Johnny Gunn

Life in the Oregon Territory frontier village of Brookside is drastically changed when schemes and frauds turn violent. Families are split apart, and good citizens die in this first novel in a continuing series of life in Oregon's frontier period. Brookside, Oregon Territory in the late 1840s is a ranching and timber producing village made up of those willing to face the dangers and hardships of frontier life. Some are honest, hardworking, and family oriented while others become criminals, killers, and opportunists. Farmer and rancher Jacob Hoagland works through a rough period and, into the new year, is faced with a growing family relying on him, an opportunity for farm growth, and a community that finds it needs him, too. Irene Creighton is married to an animal of a man who believes it is a man's right to beat on his wife at will. After years of abuse, she fights back with a cast iron pan. Her husband's death leads to the discovery of his participation in land fraud within the territory. Ben Thorndyke is the village's most successful businessman. His company builds the tools and appliances needed by the timber industry and by the farmers and ranchers in the little valley. In turn, his retail farm and ranch supply emporium sell what he builds along with seed and other needed supplies. He is a community leader and friend of the governor. The county constable, Tobias Kennedy, came to America from Ireland and landed in Brookside. He gets his information through the menacing use of an oak walking stick, a constantly questioning mind, and a distinct desire for Irish whisky and Oregon brandy. These lives, along with the loves, joys and hardships accompanying them, will bring questions of criminality to a conclusion. But not everyone's life will take a turn for the better...

Frontier action on every page, from the valley floor to the sun-scorched mesas.Five years ago, Jack Slater helped capture a notorious outlaw who now roams free with a singular, deranged ambition: to annihilate Jack and his entire family. The relentless pursuit wreaks havoc across Nevada, instigating a wave of terror in the Mound Valley.When a congregation of outlaws along the Truckee River culminates in a botched bank heist, the stage is set for an explosive confrontation. Unwavering in his vow to protect his family, Jack stands as the last bastion against this madness-driven vendetta. In a landscape where law and chaos collide and a sheriff demands control, Jack Slater's dedication to his family's safety knows no bounds. Can he thwart his enemy's insidious plans and save his family, or will he fall prey to the twisted desires of a maniac?

In the fall of 1872, following a buggy mishap that killed his parents, Jack Slater, ten years old, was flung to the streets of New York City, among thousands of misplaced, orphaned, or runaway children. He was saved by the Children's Aid Society that placed orphaned children with families on the frontier. These families welcomed the children and most found loving homes. Some grew up to become industrial, political, or community leaders. Slater did not find a loving home. Instead, he found himself at Pete Jablonski's farm in Fargo, Dakota Territory where abuse was a daily dose of reality. When outlaws rob a local mine payroll and kill four men in the process, Slater makes a mortal enemy of the Elko County Sheriff that takes Slater's life is an unexpected direction.

THE WEST: LAND OF OPPORTUNITY (A Collection) consists of nineteen enticing short stories written by best-selling author Johnny Gunn. Each tale is introduced with an inviting illustration by esteemed artist Barabash Sviatoslav. In this anthology, we learn of all types of Westerners and ranchers attempting to make a living in the rugged landscape. The reader will discover cowboys and cattle drives, miners, bartenders, lawmen, both crooked and good, and a youngster wanting to become a bad man and make a name for himself. We follow a talkative and captivating army corporal who has spent his career in constant combat as those around him wonder if his stories are exaggerated. We learn about a past prisoner trying to start a new life by training horses and about a tracker and bounty hunter who encounters the most "alien" situation. There are good men fighting bad men and westerners of all ages and trades attempting to do their best under challenging circumstances. There is a reason Johnny Gunn is a renowned author.

