Gunsmoke Graze: Three Blazing Days on the Mesa Grande

by Peter Dawson

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

Genres: Westerns

368 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Peter is the pen name of author Jonathan Hurff Glidden. He was born in Kewanee, Illinois, in 1907, and studied English literature at the University of Illinois. In his career as a Western author, Glidden published sixteen Western novels and over one hundred and twenty short novels and short stories for the magazine market. His first novel, The Crimson Horseshow, won the Dodd, Mead Prize as the 1941 Best Western of the Year. He died in 1957.

Note: "Peter Dawson" was also a pen name used by Frederick Faust (better known another of his pen names, Max Brand). Care should be taken when attributing books.

Reviews

[Jeff Dickison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good western as young man comes back to his home area to help his father only to be turned away again by the old man. Framed for a murder he didn't commit, he decides to stand his ground and clear his name. Lots of action, good plot twists, and (of course) a pretty gal. What more could you want? Recommended to western fans.