Blackwater

by Frank O'Rourke

Strong spine with creasing and rubbing. Bright clean cover has light creasing and edge wear. Text is perfect. Same day shipping from AZ.

Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1968

About the author

Frank O'Rourke was an American writer known for western and mystery novels and sports fiction. O'Rourke wrote more than 60 novels and numerous magazine articles.

Born in Denver, Colorado he attended Kemper Military School. A talented amateur baseball player, he considered trying out for a professional team, but was called up for service in World War II. At the end of the war he decided to become a writer.

Several of O'Rourke's novels were filmed, The Bravados (1958) was the first, and his novel A Mule for the Marquesa was made into a popular movie called The Professionals (1966).

Later in life, O'Rourke turned to writing children's literature. He committed suicide on April 27, 1989.

In addition to his actual name O'Rourke also wrote under the following names: Kevin Connor; Frank O'Malley and Patrick O'Malley

Reviews

[Stuart Douglas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good solid western, which does exactly what you'd expect from a good solid western. No real surprises but better written that it needed to be, really...