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The Last Mountain Man #33
Destiny of the Mountain Man
Bringing his .45s out of retirement, Smoke Jensen comes to the aid of Captian Richard King when Union Captain Jack Brant, who burned down his ranch and slaughtered his people, is released from prison with vengeance on his mind. Original.
255 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2005
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William W. Johnstone
1,055 books1,396 followersWilliam W. Johnstone is the #1 bestselling Western writer in America and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of hundreds of books, with over 50 million copies sold. Born in southern Missouri, he was raised with strong moral and family values by his minister father, and tutored by his schoolteacher mother. He left school at fifteen to work in a carnival and then as a deputy sheriff before serving in the army. He went on to become known as "the Greatest Western writer of the 21st Century." Visit him online at WilliamJohnstone.net.
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July 1, 2007
Over the past four months I have been reading the Mountain Man series by William W. Johnstone. They are a throwback to the old west and come complete with rugged turrain, outlaws, Indians, and heroes. I enjoyed these books for the simple reason that I feel transported back to a simpler time when right was right, wrong was wrong, and there wasn't nearly so much gray. The reader gets to learn alot about what it was like for the men and women who broke open the territory but especially we get to cheer on an old fashioned hero or two. You will enjoy this trip back to the mid 1800's and you'll willingly cheer for the good guys who are interesting and funny characters, and hate the villains. Enjoy!
January 8, 2015
Very well written
I continue to be amazed at the differences in each of these books. The situations and ways the plots develop are very well done.
I continue to be amazed at the differences in each of these books. The situations and ways the plots develop are very well done.
May 7, 2023
Smoke gets a letter asking him to come to South Texas to a ranch named Santa Gertruids. The letter was written by Robert Justice Klebrg, a man Smoke owed a gigantic favor. After getting on the train to Texas, where he is accompanied by his lovely wife Sally and his two hands, Cal and Pearlie from there Smoke walks into a man hiding a knife on a young woman. Smoke acts like he does not notice but in a blink of an eye, he throws the pondscum off of the train. The story gets interesting from there. Once Smoke and Sally get into town Smoke is forced to kill the same man because the man tried him. After Smoke is told his help is not needed but after learning that Smoke saved the daughter of King Richard, the man who owned the ranch decided to take the help offered. The battle is a hard-fought one where one of Smoke's hands is left in bad shape. Was this a case of the battle was won but the war was lost?
You have to read to find that out.
You have to read to find that out.
March 31, 2023
In the bush country of South Texas, Captain Richard King built a sprawling ranch called Santa Gertrudis. But at the end of the Civil War, while king was in Mexico, his ranch was raided by Union troops led by a sadistic killer who burned Santa Gertrudis to the ground--and slaughtered everyone on it. Thirty years later, King's land is about to run with blood once more. Former Union Captain Jack Brant has gotten out of prison and is raring to pick up his rampage where he left off. Called to Texas, mountain man Smoke Jensen is ready and willing to help King fight fire with fire. Brant isn't worried about Smoke Jensen--after all, what can one man do? Well...he's about to find out!
Not the best work Johnstone has done and one of the few in this series that I had little good to say other than it was Smoke Jensen, the story was just lacking compared to past ones.
Not the best work Johnstone has done and one of the few in this series that I had little good to say other than it was Smoke Jensen, the story was just lacking compared to past ones.
July 9, 2020
Smoke
Another winner, where there is Smoke there will be fire,gun fire that is. I so enjoy these books 📚 on Smoke. And, Sally can hold her own also. I just wish it would have ended with mr knowing what happened with Pearlie. Thank you for another awesome read.
Another winner, where there is Smoke there will be fire,gun fire that is. I so enjoy these books 📚 on Smoke. And, Sally can hold her own also. I just wish it would have ended with mr knowing what happened with Pearlie. Thank you for another awesome read.
July 15, 2023
This is the second book by this author that I have read. And I really like his stories and the way he writes and his characters. I thoroughly enjoyed this read. Can’t wait to see what he writes about next
February 18, 2018
Outstanding!
This is a fine western story where good won over evil once more. The book was well written and edited which only added to the excitement.
This is a fine western story where good won over evil once more. The book was well written and edited which only added to the excitement.
July 28, 2019
Enjoy the 33rd book of the smoke Jensen series.
November 7, 2019
Experience
With smoke Jensen and his good friends, he has helped others to rid the land of very bad men. Smoke Jensen.
With smoke Jensen and his good friends, he has helped others to rid the land of very bad men. Smoke Jensen.
October 3, 2020
Another action filled book in the Last Mountain Man series
March 11, 2023
I enjoyed reading this book
Always a pleasure to read Another William w Johnstone book. It was a wonderful read. I would recommend to everyone
Always a pleasure to read Another William w Johnstone book. It was a wonderful read. I would recommend to everyone
April 21, 2023
Another good book by my favorite western author.
September 16, 2023
Wasn’t the same without J.A. Johnstone riding shotgun!
June 21, 2016
This was the first book in the Smoke Jensen series, that was started by William W. Johnstone and finished off by Fred Austin.
It was an excellent read, just rushed in the ending and your left hanging on Smoke's ranch Foreman Pearlie. Which probably will conclude in the next book.
Pearlie, got shot in the right side of his chest, is unconscious, they don't know if he'll live or die but they want to get him home to Colorado and loaded up on a private train rail car.
Everything I've read back when this story takes place near Corpus Christi, Texas, on the Santa Gertrudis Ranch, about 15 years after the Civil War.
He probably would be dead but miracles do happen in written fiction and especially when know Smoke has killed a mess of bad guys shooting them in the same place as Pearlie was.
With that a side, it's still good, has the typical good verse evil, a few twist and turns, fast paced and don't fuck with Smoke. Or you'll end up dead.
It was an excellent read, just rushed in the ending and your left hanging on Smoke's ranch Foreman Pearlie. Which probably will conclude in the next book.
Pearlie, got shot in the right side of his chest, is unconscious, they don't know if he'll live or die but they want to get him home to Colorado and loaded up on a private train rail car.
Everything I've read back when this story takes place near Corpus Christi, Texas, on the Santa Gertrudis Ranch, about 15 years after the Civil War.
He probably would be dead but miracles do happen in written fiction and especially when know Smoke has killed a mess of bad guys shooting them in the same place as Pearlie was.
With that a side, it's still good, has the typical good verse evil, a few twist and turns, fast paced and don't fuck with Smoke. Or you'll end up dead.
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