Jason Evers: His Own Story

by Frank Roderus

In a story of innocence lost in the Old West, notorious killer Jason Evers tells of his descent into the cold-hearted murder, beginning with his first killing as boy and following the long trail of dead bodies into manhood. Reprint. BAKER & TAYLOR Bks

Genres: Westerns

178 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Frank Roderus wrote his first story—it was a western—when he was five. It was really awful, as might be expected, but his mother kept that typed and spell-checked short story tucked away until the day she died.
Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.
As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank Roderus their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.

Reviews

[Bill ROBINSON · Rating 5 out of 5]

Back on track.

I have read every Frank Roderus book available on kindle. This one is back to the style that makes him the best of the west. I say back due to the one about the two rancher brothers who shot wild horses to preserve BLM grazing rights. I was depressed for days after that one. I followed that with " Orphan Filly", a kids book . By then I thought my man had lost the touch. My faith in Frank Roderus is restored with this one.

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