Fort Starke/First Command

by Will Cook

Two action-packed Westerns for one low price. In Fort Starke, the Arizona Territory is quiet because its fiercest war chief has fled to Mexico, where he plans an attack on a bloodthirsty Apache killer. In First Command, a lieutenant fresh out of West Point tries to tame the harsh Kansas frontier.

Genres: Westerns

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 12, 1980

About the author

William Everett Cook was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1922 and died in 1964. He began writing for publication in 1952 for Popular Library. During his short life Cook was a soldier, commercial aviator, deep-sea diver, logger, peace officer, and writer of western and adventure novels and stories. His hobbies included sports car racing, sailing, judo, and barbershop singing. His pseudonyms include Wayne Everett, James Keene, Frank Peace, and William Richards.

William Everett Cook was a writer of western and adventure novels and stories. Collection consists of correspondence (273 letters), manuscripts for his novels, short stories, and one novella, and an extensive collection of western pulp fiction containing short stories by Cook.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both westerns were action packed and exciting.