Longarm and the Big Fifty

Longarm #211

by Tabor Evans

Longarm is guarding Harmony Drake on a train bound for Colorado, where the murdering sidewinder has a date with the gallows. When Drake bellyaches about feeling ill, Longarm makes the mistake of taking him off the train to see a doctor. Next thing he knows, Longarm is ambushed and left for dead--and Drake hightails it to Mexico, with Longarm on the way to settle the score. Original.

Genres: Westerns

184 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Tabor Evans is the author of the long-running Longarm western series, featuring the adventures of Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long. Tabor Evans, is a house pseudonym used by a number of authors. The pseudonym of Tabor Evans would begin in the 1970s when Lou Cameron established it for the Jove Books publishing label. Lou Cameron helped create the character and wrote a number of the early books in the series. The first book was published in 1978. Other authors known to have written books in the series include Melvin Marshall, Will C. Knott, Frank Roderus, Chet Cunningham, J. Lee Butts, Gary McCarthy, James Reasoner, Jeffrey M. Wallmann, Peter Brandvold and Harry Whittington. In addition there are 29 "Giant" editions published as well.

The Longarm series is a mainstay of the "adult western" genre which arose in the 1970s. These books are distinguished from classical westerns by the inclusion of more explicit sex and violence.

Reviews

[Steven Allen · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better books in this long running series. I have always been fascinated with the Old West since my great-grandmother told me stories of when she was a little girl West-bound on the Oregon Trail.

I have also read a lot about the old buffalo hunters and have been fascinated with guns of the Old West since watching old spaghetti Westerns with my great-grandmother. The Sharps 50-120-600 (AKA Big Fifty) has always been a gun on my dream list (as well as the Quigley version in 45 caliber).

A bit more action in this book (which I like) but otherwise the story follows the usual Longarm formula.