These cowboy drifters are back in the saddle for another gun-toting adventure, the likes of which they've never seen before.When Snake and Dog-man, owners of a newly acquired ranch, embark on their first cattle drive to market, their path becomes fraught with adversity. After the local sheriff is tragically killed, lawlessness prevails in the area, and-amidst relentless attempts to safeguard their herd-the cattle drive is marred by attacks, resulting in the demise of an outlaw and one of his sons.Consumed by vengeance, the surviving son relentlessly pursues Snake and Dog-man, launching a series of assaults. As the cattle drive teeters on the brink of abandonment, lives hang in the balance, and even Snake's adopted son faces peril.Can Snake and Dog-man successfully navigate troubles at Buzzard Pass with their massive herd? And what awaits them at the end of the trail, with the shadow of a known killer looming large?

The rough and tumble US Marshal and his cantankerous deputy are back in the saddle, raring to go in the latest action-packed installment from hard-hitting western author Johnny Gunn It's late 1862 in Nevada Territory. The bank in Washoe City has been robbed and the man responsible has been high on a list of most wanted by U.S. Marshal Bull Morrison and his deputy Slim Calhoun. They rush from San Francisco only to find the gang has been killed as a part of a gruesome massacre.The investigation is hampered by early winter storms and includes a madam in a house of prostitution, her husband, and a man known for being a sadistic murderer.Along with the brutal murders there is a man who is an architectural genius, a lovely young lady who captivates Calhoun, and a soiled dove who just might run off with the loot from the bank job. Bull Morrison starts and finishes several good saloon fights but who brings forth a side of him unknown before. The man has a heart. The marshal and his deputy are back in the saddle, ready to sling some hot lead...

A combination of vicious winter storms, ugly and stupid men, and son Rob and his wife coming home turn the holiday period around the Jack Slater ranch to near chaos. Short-handed and facing a winter disaster on the range, Slater also faces a cattle rustler who wants him dead and another cattle rustler who kills the sheriff and runs amok.Normally quiet streams become raging water courses that must be crossed, deep arroyos are filled with wind driven snow, become hidden vaults of danger that men, horses, and cattle can fall into, and below zero temperatures can rip the life right out of a man if he should become wet or stranded. Slater and his crew that he calls family, face an eastern Nevada winter like none other before.When things become almost more than the big man can handle, his wife, Mims, gives birth to twins while he's on the open range desperately trying to save part of his herd. Wood cutters, a blacksmith, and a saloon owner all come together to bring peace and quiet to the Mound Valley.Ugly, mean, and stupid men are responsible for many deaths, for creating an atmosphere of fear and anxiety, and in the final analysis, pay the ultimate price.

Murder, infidelity, and intrigue...a Western whodunit full of enough twists and turns-and plenty of action-to satisfy even the most hardened of appetites It's a wet spring in 1870s Eureka, Nevada, when the wife of a leading mine owner is found murdered while on a picnic with her housekeeper. The woman has had numerous romantic adventures with other men, including saloon and hotel owner Gordon Hatfield, Blacksmith Abe Afeldt, and District Attorney William Phelps.Chief Deputy Sheriff Terrence Corcoran believes any one of the men, including the woman's husband, may have been responsible for the crime. While investigating, Corcoran discovers that Hatfield is in serious financial trouble. Enough so, that Hatfield arranges to have his business burned down while simultaneously plotting to rob the Eureka Bank.An insurance investigator named Arthur Bellows joins Corcoran in his effort to solve the crimes which keep stacking up, with seemingly no end in sight...

Johnny Gunn's iconic cowboy drifter duo are back in the saddle for another rip roaring adventure Snake and Dog-man, two foot-loose young men enjoying the freedom of adventuring in the 1870s, fight their way through the great Mojave Desert, one of the deadliest places on earth, as they try to make their way to the Pacific Ocean. Mojave and Paiute Indians, ruthless outlaws, and desert dwelling loners are just some of the problems they must defeat. Snake is faced with an even more difficult problem, and her name is Louise.Their quest was to be from Arizona to San Diego but they turned north to follow an emigrant trail along the fabled Mojave River. From water hole to water hole, from mining camp to mining camp, Snake and Dog-man encounter the dregs of humanity on the one hand and some of its finest on the other hand. It's when they find a young girl, injured and alone, that Snake's real troubles begin...To make it to the Pacific, they have to beat the Mojave...

