drug cartels as his ranch is attacked by bombs. The attack leaves three Americans including his uncle and neighbor dead, and now S...
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- The Last Mountain Man Series. Massive Series. The Last Mountain Man contains over 40 volumes and was first published in 1984. William W. Johnstone wrote about the old American West in a highly idealized way.
- The Family Jensen Series. Frontier Experts. As all good expansive Western sagas go, The Family Jensen tells the story of several generations of men and sometimes women who forged the land as frontier experts.
- MacCallister Series. 18 Novels. MacCallister: The Eagles Legacy Series is a historical fiction collection written by William and his nephew, J.A., who joined him in collaboration from the eleventh novel onwards.
- Will Tanner Series. US Deputy Marshal. The Will Tanner series was written as a Western series by both Johnstones, all about a cowboy called Tanner, whose life changes after he changes careers to own land and work as a US Deputy Marshal.
- Smoke Jensen, The Beginning (A Smoke Jensen Novel of the West Book 1) Book Summary: An epic account of a boy born into a struggle for survival on the harsh and unforgiving American frontier from the greatest Western writer of the century.
- This Violent Land (A Smoke Jensen Novel of the West Book 2) Book Summary: Deputy U.S. Marshal Smoke Jensen rides into legend in this powerful frontier adventure from the greatest Western writer of the century.
- Outlaw Country (A Smoke Jensen Novel of the West Book 3) Book Summary: Set in the early days of the Jensen family saga, this gunblazing adventure follows Smoke and Sally from their first year of marriage to the founding of the legendary Sugarloaf Ranch . . .
- The Legend of Perley Gates (A Perley Gates Western Book 1) Book Summary: From the national bestselling authors, the fiery saga introducing Perley Gates, a legend born out of the brutality and violence of the American West… He’s the son of a cattle rancher.
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- February 8, 2004
- October 28, 1938
- The Last Mountain Man (Mountain Man, #1)
- The First Mountain Man (The First Mountain Man #1)
- To the River's End by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone.
- Forever Texas (Forever Texas, #1) by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone.
William W. Johnstone has 938 books on Goodreads with 590662 ratings. William W. Johnstone’s most popular book is The Last Mountain Man (Mountain Man, #1).
Though most known for his western adventures, Johnstone was also a visionary writer. His prophetic stories within his Ashes Series, Code Name Series, and his science fiction books, predicting the Gulf War and the political climate we live in today, was ahead of its time when it was written.
