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Buchanan #18
Buchanan's Stolen Railway
"You know a man named Buchanan?"
"Ev'body knows Buchanan."
"I want him killed on sight. I want the Apaches wiped out, no witnesses.
Anyone else who gets in the way -- you know what to do."
Buchanan had ridden the big black horse a long way. Now he was high in the New Mexico mountains on his way to help his friend Longbo save his mine from thieves and bankruptcy.
Colin Masters was the kind of thief nobody dared to tangle with.
He was a powerful man. A millionaire.
He wanted Longbo's mine and he didn't care how he got it.
He rounded up a gang of hired killers and began to take Longbo apart.
Then Buchanan showed up....
"Ev'body knows Buchanan."
"I want him killed on sight. I want the Apaches wiped out, no witnesses.
Anyone else who gets in the way -- you know what to do."
Buchanan had ridden the big black horse a long way. Now he was high in the New Mexico mountains on his way to help his friend Longbo save his mine from thieves and bankruptcy.
Colin Masters was the kind of thief nobody dared to tangle with.
He was a powerful man. A millionaire.
He wanted Longbo's mine and he didn't care how he got it.
He rounded up a gang of hired killers and began to take Longbo apart.
Then Buchanan showed up....
- GenresWesterns
222 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published July 12, 1979
About the author
Jonas Ward
68 books7 followersA pseudonym used by William Ard. House name from 1960 to 1986.
In 1956, hardboiled writer William Ard turned his pen westward and introduced one of the genre’s most enduring characters: Thomas Buchanan, better known as just “Buchanan,” a drifter as likeable as he is deadly. The first novel in the series was called The Name’s Buchanan and appeared under the pseudonym “Jonas Ward.”
Only the first 6 books in the series were written by Ard, and the last, Buchanan on the Prod, was completed by Robert Silverberg.
After Ard's death in 1960 "Jonas Ward" became a house name. Brian Garfield did one and then William R. Cox took over the series and it continued until 1986.
In 1956, hardboiled writer William Ard turned his pen westward and introduced one of the genre’s most enduring characters: Thomas Buchanan, better known as just “Buchanan,” a drifter as likeable as he is deadly. The first novel in the series was called The Name’s Buchanan and appeared under the pseudonym “Jonas Ward.”
Only the first 6 books in the series were written by Ard, and the last, Buchanan on the Prod, was completed by Robert Silverberg.
After Ard's death in 1960 "Jonas Ward" became a house name. Brian Garfield did one and then William R. Cox took over the series and it continued until 1986.
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August 29, 2021
I haven't read a Western in years but when I came across this book on Mt. Toobie and realized that I've had it for 30-something years ... well, I decided that its time had come.
This book was part shoot-'em-up-bang-bang and part romance novel with mining, a train, and baseball (of all things!) thrown in for good measure.
It was cute but I've no desire to search out other books in this series.
This book was part shoot-'em-up-bang-bang and part romance novel with mining, a train, and baseball (of all things!) thrown in for good measure.
It was cute but I've no desire to search out other books in this series.
February 15, 2014
Good entry in the Buchanan series, I always enjoy any of the stories.
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