Life in the Oregon Territory frontier village of Brookside is drastically changed when schemes and frauds turn violent. Families are split apart, and good citizens die in this first novel in a continuing series of life in Oregon's frontier period.Brookside, Oregon Territory in the late 1840s is a ranching and timber producing village made up of those willing to face the dangers and hardships of frontier life. Some are honest, hardworking, and family oriented while others become criminals, killers, and opportunists.Farmer and rancher Jacob Hoagland works through a rough period and, into the new year, is faced with a growing family relying on him, an opportunity for farm growth, and a community that finds it needs him, too.Irene Creighton is married to an animal of a man who believes it is a man's right to beat on his wife at will. After years of abuse, she fights back with a cast iron pan. Her husband's death leads to the discovery of his participation in land fraud within the territory.Ben Thorndyke is the village's most successful businessman. His company builds the tools and appliances needed by the timber industry and by the farmers and ranchers in the little valley. In turn, his retail farm and ranch supply emporium sell what he builds along with seed and other needed supplies. He is a community leader and friend of the governor.The county constable, Tobias Kennedy, came to America from Ireland and landed in Brookside. He gets his information through the menacing use of an oak walking stick, a constantly questioning mind, and a distinct desire for Irish whisky and Oregon brandy.These lives, along with the loves, joys and hardships accompanying them, will bring questions of criminality to a conclusion. But not everyone's life will take a turn for the better...

Thrilling action from page to page, from the valley floor to the granite spires of the Ruby Mountains. A vicious gang of killers moves into Elko County, Nevada and stages a robbery following the Fall Stock Sales killing several and nabbing thousands. Disappointed by the sheriff's slow response, Jack Slater, whose herd was at the sale, takes matters into his own hands and leads a posse of ranch buckaroos in chase.The gang is led by Pa Appleton, a couple of prison friends, and his son and daughter, each with numerous killings under their belt... and each harboring doubts about Pa as their leader. A more inept gang would be hard to find, yet Pa's gang continues to evade capture, killing people at every chance as they're chased through Mound Valley and into the rugged wilds of the Ruby Mountains.Personalities play a large part in this western novel as extreme danger brings out the best and the worst in those taking part. Despite heroic efforts by the good guys, it seems the bad guys are going to win this time.

SADDLE-UP FOR GUNFIGHTS, SALOON BRAWLS, A TOUCH OF ROMANCE, AND MAYHEM IN THE OLD WEST. The southeastern Nevada mining camp of Pioche was known as one of the most corrupt and dangerous communities in the silver state. When it was rumored that a federal judge might be involved in schemes dealing with water and land issues, U.S. Marshal Bull Morrison and his deputy, Slim Calhoun were sent to investigate. They discovered rampant lawlessness led by a corpulent mine owner and allegedly backed by a federal judge in Salt Lake City. The marshals were outnumbered and outgunned, but when they called for help from the local citizens, they got it. Schemes to control the waters of Lincoln County, to illegally acquire existing ranches, and to sell non-existent mines or phony stocks were among the crimes taking place. "Five stars and more, is all I can say about this amazing story of realistic old American western folklore "

Nomadic cowboys, drifters, troublemakers - Snake and Dog-man have heard it all, but they are more than that, they're strong, determined, and never back down from a fight.Continuing their trek to California by guiding a freight wagon train to Tucson, Arizona Territory Snake and Dog-man run into trouble when they meet a family along the way. From there, the trouble never stops, and gun fights, injuries, and death ensue. Once in Gila Bend, Dog-man learned that steamboats ran between Yuma, Arizona Territory and Guaymas, Mexico. Since it was on the way to California, they made the ride to Yuma, only to find themselves in more trouble.The drifters knew they had to continue their trek to California - it was then they realized it was the open road, the unknown over the horizon that was most important to them.