The Law in Cottonwood

by Lewis B. Patten

The Law in Cottonwood by Lewis B. Patten. 1978, Doubleday & Co., hardcover edition, 183 pages. Double D Western. novel.

183 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

aka Lewis Ford, Len Leighton, Joseph Wayne (with Wayne D. Overholser)

Lewis Byford Patten was a prolific author of American Western Novels, born in Denver, Colorado. Often published under the names Lewis Ford, Len Leighto and, Joseph Wayne.

Reviews

[Josh Hitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Close to perfection for a quick well written short western. Marshal Morgan Gaunt is the only law in Cottonwood, a cattle town that seen hundreds of cowboys every year during the cattle drives ending in the town's pens every year. Every year had its problems but this year the town passed a gun ban that Gaunt will have to enforce. There were also men in town that wanted him dead, and a trail boss from last year that swore to kill him anyway he could.

Highly recommended, I've read a lot of Patten's works and I don't think he wrote a bad book, this is towards the top. Just a simple story but with plenty of action and done with great skill.

[Davy Bennett]

Finished reading in 1992.
Remember next to nothing about it.

[Rodney Haydon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; you can’t go wrong with a Double D western. Especially one written by Lewis B. Patten.