Slocum (westerns)
Slocum Westerns are the longest running series of Westerns ever written, encompassing over 400 books, all of which are published under the pen name Jake Logan.[1][2] The books have been written by a number of authors, and all feature John Slocum as the protagonist.[3]
Main character
[edit]John Slocum is among the toughest of gunfighters. He is a mostly decent man who will do whatever it takes to survive life in the Western Frontier. A Confederate soldier who lost his ancestral home to carpetbaggers after the Civil War, Slocum left the South, never to return.
He has been a soldier, slave, stagecoach driver, shotgun guard, bank robber, lawman, pioneer, cowboy, shepherd, poor man, rich man, gambler, and drifter. His adventures occur in most of the American West.
Target demographic
[edit]The books are claimed to be adult oriented, due to the presence of three explicitly described sex scenes in each of the numerous books; they were first published by Playboy Press.[4]
Authors
[edit]- Robert E. Vardeman (Dead Man's Spurs)[5]
- Martin Cruz Smith (Ride for Revenge)[6]
- Ronald Kelly (Slocum and the Nightriders)[7] and (Slocum and the Gold Slaves) [8]
- Robert Vaughan (Cheyenne Bloodbath) [9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Action Westerns". Penguin.com. Penguin Books. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ^ Lyon, Karen (July 2009). "The Literary Hill". Hill Rag. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Jake Logan". Penguin Books. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ "Slocum's woman by Jake Logan". Playboy Press Paperbacks. WorldCat. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
- ^ Logan, Jake (October 1, 1999). Dead Man's Spurs. Vol. Slocum series number 247. Jove. ISBN 978-0-515-12613-6.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Logan, Jake (July 1980). Ride for Revenge. Vol. Slocum series number 11. Berkley Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-86721-159-7.
- ^ Slocum and the Nightriders 1994, Berkley – Slocum series number 174
- ^ Slocum and the Gold Slaves 1994, Berkley – Slocum series number 187
- ^ Cheyenne Bloodbath 1986, Berkley – Slocum series number 90
External links
[edit]- Books by Jake Logan fictiondb