Longarm and the Texas Rangers

Longarm #139

by Tabor Evans

NO MAN'S LAND

That's what they call the worthless strip of dirt above the Texas panhandle...a rattlesnake's nest of thieves and varmints. And Longarm's after the most yellow-bellied snake of all, a con artist who sold deeds to the bone-dry land -- and then gunned down his partners.

Marshal Long's interest in the land scam isn't strictly business. Because the culprit's impersonating one William T. Mann, a legendary ex-Texas Ranger -- and a good buddy of Longarm's boss, Billy Vail. Longarm's got to find the murdering cheat...pronto. Or the federal authorities are going to have a necktie party -- for an innocent Mann!

183 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 11, 1982

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.