The Last Scout

by Will Cook

When Page meets his grandfather, Wind-River Page, for the first time, he gets more than he bargained for when he learns that someone is giving out information on gold shipments--and his grandfather is involved

164 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

William Everett Cook was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1922 and died in 1964. He began writing for publication in 1952 for Popular Library. During his short life Cook was a soldier, commercial aviator, deep-sea diver, logger, peace officer, and writer of western and adventure novels and stories. His hobbies included sports car racing, sailing, judo, and barbershop singing. His pseudonyms include Wayne Everett, James Keene, Frank Peace, and William Richards.

William Everett Cook was a writer of western and adventure novels and stories. Collection consists of correspondence (273 letters), manuscripts for his novels, short stories, and one novella, and an extensive collection of western pulp fiction containing short stories by Cook.

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm going to guess that I read this sometime in 2002, when I was still recovering from a head injury and relearning to read novels. Good of its genre, I thought at the time.